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How to Synergize Kai'Sa with Riven on the Same TeamKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa with Riven

How to Win With Kai'Sa and Riven Paired TogetherKai'Sa is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Kai'Sa and Riven

based on 4,918 Kai'Sa with Riven pairs
Win Rate
46.1 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kai'Sa has fought alongside Riven in 4918 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much complete data directly from the creators of League, we feel confident that we can produce high-quality, usable builds to help Kai'Sa synergize with Riven. It is relatively rare for Kai'Sa to play with Riven as allies. This pairing has only happened in approximately 3.1% of matches with Kai'Sa.

Kai'Sa Riven Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a awful job of fighting on the same side as Riven. Usually, she wins a lowly 46.1% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Kai'Sa when playing with Riven by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kai'Sa vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothGuinsoo's RagebladeZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Phantom DancerGuardian AngelRabadon's DeathcapWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
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Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
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Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Kai'Sa and Riven

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa with Riven

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Advice to Understand How Riven Will Play

Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.

Kai'Sa Riven Synergy Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
46.1 %
VS
Win Rate
53.9 %
Riven Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.7
6.1
< Deaths >
6.3
6.1
< Assists >
6.2
1.74
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
183
< Minions Killed >
180
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.46
11,937
< Physical Damage >
12,169
8,111
< Magic Damage >
8,110
436
< True Damage >
432
20,484
< Damage Dealt >
20,712
19,728
< Damage Taken >
20,172
12,482
< Gold Earned >
12,522
2.12
< Towers >
2.1
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,300
< Total Healing >
4,377
12,738
< Experience >
12,822
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
47
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Play with Riven as Kai'Sa in LoL

The Kai'Sa Riven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Riven, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Kai'Sa sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Riven. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Riven helps Kai'Sa perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kai'Sa is paired with Riven, she observes a barely noticable drop in her complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Riven doesn't help cover for her to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kai'Sa is played alongside Riven on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Riven. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Riven.

Additionally, when Kai'Sa plays with Riven on the same team, she often receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Riven does a decent job of covering Kai'Sa in teamfights.

Synergies between Kai'Sa and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kai'Sa
Riven

Is Kai'Sa better when played alongside Riven?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Kai'Sa that will 100% of the time be her top synergy. However, overall, Riven is a very typical teammate for Kai'Sa. By being on the same side as Kai'Sa, she decreases their win rate by -0.4% to 46.1%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Kai'Sa and Riven that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Riven has a greater difficulty than Kai'Sa. That means you must be very careful when finding Riven comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting together, Kai'Sa players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by grouping Kai'Sa and Riven together, you may not be granting your team much magic damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Riven ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa Riven Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kai'Sa and Riven, we analyzed 4,918 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kai'Sa with Riven comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Kai'Sa to synergize with Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Kai'Sa and Riven synergy build include Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Riven than with many other common builds. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average winrate of 46.1% when playing alongside Riven with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Kai'Sa players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Riven with Kai'Sa are shown for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.