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How to Synergize Riven with Cassiopeia on the Same TeamRiven is in the s tier of champions

Riven with Cassiopeia

How to Win With Riven and Cassiopeia Paired TogetherRiven is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Riven and Cassiopeia

based on 1,014 Riven with Cassiopeia pairs
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
1.95
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each week. Riven has fought alongside Cassiopeia in 1014 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data from the hosts of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can give you high-quality, insightful builds to help Riven synergize with Cassiopeia. It is very rare for Riven to play alongside Cassiopeia on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 0.8% of rounds with Riven.

Riven Cassiopeia Synergy Summary

Riven does a good job of playing alongside Cassiopeia. Normally, she wins a whopping 52.3% of rounds the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Riven when playing with Cassiopeia by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Riven vs Cassiopeia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinDeath's DanceSundered Sky

Optional Items

EclipseRavenous HydraBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Riven to level upq
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Second ability for Riven to level upe
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Last skill for Riven to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Riven's passive ability p
Riven's q ability q
Riven's w ability w
Riven's e ability e
Riven's ultimate ability r
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Riven and Cassiopeia

Tips for Playing as Riven with Cassiopeia

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.

Advice to Understand How Cassiopeia Will Play

Lead your enemy when targeting with Noxious Blast to ensure the hit.

Use Twin Fang on poisoned stationary targets like monsters and units stunned by her Petrifying Gaze for maximum damage.

Riven Cassiopeia Synergy Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Cassiopeia Image
6.9
< Kills >
6.9
5.9
< Deaths >
5.9
4.6
< Assists >
4.6
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
180
< Minions Killed >
178
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.44
19,484
< Physical Damage >
18,993
49
< Magic Damage >
57
1,127
< True Damage >
1,134
20,660
< Damage Dealt >
20,184
24,690
< Damage Taken >
24,940
12,165
< Gold Earned >
12,150
2.35
< Towers >
2.25
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,435
< Total Healing >
5,340
15,040
< Experience >
14,980
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
128
< Time Dealing CC >
128

How to Play with Cassiopeia as Riven in LoL

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

Overall, Riven sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Cassiopeia. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Cassiopeia helps Riven perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Riven is an ally to Cassiopeia, she gets a small increase in her full damage output. This difference may indicate that Cassiopeia supports by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Riven is played with Cassiopeia on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Cassiopeia.

Additionally, when Riven plays with Cassiopeia on the same team, she often takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Cassiopeia does a decent job of protecting Riven in team fights.

Synergies between Riven and Cassiopeia

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Cassiopeia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Riven
Cassiopeia

Is Riven better when played alongside Cassiopeia?

There is no one best champion pairing for Riven that will always be her ideal ally. Yet, Cassiopeia is a decent teammate for Riven. By locking into the same team as Riven, she raises their win rate by 2.2% to 52.3%. This shows that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Riven and Cassiopeia that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Cassiopeia has a greater difficulty than Riven. That means Riven players should be very careful when arranging Cassiopeia allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Riven players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by aligning Riven and Cassiopeia together, you may not be providing your team a lot of cover. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Cassiopeia ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven Cassiopeia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Riven and Cassiopeia, we analyzed 1,014 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 Riven with Cassiopeia 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

To truly master Riven in order to synergize with Cassiopeia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Riven and Cassiopeia synergy build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Riven used at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better when paired up with Cassiopeia than with most other typical builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when playing alongside Cassiopeia with this build.

To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Riven and Cassiopeia pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.

If you want to view Riven and Cassiopeia cooperations tips and stats for a a specific skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using every round played with both champions.