Riven Matchups

Hard Counters

Poppy★★★

Poppy W blocks all your dashes and her passive shield lets her trade favorably.

Renekton★★★

Renekton point-and-click stun and sustain beat you in every trade early game.

Malphite★★★

Malphite armor stacking makes your physical damage useless and his poke is free.

Favorable Matchups

Kayle

Kayle cannot survive your aggression early and you can kill her repeatedly before level 6.

Gangplank

You can dash onto Gangplank and stun him before he can barrel combo or orange.

Vladimir

Vladimir cannot pool all of your abilities and you can all-in him between his cooldowns.

General Laning Tips

• 1.Animation cancel abilities with auto attacks for significantly more damage in combos.
• 2.Use E shield to absorb damage while trading and Q3 knockup to disengage.
• 3.Fast combo with Q-auto-Q-auto-Q-auto for maximum DPS in short trades.