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How to Win Riven vs Udyr Counter MatchupRiven is in the s tier of champions

Riven vs Udyr

How to Beat Udyr as Riven in LoLRiven is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Udyr as Riven

based on 3,740 Riven vs Udyr matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL matches every week. Within our dataset, Riven engaged Udyr in 3740 games. Including so many games with Riven vs Udyr provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare useful statistics and a supported build to annihilate Udyr. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Riven fights Udyr in only 3.1% of her matches.

Riven vs Udyr Matchup Summary

Riven does a average job of beating Udyr. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.5% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Riven versus Udyr games, Riven’s team is 0.2% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Udyr.

Best Riven vs Udyr Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Ravenous HydraSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraSpear of ShojinDeath's Dance

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
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Udyr as Riven

Tips for Playing as Riven against Udyr

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 Udyr

After using the more powerful, Awakened version of an ability, Udyr cannot Awaken other abilities for some time.

Udyr has limited ranged options, try to keep distance.

Riven vs Udyr Counter Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Udyr Image
7.1
< Kills >
4.8
5.7
< Deaths >
6
4.7
< Assists >
7.1
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.1
180
< Minions Killed >
82
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
1.1
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.49
19,769
< Physical Damage >
6,690
59
< Magic Damage >
8,076
1,109
< True Damage >
728
20,937
< Damage Dealt >
15,494
24,887
< Damage Taken >
31,862
12,207
< Gold Earned >
11,379
2.27
< Towers >
1.91
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
5,532
< Total Healing >
12,922
15,038
< Experience >
14,076
16
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
6
131
< Time Dealing CC >
2,188

How to Counter Udyr with Riven in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several valuable Riven versus Udyr matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between these two champs. As an example, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Udyr’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Udyr..

Riven typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Udyr. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Riven and Udyr

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Udyr
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Riven
Udyr

Who is Better, Riven or Udyr?

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 trying to fight Udyr, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter to Udyr.

While Riven does have a higher winrate compared to Udyr, when facing one another, Riven also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Udyras her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Riven has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Udyr. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Udyr matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Riven is a decent counter to Udyr. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Udyr.

Other Champion Matchups Against Riven

Riven Loses Against

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Riven Wins Against

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Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven vs Udyr Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Udyr as Riven, we analyzed 3,740 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 Udyr 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.

Other Useful Resources

Riven Build Udyr Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Riven in order to counter Udyr during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Riven often racks up more CS compared to Udyr. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Riven versus Udyr build consist of Ravenous Hydra, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Udyr than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Udyr with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of beating Udyr as Riven, Riven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Riven vs Udyr battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Udyr as Riven are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.