Riven Build Guide by PartyzantPL
Build Guide
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| Health | 3242 |
| Health Regen | 15 |
| Mana | 0 |
| Mana Regen | 0 |
| Armor | 128.49 |
| Magic Resist | 64.56 |
| Dodge | 0 |
| Tenacity | 0 |
| Movement Speed | 415 |
| Gold Bonus | 0 |
| Attack Damage | 318.8 |
| Attack Speed | 0.997 |
| Crit Chance | 30%S |
| Crit Damage | 0% |
| Ability Power | 0 |
| Life Steal | 22% |
| Spell Vamp | 0 |
| Armor Penetration | 40 |
| Magic Penetration | 0 |
| Cooldown Reduction | 45% |
Recommended Runes
Ability Sequence
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Mastery Tree Is Outdated
WARNING: These masteries are still using the old tree and have not been updated to the new tree by the guide author. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.
Masteries
Introduction
Hi! Im PartyzantPL, and today I will present you my first build - How to successfully mid with 
Riven. Interesting, isn't it? I call Riven an "AD Caster". Please note that I'm not perfect in English, so I could make some (or a lot of) mistakes.
Bring it on!
Why mid with Riven?
Why mid with Riven?
Because:
-She does well on mid (can absorb whole/almost whole enemy's harassing spell
-She dominates AP Casters/AD Carries
-She needs frags to be powerful - mid provides those, when you will not fail :)
-Farm is all yours
-It's very funny when you play AD Caster on middle lane!
Riven?Because:
-She does well on mid (can absorb whole/almost whole enemy's harassing spell
-She dominates AP Casters/AD Carries
-She needs frags to be powerful - mid provides those, when you will not fail :)
-Farm is all yours
-It's very funny when you play AD Caster on middle lane!
Lore
In Noxus, any citizen may rise to power regardless of race, gender, or social standing - strength is all that matters. It was with committed faith in this ideal that Riven strove to greatness. She showed early potential as a soldier, forcing herself to master the weight of a long sword when she was barely its height. She was ruthless and efficient as a warrior, but her true strength lay in her conviction. She entered battles without any trace of doubt in her mind: no ethical pause, no fear of death. Riven became a leader amongst her peers, poster child of the Noxian spirit. So exceptional was her passion that the High Command recognized her with a black stone rune sword forged and enchanted with Noxian sorcery. The weapon was heavier than a kite shield and nearly as broad - perfectly suited to her tastes. Soon after, she was deployed to Ionia as part of the Noxian invasion.
What began as war quickly became extermination. Noxian soldiers followed the terrifying Zaunite war machines across fields of death. It wasn't the glorious combat for which Riven trained. She carried out the orders of her superiors, terminating the remnants of a beaten and fractured enemy with extreme prejudice. As the invasion continued, it became clear that the Ionian society would not be reformed, merely eliminated. During one bitter engagement, Riven's unit became surrounded by Ionian forces. They called for support as the enemy closed in around them. What they received instead was a barrage of biochemical terror launched by Singed. Riven watched as around her Ionian and Noxian alike fell victim to an unspeakably gruesome fate. She managed to escape the bombardment, though she could not erase the memory. Counted dead by Noxus, she saw an opportunity to start anew. She shattered her sword, severing ties with the past, and wandered in self-imposed exile - on a quest to seek atonement and a way to save the pure Noxian vision in which she believed.
''There is a place between war and murder / in which our demons lurk.''
What began as war quickly became extermination. Noxian soldiers followed the terrifying Zaunite war machines across fields of death. It wasn't the glorious combat for which Riven trained. She carried out the orders of her superiors, terminating the remnants of a beaten and fractured enemy with extreme prejudice. As the invasion continued, it became clear that the Ionian society would not be reformed, merely eliminated. During one bitter engagement, Riven's unit became surrounded by Ionian forces. They called for support as the enemy closed in around them. What they received instead was a barrage of biochemical terror launched by Singed. Riven watched as around her Ionian and Noxian alike fell victim to an unspeakably gruesome fate. She managed to escape the bombardment, though she could not erase the memory. Counted dead by Noxus, she saw an opportunity to start anew. She shattered her sword, severing ties with the past, and wandered in self-imposed exile - on a quest to seek atonement and a way to save the pure Noxian vision in which she believed.
