Yorick vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Yorick
based on 2,354 Yorick vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Riven
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
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.
Yorick vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several critical Yorick against Riven counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Yorick normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Riven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Riven
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Who is Better, Yorick or Riven?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yorick usually loses when taking on Riven, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a poor counter for Riven.
While Yorick does have a lower winrate than Riven, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Riven.
Furthermore, Yorick also has almost no 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 isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick 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 teammates during team fights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yorick in order to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Yorick versus Riven build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Riven than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 48.5% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Riven as Yorick, Yorick players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Yorick vs Riven counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Riven as Yorick are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.