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Malphite is just out there to annoy you, your trades with him are gonna be worse the longer you fight him, unless you can time your combos right. Against him i recommend going hard level 1-3 and if you can't snowball/zone in those levels you will need to at least wait until you get a black cleaver - That is if he's not stupid, take advantage of him using his E and W for farming, his W does a lot of damage in long fights, if he uses it for farming go in on him, try to E his E and you should win a trade
Also he outscales you super hard
Renekton
Alright, this fellow here is not fun, theres not a lot i can see about this match up, but heres what i have tried. Find out if he started W or Q, if he started Q then go in on him at level 1 with your Q, at level 2 he's gonna take his w and you're gonna take your E, what you do to win this match up is start Q'ing him and when he's about to W you E, if you do it right you should win. Another tip save your W for when he E's you can cancel it and its damage if you do it right
Yasuo
This is a really easy match up, dont get cocky though. level 1-2 he beats you, your chance of winning are small during those levels. But as soon as you hit level 3 you can win easily, an easy way to do it is Q him twice with AA in between then W, 3rd Q and you should be able to kill him
Illaoi
God she tilts me so much. Technically Riven wins this match up, but its really annoying. Go in on her, if she has E and she lands it you're gonna most likely lose the trade unless you can land your 3'rd Q and W on her before she does too much damage. Use your Q to dance around her, the way you do this is by not targeting her and just putting your cursor on behind her and clicking Q, this way you can dodge her Q while still dealing Damage
Vladimir
This is such an easy match up. Go hard on him, save at least one of your cc for whenever he leaves pool, E his empowered Q, he's gonna have to use it on you in a fight almost immediately or else its gonna run out, so thats a lot of his damage gone. I recommend not saving your E for his E if you're gonna fight him any time soon.
Jax
This is a weird match up, i win it a lot but thats just cut the jax i win against doesn't understand how to fight Riven. Basically in this match up you go in hard, try to save your E for whenever you think he's gone jump on you. Watch out for his E, that means he's probably gonna go in on you, the best way to counter this is by E-W, since that stuns him and you take almost no damage, you can also just W, but its not as save. After that you can Q'AA'QAA'Q'AA, and you should win. If not proceed to run
Aatrox
Another fairly easy match up. Theres not a lot to it, Dodge his E or just dash through it. Use Q to dodge his Q if needed, but save your E for his E. CC him then auto him in between CC, dont stay in long fights unless you're sure you can win. Try to not let him auto you too much in a fight. In this match up you will need to go hard, or else your trading is gonna seem useless because of his sustain
Akali
This match up is something that i haven't done too much but its not that hard from what i've seen. You go in hard in the early levels take advantage of her pretty long cooldowns early game, as soon as you both hit 6 you should go in, If you wait for too long she's gonna get too many stacks on her ult and you will most likely lose a fight unless you can cancel her dashes with either your 3'rd Q or your W
Cassiopeia
This is just straight up annoying in every way, there is not a lot you can do in this match up. Even if you're determined to learn Riven i recommend not picking her into Cassiopeia. In fights you need to close distance really fast, it might be necessary to flash, do your best in dodging her Q, you dont wanna let her get the movement speed since if she does she can get far enough away to throw down her W, if you're stuck in the W you basically lose and will most likely die. Thats why you wanna close the distance, Her W has a minimum distance it has to be cast, standing in her face will win you the match up
TL;DR - Hit by W = Lost the fight
Cho'Gath
Theres a lot of annoying stuff about him, he's really tacky, does damage and has a bit of CC. The only thing you need to watch out for his Silence, his W. Try to fight him and bait out his silence without using too many abilities, run away until the silence runs out and you should be able to win the trade if you do. Its not an easy match up, this one requires you to take his W cooldown into consideration.
Darius
Oh boy do I hate Darius, he was one of the milestones when I had to learn Riven. When fighting him use your Q's like you would usually, the only hard thing about him is the fact that you can't fight him for long time, what you usually wanna do is bring him down a bit and then all in him at 6 as a little surprise. Heres a nice combo, start using your Q, not to hit him or anything just use it to start the cooldown, then when its about to run out use it again, then when its about to run out you go in on him and use your last Q, then W and lastly an auto attack. This will prock Thunderlords, be careful, dont use your E to run away afterwards, he's just gonna E you, so what you're gonna do is start running away, he's gonna E you, then he's gonna try to Q you, what you try to do is E towards him as to not get hit by the edge, if everything is done right till this point your Q should be up again and you can fight him, if you dont kill him you should run as soon as possible after that, His E is on a long cooldown
Dr. Mundo
This lane is pretty easy, he's most likely gonna start E so you can start trading early, if he starts Q its not much different, dont let him poke you. Go in when in a fight with him use Q to dance around him, its gonna be nearly impossible for him to hit you with his Q's. At level 6 if you haven't killed him you should be able to 50-0 him in no time
Teemo
Actually not that hard of a match up. What you have to do is basically just E his Q, from there you can just W him when after that and go in with your Q's. This is one of the only match ups where i still max E.
Pre 6 is still hard even if you can trade since after every trade he can chase you down.
After 6 you can basically one shot him, even if he blinds you all you need is 1-2 auto's and tbh his blind isn't gonna last that long that you're gonna die
Gnar
This is a really easy match up. Bait out his E, its on a really long cooldown, eventually you could also just engage and save your W or 3'rd Q to cancel it. He can't do a lot with his Q cut its so easy to dodge, and thats basically all of his damage. When he goes mega dont fight unless your confident you can dodge his Q and his W. Other than that you should beat him at all levels
Garen
Honeslty Fuck this guy, i dont like him you dont like him no one likes him. Unless you like him, in which case we might be on wrong footing, but that doesnt matter. What you do in this match up is cry, yes Cry. Cry for as much help as you can get, go for cs and hope that you dont fall behind. If you're still healthy and not dead on the inside when you hit 6 then you can try to fight him, pre 6 stay away from his E and E-W his Q. after that if he doesn't use his E you can try to go in but be careful. If he uses his W go in when it runs out and CC lock him and run away afterwards, in this match up i like to chip away at his health until i hit 6 whereafter i all in and hope for the best.
Rammus
This is another super easy match up. You win at every level in lane, unless he gets a big lead. You should always rush BC in this match up. Go in on him as much as possible and kill him early as much as you can. When he uses W stay away from him, it doesn't last for that long and if he taunts you just wait for a bit and if his W is still up at that point stop auto attacking and use you abilities to do the damage, when his W run out of you can start auto attacking again. I recommend saving your E and W for when he tries to run away, use your E to run into him when he uses Q to run away and your W to just further stop him.
Guys this is a project that is pretty big, i wanna talk about every possible match up top, so im gonna be working on it once in a while, since typic a lot is kinda boring, check in on the guide once in a while and leave a question if you want help with anything that i dont mention, you can leave some tips for how i can make this a better guide as well, i would appreciate it. Thank you
Heres a list of champs im thinking about doing
Yorick, Wukong, Voli, Vi, Udyr, Tryndamere, Trundle, Teemo, Tahm Kench, Swain, Shen, Singed, Shyvana, Rumble, Ryze, Rengar, Rammus, Quinn, Poppy, Pantheon, Olaf, Nunu, Nautilus,Nasus, Master Yi, Maokai, Malzahar, Lulu, Lissandra, Lee sin, Kennen, Kayle, Karma, Jarvan IV, Irelia, Heimerdinger, Hecarim, Gangplank, Fiora, Ekko, Diana, Fizz, Vayne
As said theres a lot of champs that i need to, if you think im missing a champ be sure to say so
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