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Good top laner against all in champions like riven and yasou?

Z5cQvwaGO6··1 votes·2,052 views

My top laners that I have are either squishy or have no ranged abilities(garen)

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oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

Maokai

however garen is good vs riven...

and i think garen would be ok vs yasou

Z5cQvwaGO61 votes

Oh I must have been thinking of urgot when I said garen, I couldn't safely poke without him ramming me and slowing me till he excutes me

Beas7ie1 votes

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=s9GENpiF,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2017-07-31T23:22:41.179+0000)

Maokai

however garen is good vs riven...

and i think garen would be ok vs yasou

Maybe its just being in plastic 5, but I've ALWAYS stomped Yasuo as Garen.

Garen is pretty much my "go to" counterpick if I know I'm laning against Yasuo.

Silence prevents a bunch of his dashes and poles. Windwall won't do squat against Garen. Garen is tanky enough to be able to handle the harass. And even if Yas wants to dash around, he'll still usually be in spin range and takes TONS of damage.

About the only game as Garen against Yasuo that I did NOT get at least 3 kills on him within about 10 minutes was from the enemy jungle camping me. And I was totally cool with that as i just farmed under turret while the rest of my team took advantage of what is pretty much the complete lack of enemy jungler to get the other objectives. Ez win GG.

In b4 reports for "Ez"

Beas7ie1 votes

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Maybe its just being in plastic 5, but I've ALWAYS stomped Yasuo as Garen.

Garen is pretty much my "go to" counterpick if I know I'm laning against Yasuo.

Silence prevents a bunch of his dashes and poles. Windwall won't do squat against Garen. Garen is tanky enough to be able to handle the harass. And even if Yas wants to dash around, he'll still usually be in spin range and takes TONS of damage.

About the only game as Garen against Yasuo that I did NOT get at least 3 kills on him within about 10 minutes was from the enemy jungle camping me. And I was totally cool with that as i just farmed under turret while the rest of my team took advantage of what is pretty much the complete lack of enemy jungler to get the other objectives. Ez win GG.

In b4 reports for "Ez"

Also Darius stomps Yasuo pretty hard, though then again Darius is kind of meant to be a bully like that and stomps most other top laners.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

well dont see that match up (garen/yasuo) alot i can usually go toe to toe with most match ups top lane as maokai ( i know he is busted ) even if im behind a bit in cs or die once i can typically be good enough to be effective outside of lane.

and like i said im sure garen is fine vs yasuo

Beas7ie1 votes

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=s9GENpiF,comment-id=000000010001,timestamp=2017-07-31T23:39:15.534+0000)

well dont see that match up (garen/yasuo) alot i can usually go toe to toe with most match ups top lane as maokai ( i know he is busted ) even if im behind a bit in cs or die once i can typically be good enough to be effective outside of lane.

and like i said im sure garen is fine vs yasuo

Maybe it's not as favorable for Garen at the higher elos I dunno. Like I said I'm Plastic 5, so while annoying to fight against, I haven't really seen all that many Yasuos. Down here he's pretty much permabanned because most people are afraid of a teammate taking him, failing hard, and feeding.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

i feel yasuo right now might be more balanced then before but then again its a lil easier with some of the armor items . but i do think there is a fear issue with him as you stated.

Just Jangle2 votes

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=s9GENpiF,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2017-07-31T23:22:41.179+0000)

Maokai

however garen is good vs riven...

and i think garen would be ok vs yasou

VS a bad Riven sure, but a decent Riven would shit all over garen.

Beas7ie1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Just Jangle,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=s9GENpiF,comment-id=00000002,timestamp=2017-07-31T23:48:44.258+0000)

VS a bad Riven sure, but a decent Riven would shit all over garen.

A pro LC$ Riven might shit all over a bad to average Garen but if both players are equally skilled, then Garen has the advantage.

He is also considered a pretty good counter for Riven.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

right cuz garen has sustain... she dont... he gets passive armor she dont, garen naturally tankier . he has a silence on his Q which you wait for to go in with a combo and you use it to stop her spam . she gets on you use W to reduce her damage and hit E and chunk her

just repeat over and over...

Just Jangle1 votes

{quoted}

A pro LC$ Riven might shit all over a bad to average Garen but if both players are equally skilled, then Garen has the advantage.

He is also considered a pretty good counter for Riven.

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=s9GENpiF,comment-id=000000020001,timestamp=2017-07-31T23:51:30.538+0000)

right cuz garen has sustain... she dont... he gets passive armor she dont, garen naturally tankier . he has a silence on his Q which you wait for to go in with a combo and you use it to stop her spam . she gets on you use W to reduce her damage and hit E and chunk her

just repeat over and over...

As i said a bad Riven sure, a good Riven nah. It doesn't has to be an LCS Riven just a decent Riven player.

Rivan can easily stop Garen Q with a stun or run away, then proceed to go in again with her lower CD skills. If a Riven sees Garen running in with his Q and gets hit with it, well those ain't 2 people on the same skill because that Riven is lower level that the Garen.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

then explain why she has a losing win % vs garen in plat + elos

Beas7ie1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Just Jangle,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=s9GENpiF,comment-id=0000000200010000,timestamp=2017-08-01T00:13:10.622+0000)

As i said a bad Riven sure, a good Riven nah. It doesn't has to be an LCS Riven just a decent Riven player.

Rivan can easily stop Garen Q with a stun or run away, then proceed to go in again with her lower CD skills. If a Riven sees Garen running in with his Q and gets hit with it, well those ain't 2 people on the same skill because that Riven is lower level that the Garen.

