Riven Counters

Best picks against Riven

Highest win rate versus Riven in Top.

1. 1Cho'Gath115 games60.9%
2. 2Ornn166 games58.4%
3. 3Garen630 games58.2%
4. 4Malphite231 games58.0%
5. 5Renekton496 games57.1%
6. 6Yorick164 games56.7%
7. 7Poppy107 games56.1%
8. 8Ryze224 games54.9%
9. 9Camille253 games54.1%
10. 10Kled109 games54.1%
11. 11Mordekaiser368 games53.8%
12. 12Kennen121 games53.7%
13. 13Tryndamere213 games53.5%
14. 14Volibear295 games53.2%
15. 15Jax335 games53.1%

Worst picks against Riven

Lowest win rate versus Riven in Top.

1. 1Sion138 games42.0%
2. 2Tahm Kench144 games44.4%
3. 3Gnar180 games45.6%
4. 4Ambessa205 games45.9%
5. 5K'Sante220 games45.9%
6. 6Gwen139 games46.0%
7. 7Darius489 games46.2%
8. 8Nasus146 games46.6%
9. 9Yone579 games46.8%
10. 10Fiora335 games47.8%
11. 11Shen196 games48.0%
12. 12Dr. Mundo172 games48.3%
13. 13Trundle115 games48.7%
14. 14Aatrox340 games48.8%

Best lane counters vs Riven

Largest gold lead over Riven at 15 minutes in Top.

1. 1Renekton154 games+1,208
2. 2Garen295 games+825
3. 3Gangplank102 games+351
4. 4Sett162 games+350
5. 5Aatrox121 games+276
6. 6Yorick106 games+164
7. 7Malphite159 games+153
8. 8Jax105 games+93

How to play against Riven

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

In lane and in teamfights

1. 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.
2. Respect her burst when you are already chipped. Reset or hold the wave near your tower instead of giving her one clean rotation.
3. Avoid face-checking side brushes when she is missing. Force her to show on wave before walking into fog.
4. Trade objectives when she rotates too late. Push the wave and take towers instead of following a fight you cannot reach.
5. 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.