Riven vs Fiddlesticks
How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Riven
based on 1,981 Riven vs Fiddlesticks matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Fiddlesticks
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.
Riven vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats
How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some critical Riven versus Fiddlesticks matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Fiddlesticks..
Riven usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Fiddlesticks. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Fiddlesticks
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Who is Better, Riven or Fiddlesticks?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Riven usually wins when trying to fight Fiddlesticks, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Riven makes a good counter for Fiddlesticks.
While Riven does have a higher win rate compared to Fiddlesticks, when facing one another, Riven also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Riven into Fiddlesticksas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Riven is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Riven is an above average counter to Fiddlesticks. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Riven against Fiddlesticks.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Riven to counter Fiddlesticks during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven usually gets much more CS compared to Fiddlesticks. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Riven versus Fiddlesticks build include Maw of Malmortius, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Fiddlesticks than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when countering Fiddlesticks with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Fiddlesticks as Riven, Riven players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Riven vs Fiddlesticks matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.3% winrate overall.
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