And a good Garen player isn't going to be like "IMA GONNA Q YOU!" activate his Q and try and Leroy Jenkins in. They'll wait for the opportunity like when Riven starts dashing and hopping towards them. Or alternatively if they can see that Riven is coming in for the stun, they'll start spinning. They'll probably get that stun off but they'll eat some decent damage from that spin, and good time with Garen's W buffs means he takes much less damage and has a lot more tenacity.

Like I said maybe a pro LC$ Riven or a super high elo one might be a Riven, but most of the time Garen wins this match up.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

http://imgur.com/a/qDatX

http://current.lolalytics.com/champion/Riven/Top/

rivens win rate vs garen is 47.38% being her 5th best counter via win rate but most common pick vs riven at 3.6%

tell me how two players of equal skill playing these champs riven beats the garen

Just Jangle1 votes

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=s9GENpiF,comment-id=000000020002,timestamp=2017-08-01T00:16:21.290+0000)

http://imgur.com/a/qDatX

http://current.lolalytics.com/champion/Riven/Top/

rivens win rate vs garen is 47.38% being her 5th best counter via win rate but most common pick vs riven at 3.6%

tell me how two players of equal skill playing these champs riven beats the garen

Those are really bad numbers for a counter and mostly because those Riven as i said, know their champ less that the Garen player. But Riven can easily scape Garen.

Just look how Diamond Rivens don't get countered by Garen. Because they know their champ better and they go vs Diamond+ Garens.

As i said, is all about knowledge of the champ if you had it you would know how easy is to turn it around with Riven vs Garen.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

how is it bad %s when its one of the highest win rates for a counter vs riven

and it is the most picked

just stop your just making yourself look foolish

https://na.op.gg/champion/riven/statistics/top

list a 46.01% win rate for riven vs garen that means if both are equally skilled players then garen wins more often then riven

Just Jangle1 votes

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=s9GENpiF,comment-id=00000002000200000000,timestamp=2017-08-01T00:25:50.304+0000)

how is it bad %s when its one of the highest win rates for a counter vs riven

and it is the most picked

just stop your just making yourself look foolish

https://na.op.gg/champion/riven/statistics/top

list a 46.01% win rate for riven vs garen that means if both are equally skilled players then garen wins more often then riven

It's k, keep playing vs ban rivens then, that will give you a bad idea too.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

man these stats are based over millions of games played of players of plat+ where it would be reasonable to assume they are of equal of skill level and garen whens the game vs riven nearly 54% of the time

but your right maybe a plat garen would lose to an LCS riven player...

Just Jangle1 votes

[{quoted}](name=MrFawknSunshine ,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=s9GENpiF,comment-id=0000000200020000000000000000,timestamp=2017-08-01T00:43:07.834+0000)

man these stats are based over millions of games played of players of plat+ where it would be reasonable to assume they are of equal of skill level and garen whens the game vs riven nearly 54% of the time

but your right maybe a plat garen would lose to an LCS riven player...

Nah i actually see the point now, most Riven players are trash and a braindead Garen player can outplay them. But any half ass decent Riven player can outduel a Garen ez pz, but is hard to find those in YOLO queue.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

Rivens stats for all of season 7 pro play Bans : 0 Picks : 5 Presence : 0.2% Win rate : 1W - 4L

20 % KDA : 1.5 CS/min : 7.9 DPM : 302

apparently no good pro riven players either

[slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

aZ3R0n1 votes

Vladimir

WinBoat1 votes

Garen and Darius beat Riven with ease. Honestly, I think most top laners beat Riven lol......

As for Yasuo. Tryndamere wrecks him Jax

if you want to be annoying... Heimerdinger

Z5cQvwaGO61 votes

I couldn't really fight riven, let alone poke her as fizz top

WinBoat1 votes

Are you new to League? Riven is very easy to play against unless it's like a high rated Riven main, but even at those elos, high rated Riven's require assistance.

Just play Garen into Riven. Might be easy for you.

Z5cQvwaGO61 votes

she kept cc-ing me as fizz really whether it was the stun or the knockup, I'm lvl 30 as well, but I couldn't fight her or even farm safely

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

you need to safe your playful trickster to negate her stuning you with her dash or used it to negate her Q combo and when she is on cd that is when you attack

in this match up having item 3047 early helps you alot

ReySolomon1 votes

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Garen and Darius beat Riven with ease. Honestly, I think most top laners beat Riven lol......

As for Yasuo. Tryndamere wrecks him Jax

if you want to be annoying... Heimerdinger

Not with the nerfs they did on darius now riven can beat darius easily.

Beas7ie1 votes

{quoted}

Not with the nerfs they did on darius now riven can beat darius easily.

Wait, when did they nerf Darius and what did they do to him?

ReySolomon1 votes

{quoted}

Wait, when did they nerf Darius and what did they do to him?

This was last month I saw they ''stealth'' nerfed darius 3x and after that I played as darius and he was super weak lawl it's just his passive that makes him stupid still.

TimX24968B1 votes

Trynd can do well against riven.

Shuriman Curator1 votes

This guy Garen

LadyRenly1 votes

Soraka is good for Riven

Hammermancer1 votes

might sound really weird but try out Graves

you can build a pretty strong tank buster or go straight adc by rushing double dance and you can win against them

go for fervor and runic echoes, lifesteal quints

Pippen The Short1 votes

Poppy is a good pick for both.

Rockm Sockm1 votes

Maokai, Mundo after an item, swain, Chogath....

AR URF1 votes

Yasuo main here. Jax shits on him.

TimX24968B1 votes

Play Tryndamere against riven and play Darius against yasuo. Some toplaners with ranged abilities include Olaf, Pantheon, Sion

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