Soraka vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Soraka
based on 2,731 Soraka vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Riven
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Advice to Win Against Riven
All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.
Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.
Soraka vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Soraka against Riven counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Riven. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Riven. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Riven
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Who is Better, Soraka or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually loses when taking on Riven, with a 47.3% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes a poor counter for Riven.
While Soraka does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Soraka also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Soraka into Riven.
Furthermore, Soraka also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Soraka is a trash counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Soraka to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Riven. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Soraka versus Riven build consist of Redemption, Dream Maker, and Dawncore. When Soraka incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Riven than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 47.3% when countering Riven with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Riven as Soraka, Soraka players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Soraka vs Riven matchups, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.3% win rate overall.
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