Riven Top has an advantage against Nasus (53.0% win rate) based on 535 games. The matchup leans toward Riven.
View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Riven Top vs Nasus Top in patch 15.15 (25.15), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 78.2% in this matchup.
Balanced meta clash: Riven (3.8%, 21st place out of 62 Top champions) regularly faces Nasus (3.3%, 26th place). Both champions hold solid meta positions, making this matchup knowledge a direct path to climbing and improving your win rate. Optimize for consistency: Conqueror paired with Triumph (54.2% win rate, 61.2% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Eclipse > Black Cleaver > Death's Dance with Ionian Boots of Lucidity delivers 78.2% win rate against Nasus.
Lane dominance: Riven not only wins the matchup but crushes CS (7.27/min vs 6.85 for Nasus). This 0.42 CS/min advantage generates significant gold leads that compound your already favorable position. Complete superiority: Riven dominates both win rate (53.0%) and damage output (774 vs 701/min, 2nd among Top). The 73 damage/min difference creates massive snowball potential. Intriguing anomaly: Riven wins the matchup (53.0%) despite a lower KDA (1.80 vs 1.90). This suggests you win through macro influence and clutch plays in key moments rather than consistent individual performance.
The Riven versus Nasus matchup in the top lane is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.
Except for rare builds, Riven deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Nasus deals mainly physical damage (73.39%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.
An important advantage of Riven is higher farming statistics (ranked 10th among role champions) (versus 26th for Nasus), which provides a stable gold advantage in extended games and allows faster access to key items. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (1.9 versus 1.8) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.
Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Riven player to maintain constant pressure on Nasus, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.
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+8 Ability Haste
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Basic attacks or spells that deal damage to an enemy champion grant 2 stacks of Conqueror…
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health, 2.5% of your max health, and grant…
Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).Earn progre…
Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…
Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …
For each different stat gained from items, gain one Jack stack. Each stack gran…
+8 Ability Haste
Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power
Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18