''There is a place between war and murder / in which our demons lurk.''
Pros / Cons
Here I'll explain in which things Riven is good, and so what are her weaknesses.
PROS
- Incredibly high burst and damage output
- Awesome farmer early, mid, and late game
- Good mobility
- Good sustain because of your health regen
- DOMINATES mid lane
- No costs (skills doesn't require mana or energy)
- Low cooldowns with this build, which means SPAM ALL THOSE SKILLZ!
- Low cooldown Valor (Free damage absorb and dash every 5 seconds? Nice!)
- Sexy as hell
- Blade of the Exile is very fun to play
-She depends on her skills and cooldowns
-Weak if she isn't fed/farmed (item dependent)
-CC kills her (silence = death)
- If you're finally doing some damage, they focus you
- They will laugh at you when you will say you are going mid with Riven (haha, fools)
But really, you need to argue in almost every match that Riven is good on mid.
WHOAH! That's a lot of pros and cons!
- Incredibly high burst and damage output
- Awesome farmer early, mid, and late game
- Good mobility
- Good sustain because of your health regen
- DOMINATES mid lane
- No costs (skills doesn't require mana or energy)
- Low cooldowns with this build, which means SPAM ALL THOSE SKILLZ!
- Low cooldown
Valor (Free damage absorb and dash every 5 seconds? Nice!)- Sexy as hell
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Blade of the Exile is very fun to play
-She depends on her skills and cooldowns
-Weak if she isn't fed/farmed (item dependent)
-CC kills her (silence = death)
- If you're finally doing some damage, they focus you
- They will laugh at you when you will say you are going mid with
Riven (haha, fools)But really, you need to argue in almost every match that
Riven is good on mid.WHOAH! That's a lot of pros and cons!
Summoner Spells
Summoner Spells
Flash: A skill with one BILION uses. You can use it to gank, escape, chase, secure kill, ks, steal baron. The only barrier is your own imagination.It's a perfect spell on
Riven.
Ignite: This spell is awesome. A must-have skill against lifesteal/health regen/spell vamp/heal based champs. Helps you secure a kill. Cast it after you (or enemy) initiate the fight.
Ghost: Another good spell with one bilion uses, just like Flash.
Heal: Meh. Use it only if you want to troll the enemies, or if you are new to Riven.It does heal low amount of HP late game.
Exhaust: If no one else have exhaust, pick one. I am not the lover of this spell. But it isn't all that bad.
Clarity: It's a joke, right? Meheh, not funny. Don't pick this, you don't have mana.
Masteries
Masteries
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So practically Riven is a tanky, low cooldown, high mobility, attack damage caster. What does that mean?
We need:
Brute Force
- Extra attack damage. Do i need to say more? Summoner's Wrath
- 5 bonus ad when our ignite is on cd. Always nice.
Sorcery
- Cooldown reduction. We need that a lot (but remember, you can't have more than -40%!)
Demolitionist
- Helps you take down turrets faster. Resistance
- This will help you with ap casters on mid. Hardiness
- More armor, more tankiness. Durability
- Scaling HP. Get it.
Vigor
- More sustain on lane. Health regen on Riven is OP.
Veteran's Scars
- More health. Good.
Initiator
- A little bit more speed. Helps you escape ganks or getting back to lane faster.
Honor Guard
- Tanky, tanky, tanky tank. Juggernaut
- A solution for lots of CC. Also, more health. Niiice.So that's it, masteries are done! What's next?
Runes
Those little boosts.
