Vi vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Vi
based on 3,214 Vi vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Riven
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Vi in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some important Vi against Riven counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven..
Vi usually has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives more damage than Riven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vi and Riven
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Who is Better, Vi or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vi usually wins when trying to fight Riven, with a 53.4% win rate. As a result, Vi makes a great counter to Riven.
While Vi does have a higher win rate than Riven, when facing one another, Vi also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Vi into Riven.
Additionally, Vi has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vi vs Riven matchups, Vi is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Vi is a great counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vi against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vi 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 listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi most often gets a lot less CS relative to Riven. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Vi versus Riven build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Vi included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Riven than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vi had an average winrate of 53.4% battling Riven with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Riven as Vi, Vi players should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Vi vs Riven battles, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.4% winrate overall.
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