# Riven Counters Who counters Riven? Best and worst picks against Riven by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Riven in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) ## Page Content [Riven guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) [Play against Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/how-to-play-against/) [Riven counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/counters/) Best and worst picks against Riven in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Cho'Gath, Ornn and Garen beat Riven most often. Renekton, Garen and Gangplank win the laning phase against Riven by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Riven Highest win rate versus Riven in Top. - 1 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 115 games 60.9% - 2 [Ornn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ornn/) 166 games 58.4% - 3 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 630 games 58.2% - 4 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 231 games 58.0% - 5 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 496 games 57.1% - 6 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 164 games 56.7% - 7 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 107 games 56.1% - 8 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 224 games 54.9% - 9 [Camille](https://baronbuff.com/champions/camille/) 253 games 54.1% - 10 [Kled](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kled/) 109 games 54.1% - 11 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 368 games 53.8% - 12 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 121 games 53.7% - 13 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 213 games 53.5% - 14 [Volibear](https://baronbuff.com/champions/volibear/) 295 games 53.2% - 15 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 335 games 53.1% ## Worst picks against Riven Lowest win rate versus Riven in Top. - 1 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 138 games 42.0% - 2 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 144 games 44.4% - 3 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 180 games 45.6% - 4 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 205 games 45.9% - 5 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 220 games 45.9% - 6 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 139 games 46.0% - 7 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 489 games 46.2% - 8 [Nasus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nasus/) 146 games 46.6% - 9 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 579 games 46.8% - 10 [Fiora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiora/) 335 games 47.8% - 11 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 196 games 48.0% - 12 [Dr. Mundo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/drmundo/) 172 games 48.3% - 13 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 115 games 48.7% - 14 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 340 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Riven Largest gold lead over Riven at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 154 games +1,208 - 2 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 295 games +825 - 3 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 102 games +351 - 4 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 162 games +350 - 5 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 121 games +276 - 6 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 106 games +164 - 7 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 159 games +153 - 8 [Jax](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jax/) 105 games +93 ## How to play against Riven Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Contest the first wave enough to prevent free zone control, but leave before her full Q chain lands. Trade hard if E is used aggressively. - Respect her burst when you are already chipped. Reset or hold the wave near your tower instead of giving her one clean rotation. - Avoid face-checking side brushes when she is missing. Force her to show on wave before walking into fog. - Trade objectives when she rotates too late. Push the wave and take towers instead of following a fight you cannot reach. - Spread carries away from flank walls before objectives. Riven needs an unseen angle to turn Q and R into a backline wipe. ## Where Riven is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Riven's damage depends on chaining short-range mobility, so spacing and hard crowd control break her combo rhythm. - She lacks reliable poke or fallback utility, leaving failed all-ins costly when opponents survive the first rotation. ## Riven counters: questions ### Who counters Riven in Top? At Gold+, Cho'Gath (60.9%), Ornn (58.4%) and Garen (58.2%) have the highest win rates against Riven. ### Who does Riven counter? Riven wins most often against Sion (42.0%), Tahm Kench (44.4%) and Gnar (45.6%). ### Who wins lane against Riven? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Renekton (+1,208), Garen (+825) and Gangplank (+351) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Riven. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Renekton counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/counters/) - [Garen counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)