Nami vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Nami
based on 3,609 Nami vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Riven
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some strategic Nami versus Riven matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Nami usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Riven
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Who is Better, Nami or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Nami makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Nami does have a lower win rate than Riven, when facing one another, Nami also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Riven.
Additionally, Nami also has a great amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nami 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 team members during team fights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nami to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Riven. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Nami versus Riven build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Nami bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Riven than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nami boasted an average win rate of 49.6% battling Riven with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Riven as Nami, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Nami vs Riven LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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