Master Yi vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Master Yi
based on 5,616 Master Yi vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Master Yi vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Master Yi vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Master Yi against Riven
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
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.
Master Yi vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Master Yi in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Master Yi vs. Riven counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Master Yi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Master Yi may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Riven..
Master Yi often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Riven. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Master Yi and Riven
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Who is Better, Master Yi or Riven?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Master Yi usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Master Yi makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Master Yi does have a lower winrate than Riven, when facing one another, Master Yi also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Master Yi into Riven.
Furthermore, Master Yi has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Master Yi vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Master Yi is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Master Yi against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Master Yi to counter Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Master Yi typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Riven. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Master Yi versus Riven build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Death's Dance, and Kraken Slayer. When Master Yi combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Riven than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Master Yi boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Riven with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Riven as Master Yi, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Master Yi vs Riven counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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