Runes
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Greater Mark of Attack Damage 9 |
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist 9 |
Greater Seal of Armor 9 |
Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage 3 |
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- Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage: Flat AD. You'll have got a bunch of DMG with combination of marks and quints. I prefer AD to Armor Penetration on Riven, because she isn't a champion like
Master Yi, who bases on his basic attacks. You have got your skills to deal dmg. But you can pick greater quintessence of desolation, this works well too.
Also
Greater Quintessence of Health is good.
- Greater Mark of Attack Damage: Flat AD. You will be even more op in early game. The opponent will fear you!
- Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: Almost every time you will face AP Carry/Caster on mid. This will help you, when you will fail at dodging enemy's skills.
- Greater Seal of Armor: Bonus armor. AD carries will freak out when they'll see you on mid. You can try out
Greater Seal of Health too. If you want more CD reduction, get 
Greater Seal of Cooldown Reduction
Skill Sequence
Ability Sequence Order
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So, we want to max out
Ki Burst first. Why? It does high amount of dmg, leveling it reduces its cooldown, which means it will be more spammable. And it's a stun!Second, we rush
Broken Wings. Why not Valor? Simply: Because Valor gives enough shield at 1 lvl to block, for example, an ignite. You can only use it to close the gap between you and the enemy, escape and to block damage. Broken Wings does lots of damage when leveled up.Lastly, level up
Valor.I think i don't need to say you need to max
Blade of the Exile every time you can? No? Good.
Skill Explanation
Ability Explanation
- Runic Blade: Riven's abilities charge her blade, causing her to do 5 / 7 / 9 / 11 / 13 / 15 (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) bonus physical damage on her next autoattack. Riven can store up to 3 charges, and will only expend one at a time.
-This passive works well with Riven. After every use of an ability, you gain stack of damage. Remember, you can only have 3 at once! The best way to utilize this passive is hitting with your basic attack after every ability use. Someone may spam all skills and then proceed with AA, but trust me, this works better. Note this DON'T work on towers, inhibitors or nexus.
- Broken Wings (Q): Riven steps forward and lashes out in a series of powerful sword slashes that will damage all enemies nearby. This ability can be activated a second time within 4 seconds, and a third time within 4 seconds of that. On the third activation she will also knock nearby enemies back and have a larger radius of damage. All three strikes will deal the same amount of damage.
Your close-the-gap-between-you-and-enemy-and-damage-him skill. If you can, hit one basic attack between each jump. Max it second.
Note: You can't go through the wall with this skill.
- Ki Burst (W): Riven deals physical damage and stuns nearby enemies for 0.75 seconds.
AoE stun with low cd and great damage! This pwnz *** so hard, we need to max it first! Spam it when you can!
- Valor (E):Riven dashes towards the cursor and gains a shield for up to 2.5 seconds.
Another gap closer. And a shield. Use it before Broken Wings. Max it last.
Note: You can't go through the wall with this skill.
- Blade of the Exile (R):Riven's sword reforms, gaining 20% bonus attack damage, extended range on her damaging abilities and autoattacks for 15 seconds. She is also granted the ability to use Wind Slash once for the duration.
Wind Slash: Riven can activate the ability to emit a shockwave in a long cone in front of her that deals physical damage to all units hit based on their missing health.
EXTREMELY DEADLY skill and it's sooooo much fun to play! You need to activate it BEFORE you go into any battle. This will increase your whole attack damage, and so it will increase your spell damage! You also can cast Wind Slash, a shotgun-like burst of damage which bases on their hp - the lower they have, the more damage you deal. This makes Wind Slash soooo OP executioner skill.
Note: This skill can damage enemies even through the wall!
Items
Main build
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: Starting item. Nice HP, damage, a little bit of life steal. However, you should get 
Boots of Speed and 3x
Health Potion if you're facing a champion like 
Karthus or 
Cassiopeia. You have got also your skills to evade theyre skills.
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: Must-have. Get this and
Long Sword (or two) + 2x Health Potion at your first return to base (if you didnt buy them at the beginning), depending on how well you are farmed.
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: Nice dmg, cd reduction, armor penetration.
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: It'll help you stay longer in lane.
