Really hard match ups, i suggest you perma ban it, if you for some reason dont then
1- cry
2- Play super aggresive levels 1 and 2 your only opening early game
3- If you dont do that then just farm whole game until you reach level 11 with 2 items
Aatrox
Play passive until 3 wait for him to engage,dodge his spells with yours, get healing reduction early game
Camille
Play passive until level 3, dodge her e with your e, use your q or e when she w in order to go either out of its range or just engage her
Cho'Gath
Dodge his q with your e or q, farm it out, when you fight him care his silence
Darius
Ignite recommended, use your q or e to dodge his q, level 1 go aggresive if you know he started q, if he started w then play passive until 3
Dr. Mundo
Play aggresive level 1, healing reduction will be necessary
Fiora
Fight level 1, then play passive until 3 carefull with your third q, make her waste her w then go in again when you have your spells
Gangplank
Fight level 1 if he used his passive on a minnion , use your abilities to dodge his barrels
Garen
He isnt as hard as people think, some say riven counters garen, use your e to tank his q damage then go in on him
Gnar
Fight level 1, then just farm and you beat him pretty much whole game
Gragas
This is the new Riven counter, at least in high elo, use your e to dodge his q, carefull with your third q he can use his e on you and cancell it
Illaoi
Try to dodge her e then fight her
Irelia
Fight level 1, before she gets her passive, dodge her e with your e, you can kill her easily if she doesnt have her passive already
Jax
Use your w e combo to get out of his e
Jayce
Farm, start e in lane with dorans shield, and farm you outscale
Kayle
You destroy her
Kennen
Farm it out, play passive until level 3
Kled
Try to fight when he doesnt have his w, try to dodge his q with your spells, save your r to finish him off dont use it before he gets off skarl
Lucian
Farm, start e, play passive until level 3, fight if he doesnt have e
Malphite
Hard match up, just farm
Maokai
Play passive and farm it out
Mordekaiser
In this match up, you just dodge , dodge his e dodge his q then fight him
Nasus
Fight as much early game, freeze at your side and deny him, after level 6 dont underrestimate him he is an op champion, dont let him farm for free
Ornn
Just farm it out
Pantheon
Play passive and farm, you kill him after 6
Poppy
Just farm it out
Quinn
Start e level 1, and farm, prowlers claw is good in this match up
Rumble
Just farm you kill him later, try to get out of his r
Ryze
Play aggresive level 1
Sett
Play passive until level 3, dodge his w with your e and q
Shen
Farm it out
Singed
Just farm you can kill him easily
Sion
Use your spells to dodge his q, or go on him and cancell it with your w
Sylas
Play aggresive level 1, you can kill him easily after 6
Tahm Kench
Just farm it out
Teemo
Play passive until level 3, use your w when he use q on you, then fight him
Tryndamere
Fight level 1 if he doesnt have full fury, phase rush is good vs him, just farm, use your r in a way he wont expect the burst so he cant r
Urgot
Use your spells to dodge his q and e and r, farm it out
Vayne
Annoying match up, she is weak early game, play passive until 3 then fight her when she makes a mistake
Vladimir
Try to make him waste his w, then fight
Volibear
Use your q and e to dodge his e and r
Wukong
Play passive until 3, you can kill him later
Yasuo
Fight level 1, you can kill him easily, mind his w it can destroy your r2
+ Fun! + 1v9 Carry potential + Lots of room for skill + Build diversity + No mana + Flexible, can be played mid also, or even jg
CONS
- High skill ceiling - High skill floor - Easily counter picked - Cant be safely blind picked - No sustain in lane - All damage is physical
Rivens abilities explanation
PASSIVE ABILITY
broken wings
INNATE: Riven gains a Charge for 6 seconds every time she uses an ability, stacking up to 3 times and refreshing on subsequent ability casts. Riven's basic attacks consume a Charge to deal 30% − 60% (based on level) AD bonus physical damage.
Runic Blade is affected by Critical strike icon.png critical strike modifiers.
Q
Broken wings
Riven can activate Broken Wings three times before the ability goes on cooldown. If Riven does not recast the ability within 4 seconds, the ability goes on cooldown.
Each of the three casts has Riven slash with her sword, dealing physical damage to all enemies struck, Bladework.png resetting her basic attack timer, and ordering her to basic attack the target of Broken Wings if there are any.
PHYSICAL DAMAGE:»
15 / 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 (+ 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65% AD)
FIRST CAST: Riven dashes up to 225 units towards the target enemy or in the direction she is currently facing, affecting all enemies around the target area 100 units away. This cast cannot cross terrain.
