Hecarim vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Hecarim
based on 3,214 Hecarim vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Riven
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
Advice to Win Against Riven
All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.
Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.
Hecarim vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Hecarim vs. Riven counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Riven..
Hecarim often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Riven. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Riven
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually loses when taking on Riven, with a 46.3% win rate. As a result, Hecarim makes a bad counter for Riven.
While Hecarim does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when facing one another, Hecarim also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Hecarim into Riven.
Moreover, Hecarim also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Hecarim is a terribly counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Hecarim against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim often racks up a lot less CS relative to Riven. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Hecarim versus Riven build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Hecarim included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Riven than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 46.3% when countering Riven with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Riven as Hecarim, Hecarim players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Hecarim vs Riven matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.3% win rate overall.
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