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Not as hard as you think. when he Q's dash INTO him to block damage and heal. Only go for short trades as he excels at long trades. Outscales you and is a teamfight god.
Garen
Very annoying. He can outtrade you levels 1-3. You wanna shield his silence so he take minion aggro. If you're low and he's six juist back. He will just Flash Q>R you. Also in lane ALWAYS do damage to him to reset his passive timer because his sustain will force you out of lane if you don't.
Akali
Buy a pink and you will always outdamage/outburst her.
Gangplank
Deny farm and shield barrels. Go in, bait his w then back off and go in when your stun is back up. You have to delay his Triforce power spike as much as you can as he gets incredibly strong once he has it.
Gnar
Easy to kill levels 1-5. Best case scenario you cancel his jump with your 3rd q. Worst case scenario you get poked out of lane and get outscaled after 6 due to his cc and tankiness.
Irelia
Skill matchup absolutely. Whoever uses their cc better wins. If you can shield the Irelia stn and block at least one auto you will win trades in lane. Try to fight her early and deny farm so she can't get a sheen first back but instead get phage components. She will outscale you after triforce though. EDIT* RAGEBLADE IS BROKEN ON PATCH 5.22* ANY RAGEBLADE CHAMP ***** ON RIVEN
Fiora
Skill matchup. Dead even. How good can you stun? How good can she parry your 3rd q, stun, or ult? Can you shield the vitals?
Jax
He will outscale you but you can delay this ALOT. Jump on him with your abilities and bait his e, then run. When your spells are back up, go ham as his e is a pretty long cooldown. He is useless without his stun. EDIT* RAGEBLADE IS BROKEN ON PATCH 5.22* ANY RAGEBLADE CHAMP ***** ON RIVEN
Kennen
Hard. He can poke you out hard and deny lots of farm. His stun will screw you over and you have to use half of your combo to even get near him. Play safe, use brushes, and wait for jungle ganks. You can nearly die going for 1 or 2 minions.
Olaf
Can be hard if you don't know what you're doing. ONLY SHORT TRADES AND DONT BE GREEDY. At 6 if you're even semi low youre dead. You have to win your trades and use your e to dodge axes.
Yasuo
He can beat you level 1-2. At 3 you will always outtrade him and your kit counteracts his. You wont even have to use your second ult to kill him at 6.
Shen
This is boring to play. He will outsustain you so you have to try and burst him down before 6 because once he gets sunfire he is very hard to kill in lane. Be careful if he taunts you in lane, you can take lots of minion aggro.
Vladimir
Jump on him as much as possible. Burst beats him. Get executioners calling early and he'll be useless.
Tryndamere
Mechanically tiring matchup. You have to pray to RNGesus that he doesn't crit. You can cancel his autos with your w, e, and third q. You HAVE to cancel autos to win or else he will deal too much damage. After laning phase if you're no fed he will easily outscale you.
Renekton
Probably the biggest Riven counter. He will always outtrade you in lane except level 1. So all in him level 1 and if it goes well deny him as much as possible. If not just play safe and wait for your jungler. If you feel uncomfortable cloth 5 is never a bad idea but its not recommended.
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