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Really Hard matchup for full ad Riven. He has the sustain and overall higher damage output early on. You can trade with him at 1 but a good renekton will go W and prevent that from even happening so only if he took Q you can do that. Best thing to do is E his empowered abilities but mostly his empowered W. Try to trade with him and force his E and beat him by cycling your cooldowns is your best bet. Be very carful it is SO easy for him to dive you with the jungler if you are low.
Fiora
Skill matchup. Who ever plays better with their W wins the trades.
Poppy
She can out sustain you pretty easily. Careful for her flash stun into wall. Make sure to E her passive that she throws at you it hurts! it has a low CD also. Use your mobility to dodge her Q explosion as it does %HP damage.
Maokai
Tough the more you trade with him the more sustain it gives him. You have to make your trades count for more than he can heal from his passive. If you can get him to engage on you then you can get a good trade on him. Try to bait his root and get behind him before he knocks you back and follow up with a full combo.
Malphite
He Turns into a super tank. Gets scaling off of building armor. Need to win early or you probably cant fight him before you get a Black Cleaver, Lord Dominiks Regards and 2 life steal items.
Gnar
Depending on how good the gnar is there wont be alot of kill pressure. As soon as he over steps his bounds though by wasting his jump he's as good as dead. Try to force some fake engages early to bait his jump and all in him.
Olaf
If he is decent it will be rough. Start E and avoid his axes or his True damage depending. If he catches you with an axe he can potentially perma slow you auto attack you to death and E you with his true damage. May want to max E in this matchup if you are losing trades. Once he hits 6 or gets HP items he will crush you and you wont be able to do anything to him mid game.
Quinn
Matchup is pretty tough. If you max E, engage with Q and quickly E out she will waste alot of mana to valor and you should come out on top of those trades where you are able to E out.
Darius
Match up is much easier now with the darius changes. E his Q's but if you cant get out go close to him so you dont take the bonus outside blade damage. If he tires to pull you in W him and try to E away before he can apply stacks of his passive.
Illaoi
Fun matchup imo. dodge Her Q's and careful for tentacles on the walls. when she ults you need to dodge the tentacles that slam the ground so careful with your CD's as she gets spell vamp if she hits you. Ultimately it comes down to how well you can avoid skill shots. Oh and if she grabs you with her E force a fight so she doesn't turn you into a vessel.
Wukong
W if he Dashes at you and try to E his armor pen ability. You will see a big circle over you.
Pantheon
I max E and try to bait out his spears. Burn his mana pool and avoid his harass since if you are low he will do more damage to you. All in him at 6 you have a ultimate and he doesn't your all in is way better
Gangplank
Pretty easy and straight forward. Only thing is to be careful if he set up barrels out of your vision and if he took grasp make sure to E his Q's
Lee Sin
Skill matchup. Avoid his Q's, careful if he ults you first and Q's.
Kennen
Pretty hard matchup has range, a gap closer, really strong poke and CC and his level 6 all in is pretty brutal. He has no mana so be wary of that in trades. Make sure to use your E effectively, so if he Q's you or uses 3 stacks of his passive.
Yasuo
Careful a good yasuo can chesese you at level 2. If he is good he will constantly E in minions doding you abilities and because you have way longer CD's he can abuse that. He will probably shove the minion wave hard. Don't fight until at least 3 and its best to all in him at 6. Don't get baited by his wind wall.
Nautilus
Fight him through his shield he is squishy with out items. shield his E's and don't get hooked. He can setup easy ganks for his jungler so be wary of shoving your waves early.
Rengar
Just watch out for his early level 2 cheese especially if he has exhaust and you should be ok after that.
Vladimir
Abuse his low CD's and mobility early. E his Q's and let the wave push to you, if he walks up too far all in him and he will lose the trade hard, just careful to save E for disengage so he cant Q you on your way out.
Cho'Gath
If you don't win early he will out scale hard, he has a silence that destroys you and massive sustain. Its up to you to snowball early.
Garen
Ahhhh good ol' garen. Just out play this fool. try to cut off his passive as much as possible if you get a good trade so it doesn't turn into a better one for him.
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