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Taric with Riven

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How to Synergize Taric and Riven

based on 1,187 Taric with Riven pairs
Win Rate
54.4 %
K/D/A
3.07
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Taric has fought alongside Riven in 1187 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much great data from the creators of LoL, we are totally sure that we can present to you high-quality, usable builds to help Taric synergize with Riven. It is relatively rare for Taric to play with Riven on the same side. This pairing has only happened in about 3.1% of matches with Taric.

Taric Riven Synergy Summary

Taric does a great job of teaming up with Riven. On average, he wins a terrific 54.4% of games the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Taric when playing with Riven by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Taric vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Taric Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowFimbulwinterLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Dream MakerFrozen HeartTrailblazerZeke's Convergence

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Taric's passive ability p
Taric's q ability q
Taric's w ability w
Taric's e ability e
Taric's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
E
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E
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Taric and Riven

Tips for Playing as Taric with Riven

The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.

Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.

Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.

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.

Taric Riven Synergy Stats

Taric Image
Win Rate
54.4 %
VS
Win Rate
45.6 %
Riven Image
1.9
< Kills >
2
5.5
< Deaths >
5.8
15
< Assists >
14.5
0.33
< Killing Sprees >
0.36
35
< Minions Killed >
36
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.56
2,034
< Physical Damage >
2,078
4,592
< Magic Damage >
4,607
713
< True Damage >
734
7,340
< Damage Dealt >
7,420
22,905
< Damage Taken >
23,125
8,577
< Gold Earned >
8,558
2.35
< Towers >
2.25
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
12,231
< Total Healing >
11,667
10,599
< Experience >
10,583
49
< Vision Score >
48
21
< Wards Placed >
20
355
< Time Dealing CC >
378

How to Play with Riven as Taric in LoL

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

Overall, Taric sees a very large drop in his 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 Taric perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Taric tries to synergize with Riven, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This could indicate that Riven does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Taric is played alongside Riven on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Riven.

Additionally, when Taric plays with Riven on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Riven does a decent job of protecting Taric in team fights.

Synergies between Taric and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Taric
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Taric
Riven

Is Taric better when played alongside Riven?

There is no perfect ally for Taric that will always be his ideal ally. However, overall, Riven is a decent teammate for Taric. By locking into the same team as Taric, she increases their win rate by 2.2% to 54.4%. This proves that there is a good synergy between Taric and Riven that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.

Riven has a much greater difficulty compared to Taric. That means you must be careful when finding Riven teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

Conversely, by grouping Taric and Riven together, you may not be giving your side very much magic damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Riven teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Taric Players

How We Calculated Our Taric Riven Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Taric and Riven, we analyzed 1,187 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 Taric 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

To truly master Taric in order to pair well with Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The best items to have in your Taric and Riven synergy build include Knight's Vow, Fimbulwinter, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Taric bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Riven than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Taric boasted an average win rate of 54.4% helping carry Riven with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Taric players should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Taric and Riven pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Riven with Taric are given for all skill levels, merged. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.