Zoe vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Zoe
based on 1,481 Zoe vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zoe vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Zoe vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Zoe
Tips for Playing as Zoe against Riven
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
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.
Zoe vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Zoe in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Zoe vs. Riven counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven..
Zoe typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Riven. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zoe and Riven
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Who is Better, Zoe or Riven?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zoe usually fairs equally well when playing against Riven, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Zoe makes an ok counter for Riven.
While Zoe does have a lower winrate than Riven, when on opposite teams, Zoe also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zoe into Riven.
Additionally, Zoe also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zoe vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zoe is a somewhat poor counter to Riven. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zoe against Riven.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zoe
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zoe 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zoe typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Riven. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Zoe versus Riven build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Riven than with many other common builds. In fact, Zoe boasted an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Riven with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Riven as Zoe, Zoe players should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Zoe vs Riven clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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