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How to Beat Teemo as Riven

based on 8,566 Riven vs Teemo matchups
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
7.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Teemo as Riven resulted from an examination of 8566 ranked rounds where both champions engaged each other. This counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Riven has to counter Teemo in only 7.2% of her rounds.

Riven vs Teemo Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Riven does a dismal job of countering Teemo. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.7% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Riven vs Teemo games, Riven’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood against Teemo.

Best Riven vs Teemo Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSerylda's GrudgeProfane HydraSpear of Shojin

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Riven to level upq
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Second ability for Riven to level upe
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Last skill for Riven to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth
Riven's passive ability p
Riven's q ability q
Riven's w ability w
Riven's e ability e
Riven's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Teemo as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Teemo

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 Teemo

Teemo's Toxic Shot punishes players who get hit and back out, so stay at a safe range until you're ready to commit.

It can be valuable to use Oracle's Lens(Trinket) to destroy mushrooms around key locations.

Riven vs Teemo Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Teemo Image
7.4
< Kills >
5.2
6
< Deaths >
6.9
4.6
< Assists >
7
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
178
< Minions Killed >
131
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.47
18,340
< Physical Damage >
2,371
51
< Magic Damage >
21,082
1,126
< True Damage >
1,713
19,518
< Damage Dealt >
25,167
26,725
< Damage Taken >
21,890
12,458
< Gold Earned >
11,348
2.16
< Towers >
2
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
5,578
< Total Healing >
2,813
15,611
< Experience >
14,210
16
< Vision Score >
28
7
< Wards Placed >
11
125
< Time Dealing CC >
484

How to Counter Teemo with Riven in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some influential Riven versus Teemo matchup stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Teemo’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Teemo..

Riven normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Teemo. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Riven and Teemo

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Teemo
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Teemo

Who is Better, Riven or Teemo?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Riven usually loses when taking on Teemo, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes a bad counter to Teemo.

While Riven does have a lower winrate than Teemo, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Riven into Teemoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Teemo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Riven vs Teemo matchups, Teemo is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Riven is a bad counter for Teemo. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Riven against Teemo.

Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Teemo Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Teemo as Riven, we analyzed 8,566 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Teemo as Riven comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Riven to counter Teemo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Teemo. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The best items to have in your Riven versus Teemo build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Teemo than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Teemo with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Teemo as Riven, Riven players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Riven vs Teemo LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.

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