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: This boots works well on Riven. If the enemy team has got a LOTS of CC, buy
Mercury's Treads. If the enemy is heavy AD, get the 
Ninja Tabi.
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: Amazing item. Good stats, and very nice passive. It helps you push down turrets, chase or escape. Remember to activate this sweety.
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: Now, we will build some more AD. Start with the bloodthirster. Nice lifesteal and attack damage. We want this.
Riven farms well. Bloodthirster needs farm.
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: Next AD item. Riven needs also attack speed, so here it comes with nice AD and amazing passive! This item is one of my favourites. Get it.
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: This item will help you be more tanky. It's one, big HP steroid. Works purrfect with 
Atma's Impaler. You can replace Warmog's Armor with 
Frozen Mallet if you want to.
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: Armor and crit chance are always welcome. But the true thing about this item is its passive. This will get you 40-60 attack damage based on your items.
Situational items
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: Against heavy AP team. If you have a 
Banshee's Veil fetish, get it instead. Another option is 
Wit's End. Your choice. -
: Very interesting new item. It gives you nice survivability against AP team and it does not take your damage. Replace The Black Cleaver with this item. -
: Buy it when you're facing a champion like 
Malzahar. The active is a pain in the *** for your opponnents. Use this to break irritating spells, like Ignite, Exhaust or 
Nether Grasp. -
: Against heavy AD team. They will have a huge problem with you now. -
: Get this instead of The Black Cleaver when the enemy stacks huge amounts of armor. -
: You die a lot? Buy Guardian Angel. Second life. Problem, officer?
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Early/mid/late game
EARLY GAME
Welcome to Summoner's Rift! Grab your
Doran's Blade, add skill point into Valor and run to your turret. Why Valor? You will dodge his harrassing spells at the beginning.Early game could be hard if you will face champion like
Mordekaiser.If you will know that the game will be hard, or you are just loosing your lane (rare occassions) try to buy items from the second build here. This build will let you get tanky, but still having bunch of damage.
You want to play a little bit aggresive. You need to DOMINATE the enemy. Make him waste mana when you use
Valor to evade his skills.
To harass, simply enter with
Valor -> Broken Wings once -> Ki Burst -> Broken Wings twice BACK. Simple, isn't it? Stun makes them unable to counter your attack.When your ultimate is ready, you can kill your enemy. Pop it, use your combo (
Flash if neccessary) and EXECUTE HIM with your ultimate like a boss. Then, depending on your health, you can gank top/bot or push the turret.
MID GAME
Mid game starts when the first teamfights on mid begin. Your place in teamfight is in the middle of fight, taking down the squishes and DPSes like
Caitlyn, 
Annie, 
Xerath etc. You should spam your skillz with no mercy. Feel like they can't avoid you.Try to hit all of the enemies with your ulti and when they're half/low hp.
LATE GAME
Late game is when you want to take down inhibitor turrets. You are tanky now, and OP as hell! If you have completed your build BUY ALL OF THOSE ELIXILRZ!, and try to give frags to your teammates. Enjoy the pentakills with
Riven!NOTE: I DO NOT OWN THE COPYRIGHT FOR THIS VIDEO AND SO I AM NOT THE AUTHOR
Playing against various champions
COMING SOON
Laning/Solo top
Riven is an universal champion. She fits everywhere: in lane, on mid, in jungle, she also holds top very nice. I saw tank Riven once.So it's your choice where you go; where are you feeling nice. I prefer mid lane, because you can have easy kills and nice farm.
She works well in jungle. Her ganks are quick, because she has got nice mobility.
Solo top is also good, if you will be lucky, you could face noobs and even make double kills.
LANING PHASE
Know your enemy! If you have got support in your team, ask him to cast
Clairvoyance on the enemy base. Then, with the knowledge of your lane oponnents, you can buy 
Doran's Shield if they're both AD or they have got strong harass.
Try to last hit well. You are not on mid, you have to fight for minions with your lane partner. The more minions you have, the more powerful you are.