SECOND CAST: Riven mimics the first cast's effects.
THIRD CAST: Riven mimics the first cast's effects in an expanded radius while also Airborne icon.png knocking back all affected enemies 75 units over 0.75 seconds. This cast can cross terrain.
W
Ki Burst
ACTIVE: Before the cast time, Riven's sword emits a burst of runic energy that shocks nearby enemies, dealing physical damage and applying a stun for 0.75 seconds.
ACTIVE: Riven Dash.png dashes to the target location (but not through terrain) while Hybrid resistances icon.png shielding herself for 1.5 seconds.
SHIELD STRENGTH:
95 / 125 / 155 / 185 / 215 (+ 100% bonus AD)
Other abilities can be cast during the dash, and Broken Wings Broken Wings may be cast during Ki Burst Ki Burst or Blade of the Exile Blade of the Exile cast times if they're used at the end or briefly after the dash.*
Valor will cast at max range if cast beyond that.
R
Blade of the exile
ACTIVE: Riven mends her broken blade and empowers it for 15 seconds, gaining 20% AD Attack damage icon.png bonus attack damage, Range icon.png 75 bonus range on her basic attacks, and increased range on Broken Wings Broken Wings and Ki Burst Ki Burst. After 0.5 seconds, she gains the ability to cast Wind Slash Wind Slash once for the duration.
R2
Wind slash
ACTIVE: Riven unleashes a wave of energy via three missiles spread in a cone in the target direction, dealing physical damage once to all enemies they pass through, increased by 0% − 200% (based on missing health).
MINIMUM PHYSICAL DAMAGE:»
100 / 150 / 200 (+ 60% bonus AD)
If Wind Slash hits an enemy while Riven is unseen, it will briefly grant Sight icon.png vision of the area around Riven to the enemies.
Runes
PRECISION
Conqueror Is the best rune option for Riven. She can stack it really fast with her abilities, she gets access to sustain which works really good, she also gets bonus ad and all her abilities scale with ad so she gets a lot of bonus damage, The other options just doesnt fit Riven as well, Riven can get Press the Attack really fast but it doesnt provide her the sustain or bonus ad or healing Conqueror provides, Fleet Footwork gives her sustain but no damage, and lethal tempo just gives her nothing, Riven works with attack speed, but the attack speed from alacrity is enought.
Its obvious here that Triumph is the way to go, Overheal isnt good enought,you dont have any sustain to stack it anyway,and Presence of Mind just doesnt work because Riven has no mana ;D,triumph works best because you get a lot of healing and gold in teamfights and when you 1v2 the enemy jungler.
Here the only viable options are Coup de Grace and Last Stand, Last Stand is the standart choise, Riven prefers extended fights and she will be low most of the times also with her sustain from Conqueror and from her items she will be around there 40% hp so she can use last stands damage well, Coup de Grace works with the damage builds.
SORCERY
Sorcery is now the new best secondary rune path for Riven, with the changes to transcendensce it gives ability haste and and a cooldown reset when you get a kill. Celerity cant work with Riven because she doesnt have any movespeed ability or any on her build, Absolute Focus doesnt work either, Riven prefers long fights and she will get low, making Absolute Focus useless
Here Gathering Storm is the best option because Riven is a scaling champion and the bonus ad can be really usefull because as i mentioned earlier Riven abilities all scale of from ad.
Here you get 2 adaptive damage runes and no longer the spell haste one,its better, you can get either armor or magic resist depending on who you laning against.
Game phases
Early Game
x The most basic way and safest that a Riven can play the early laning phase is by playing safe until she reaches level 3,from then she can look for short trades or long trades x An other way is just ignoring completly your enemy opponent and farm, as Riven you outscale most champs in the game, so there is nothing wrong with just farming x A third way Riven can play the lane is by playing super aggresive, you can cheese level 1 in the bushes with your q, or just pushing off the wave your enemy
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Mid Game
x Mid game Riven is starting to become strong, especially if she is ahead, you moslty want to push sidelanes and get jungle camps to get you even ahead, do not aram mid, you will lose a lot for no reward, just sidelane, do not push if you dont have vision, buy wards and place them in key spots, use your tp to join a teamfight, but only if you see an opportunity, if not just push and you will get extremely ahead, if you are behind just focus on farming and be mindfull of pushing
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Late Game
x Late game you are a monster, you can teamfight and sidelane really well, in teamfights dont engage first, at least most of the times,if you can teamfight only when you have Flash on, and jump on them with a Valor+ Blade of the Exile+ Flash, that would do the job and you will be right on them ready to kill them, but use that combo late game only if you can do it on 3 people, no less
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