Viego vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Viego
based on 4,561 Viego vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viego vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Viego vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Viego
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.
Viego vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Viego in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several vital Viego vs. Riven counter stats that may help us understand the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Viego typically has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. On average, they receives more damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viego and Riven
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Who is Better, Viego or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viego usually wins when taking on Riven, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Viego makes a good counter for Riven.
While Viego does have a higher win rate than Riven, when facing one another, Viego also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Viego into Riven.
Moreover, Viego also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viego vs Riven matchups, Viego is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Viego is a decent counter for Riven. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Viego against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viego in order to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viego often gets a lot less CS as Riven. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Viego versus Riven build include Trinity Force, Kraken Slayer, and Eclipse. When Viego used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better vs Riven than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Viego boasted an average win rate of 51.3% battling Riven with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Riven as Viego, Viego players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Viego vs Riven counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.
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