Riven vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Riven
based on 11,126 Riven vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Riven vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several strategic Riven against Lux counter stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lux..
Riven usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives more damage than Lux. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Lux
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Who is Better, Riven or Lux?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lux, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter to Lux.
While Riven does have a lower win rate compared to Lux, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Riven into Luxas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Riven is a somewhat poor counter to Lux. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Riven against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Riven in order to counter Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven often gets more CS relative to Lux. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Riven versus Lux build include Black Cleaver, Ravenous Hydra, and Death's Dance. When Riven included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Lux than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Riven had an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Lux with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Lux as Riven, Riven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Ingenious Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Riven vs Lux matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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