Vex vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Vex
based on 2,157 Vex vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Vex
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.
Vex vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Vex in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Vex versus Riven counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Vex typically has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. On average, they receives less damage than Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vex and Riven
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Who is Better, Vex or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vex usually wins when playing against Riven, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Vex makes a good counter for Riven.
While Vex does have a higher winrate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Vex also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Vex into Riven.
Additionally, Vex has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vex vs Riven matchups, Vex is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vex is a decent counter for Riven. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vex against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vex to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Vex versus Riven build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vex bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better vs. Riven than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Vex had an average win rate of 51.5% battling Riven with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Riven as Vex, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Vex vs Riven fights, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
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