Riven vs Aurelion Sol
How to Beat Aurelion Sol as Riven
based on 1,704 Riven vs Aurelion Sol matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Aurelion Sol Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Aurelion Sol Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aurelion Sol as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Aurelion Sol
Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.
Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.
Advice to Win Against Aurelion Sol
He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.
Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.
His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.
His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!
Riven vs Aurelion Sol Counter Stats
How to Counter Aurelion Sol with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several valuable Riven against Aurelion Sol counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aurelion Sol’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Aurelion Sol..
Riven often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Aurelion Sol. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Aurelion Sol
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Who is Better, Riven or Aurelion Sol?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually wins when facing off against Aurelion Sol, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Riven makes a good counter to Aurelion Sol.
While Riven does have a higher win rate than Aurelion Sol, when facing one another, Riven also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Riven into Aurelion Solas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Riven has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Riven is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Riven is an above average counter to Aurelion Sol. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Aurelion Sol.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Riven in order to counter Aurelion Sol during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Aurelion Sol. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Riven versus Aurelion Sol build include Death's Dance, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Aurelion Sol than with many other common builds. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 52.1% battling Aurelion Sol with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Aurelion Sol as Riven, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Riven vs Aurelion Sol battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.1% winrate overall.
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