Poppy vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Poppy
based on 2,751 Poppy vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Poppy vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Poppy vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Poppy
Tips for Playing as Poppy against Riven
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
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.
Poppy vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Poppy in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Poppy vs. Riven counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Riven..
Poppy typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Poppy and Riven
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Who is Better, Poppy or Riven?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Poppy usually wins when playing against Riven, with a 53.3% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a great counter for Riven.
While Poppy does have a higher winrate than Riven, when facing one another, Poppy also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Poppy into Riven.
Furthermore, Poppy also has a very large amount of utility and CC, 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Riven matchups, Poppy is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Poppy is a great counter to Riven. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Poppy against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Poppy in order to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy usually accumulates less CS relative to Riven. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Poppy versus Riven build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Force of Nature. When Poppy combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Riven than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Poppy boasted an average win rate of 53.3% when playing against Riven with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Riven as Poppy, Poppy players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Poppy vs Riven matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.3% win rate overall.
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