Riven vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Riven
based on 1,835 Riven vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Riven vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Riven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some valuable Riven against Xayah matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Xayah..
Riven usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes more damage than Xayah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Xayah
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Who is Better, Riven or Xayah?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Riven usually wins when playing against Xayah, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Riven makes a good counter to Xayah.
While Riven does have a higher win rate compared to Xayah, when they face off with one another, Riven also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Xayahas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Riven has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Riven vs Xayah matchups, Riven is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Riven is a decent counter for Xayah. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Riven in order to counter Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow 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 compared to Xayah. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Riven versus Xayah build include Maw of Malmortius, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Xayah than with many other common builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 51.2% battling Xayah with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Xayah as Riven, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Riven vs Xayah counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.
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