Riven vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Riven
based on 3,822 Riven vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Riven vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Riven in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several valuable Riven against Vladimir counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between these two champs. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Vladimir..
Riven normally has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Vladimir. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Riven or Vladimir?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vladimir, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Riven makes an ok counter for Vladimir.
While Riven does have a higher win rate compared to Vladimir, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Riven into Vladimiras her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Riven also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Vladimir matchups, Riven is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Riven is a decent counter to Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Riven to counter Vladimir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Vladimir. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Riven versus Vladimir build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Riven included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Vladimir than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average winrate of 50.9% battling Vladimir with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Vladimir as Riven, Riven players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Riven vs Vladimir counters, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
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