Your harass is identical as on mid: Valor -> Broken Wings once -> Ki Burst -> Broken Wings twice back. Got it? Mastered it? Want it? Yes! HARASS!
If the enemy has got a jungler, both of you should buy a
Sight Ward. It helps so much! As example, here is my "cool story bro". I once saw 
Lee Sin in the bushes, who wanted to gank us. Don't know why, but he had 1/4 hp, so i ulted him. Free frag and life saver for 70 gold. Worth it? It's your decision ;).
Know your enemy! If you have got support in your team, ask him to cast
Clairvoyance on the enemy base. Then, with the knowledge of your lane oponnents, you can buy Doran's Shield if they're both AD or they have got strong harass.Try to last hit well. You are not on mid, you have to fight for minions with your lane partner. The more minions you have, the more powerful you are.
Your harass is identical as on mid:
Valor -> Broken Wings once -> Ki Burst -> Broken Wings twice back. Got it? Mastered it? Want it? Yes! HARASS!If the enemy has got a jungler, both of you should buy a
Sight Ward. It helps so much! As example, here is my "cool story bro". I once saw Lee Sin in the bushes, who wanted to gank us. Don't know why, but he had 1/4 hp, so i ulted him. Free frag and life saver for 70 gold. Worth it? It's your decision ;).
SOLO TOP
So, wanna be a holder, huh? No problem, sir. Buy Doran's Shield or 
Regrowth Pendant. I prefer Doran's Shield to Regrowth Pendant, but it's only me. I think health regen with Doran's Shield is just good, and Regrowth Pendant doesn't provide armor or health.
Investigate your enemies. Buy Ninja Tabi if they're AD, or Mercury's Treads if they've got lots of CC.
Try to block any incoming damage with Valor. You're a holder, but this doesn't mean you can't harass them. But be carefull! If you are facing hard CC champions like 
Volibear, 
Sion, 
Singed, please watch yourself! One mistake and you're dead!
Try to know where your jungler is. It will be gg if you will not help at jungler's ganks.
A successful gank decreases the morale of the enemies!
So, wanna be a holder, huh? No problem, sir. Buy
Doran's Shield or Regrowth Pendant. I prefer Doran's Shield to Regrowth Pendant, but it's only me. I think health regen with Doran's Shield is just good, and Regrowth Pendant doesn't provide armor or health.Investigate your enemies. Buy
Ninja Tabi if they're AD, or Mercury's Treads if they've got lots of CC.Try to block any incoming damage with
Valor. You're a holder, but this doesn't mean you can't harass them. But be carefull! If you are facing hard CC champions like Volibear, Sion, Singed, please watch yourself! One mistake and you're dead!Try to know where your jungler is. It will be gg if you will not help at jungler's ganks.
A successful gank decreases the morale of the enemies!
Jungling
Section under construction
Jungling with
Riven is quite easy and simple. Your starting item should be 
Cloth Armor and 5x Health Potion. All is explained in this video, made by lexiphanic009:Positioning your ultimate
Section under construction
Your ulti can take down low HPs very quickly and effective. It does go through the wall, so they should fear death from nowhere. You need to be SURE that your ultimate will hit the target. Remember, you need first to ACTIVATE the ulti, then you can cast Wind Slash:
You can also killsteal Blue Buff Golem, Dragon, Baron:
Proof
My games:
Summary
Summary
Section under construction
Thanks to:
-jhoijhoi for her AWESOME guide CLICK. It helped me a lot with my first (this) build. One more time - THANKS.
-Toshibler, BalboaPL, Kreol, Epileptus for reviewing my guide and telling me, what was wrong, and what could be nice.
-RaVi112 for helping me with screenshots. Thank you for your time! Dzięki!
-Gurkeh, for suggesting me to add a "Why mid with Riven" section. Good work.
-Whole team Wypiździeters. You guys are great, thanks for the support!
I will be editing this build, and I'll add soon some pictures, proofs, and the positioning of the ultimate. Cheers.
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