Zilean vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Zilean
based on 1,463 Zilean vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Riven
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some significant Zilean against Riven counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Zilean usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Riven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Riven
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Who is Better, Zilean or Riven?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Zilean makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Zilean also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Riven.
Additionally, Zilean also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Riven matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean in order to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean most often picks up a lot less CS as Riven. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Zilean versus Riven build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Solstice Sleigh. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Riven than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 50.2% battling Riven with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Riven as Zilean, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Zilean vs Riven battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
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