Senna vs Riven
How to Beat Riven as Senna
based on 9,164 Senna vs Riven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Senna vs Riven Matchup Summary
Best Senna vs Riven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Riven as Senna
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.
Senna vs Riven Counter Stats
How to Counter Riven with Senna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Senna against Riven matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Riven. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Senna normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Riven. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Senna and Riven
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Who is Better, Senna or Riven?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Senna usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Riven, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Senna makes an ok counter to Riven.
While Senna does have a higher win rate than Riven, when on opposite teams, Senna also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Senna into Rivenas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Senna has a good 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Senna vs Riven matchups, Senna is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Senna is a decent counter to Riven. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Senna against Riven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Senna to counter Riven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Senna usually picks up less CS compared to Riven. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Senna versus Riven build include Infinity Edge, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Senna included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Riven than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Senna boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Riven with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Riven as Senna, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Senna vs Riven clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
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