Rumble vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Rumble
based on 2,077 Rumble vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rumble vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Rumble vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Rumble
Tips for Playing as Rumble against Riven
Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.
If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.
Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.
Advice to Win Against Riven
All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.
Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.
Rumble vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Rumble in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Rumble against Riven counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Rumble’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rumble may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Riven..
Rumble usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Riven. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rumble and Riven
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Who is Better, Rumble or Riven?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rumble usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Rumble makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Rumble does have a lower win rate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Rumble also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Rumble into Rivenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Rumble also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Riven. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Rumble vs Riven matchups, Riven is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Rumble is a somewhat poor counter for Riven. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rumble against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rumble to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rumble on average gets a similar amount of CS as Riven. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Rumble versus Riven build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Rumble included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Riven than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Rumble boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Riven with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Riven as Rumble, Rumble players should use the Arcane Comet, Nimbus Cloak, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Rumble vs Riven counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
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