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Recommended Items
Runes: Main runes
1
2
3
4
Precision
Sorcery
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
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2
Flash + ignite
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order
Runic Blade (PASSIVE)
Riven Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Renekton
Even if Renekton starts W we win level 1. From there we start losing when he gains fury. Short trades and try to bait him with cooldowns. Its really common to dive Riven with jungler, be careful of dives. This is my go-to ban.
Zac
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Zac
Champion Build Guide
Hello, im Molina , a



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Feel free to ask any question. If you dont have a Mobafire account I have a section on my Discord dedicated to answer ALL of your Riven questions.

If you are interested in learning




This section is exclusive for Riven's new build after all her items have changed.
When you build

Right now the best Riven build consists of going full damage.
You have two options:
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You mainly want this build when:
- Your enemy laner is a hard early game bully (Renekton)
- Enemy team has enough melee champions for you land a 3 man Goredrinker on every fight. (Darius, Olaf, Sylas)
- You feel like you need to frontlane for your team.
Notes:
- This build makes you really tanky, but gets highly countered by DPS champions.
- I would consider this build SITUATIONAL
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Firstly, you will want to rush
Ravenous Hydra as your first item.
The reason to do this is because this item is only good when fully charged.
Gives a lot of AD and some sustain + insane waveclear.
(You can go
Black Cleaver first if you decide its a good purchase, but I think Hydra > Eclipse rush)

The reason to do this is because this item is only good when fully charged.
Gives a lot of AD and some sustain + insane waveclear.
(You can go

As your second item, you will want to build either
Eclipse or
Black Cleaver, depending on the enemy team's composition. If the enemy team has a lot of armor, then you should go for
Black Cleaver. On the other hand, if they have squishy champions, then
Eclipse would be a better option. Both items provide you with a good amount of damage, as well as some additional utility.




For your third item, you will want to build the item you didn't buy before. So, if you went for
Eclipse as your second item, then you should build
Black Cleaver as your third item and vice versa. This will help you get the most out of your item build and ensure that you have a well-rounded set of stats.


As your fourth item, you can either go for
Serylda's Grudge or a defensive item, depending on the enemy team's damage type. If the enemy team has a lot of AD champions, then
Guardian Angel would be a good option.
On the other hand, if they have a lot of AP champions, then
Maw of Malmortius would be a better choice.
This build allows you to deal insane damage, but you will be really squishy. Play it at your own risk, and have fun.


On the other hand, if they have a lot of AP champions, then

This build allows you to deal insane damage, but you will be really squishy. Play it at your own risk, and have fun.
Riven, the Exile![]() With ![]() She can build a lot of different items, have different roles in a teamfight. Its a champion that can do so many things to win games. Thats why OTP's never get bored of her. |
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1. The cooldown of the 3 casts starts with the first Q. Its important to always keep that in mind to surprise people |
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2. Each Q can be used to give a faster auto attack than usual. |
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3. The third Q can be used to jump walls, and even more important to cut distance on corners. Jumping corners can take Riven to the next level of cheesy plays/great escapes. |
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4. You can use 3rd Q to drop minion aggro. |
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You can use it to drop minion agro. |
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E Allows you to cancel animations and Doublecast |
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You can use E combined with Q3 to secure Walljumps. |
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Useful to trade close to enemys tower. |
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You extend the W area by doing this correctly. |
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To cancel the ult animation (not be locked in the animation) |
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R increases the range of the auto attacks, Q, W, and E shield is bigger. |
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You can do R flash to reposition your R or to surprise enemies. |
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Against most bruisers or easy matchups always take this page
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Against tanks or matchups you cant kill this rune page is the best

SORCERY
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Goredrinker Its the best item in general terms but theres sometimes when you can pick something different. Generally the best item on Riven. If you doubt on what to pick, Goredrinker is the choice. |
Youmuu's Ghostblade Not sure of how good this item will be after the nerfs, needs some testing. Stick to Eclipse as it is more well rounded than this item. But I guess for snowball ![]() |
Eclipse After the Changes in 13.1B is a good item for Riven. Superior to ![]() |
Divine Sunderer (BAD) This item has nothing to do against ![]() |
All Items, ordered from A-Z.
You can press Ctrl + F and type the name of an item to quickly find it.
You can press Ctrl + F and type the name of an item to quickly find it.
Anathema's Chains The item itself its good, some Riven players buy it but I havent tried enough to tell. Will update if I find any good scenario to pick this over other items. |
Axiom Arc This item works on Riven, but its not optimal. You only want this item if you are smurfing and want to have fun. Otherwise please dont build it. |
B. F. Sword Most efficient AD-Gold Item, only useful if you want to build ![]() ![]() |
Black Cleaver This item is extremely good on Riven. You can stack it quickly, the only problem is the build path (Inferior compared to the full item). You can rush this item against double tank topside on enemy team if your jungler is an AD champion too. |
Caulfield's Warhammer Offers what Riven needs the most. Always good to stack Ability Haste. |
Chain Vest This item is only good if you need armor and you are building ![]() ![]() |
Chempunk Chainsword This item is EXTREMELY BAD. The reason why is because you already get what you need by buying ![]() |
Commencing Stopwatch When building ![]() ![]() |
Cull Some people dislike this item on Riven. I only recommend this item into lanes you cant kill, lanes that allow you to scale for free or if by any strange situation your lane is completely dominated before 5 minutes. |
Dead Man's Plate I dont recommend this on Riven. Bad item |
Death's Dance This item used to be God-Tier. Now its nerfed and its only good against team comps with no DPS / Onhit damage. Mainly against team with only burst. |
Divine Sunderer Unless you are going against a Super HP stacked team, ![]() |
Doran's Blade This item helps a lot during laning, maybe not as your starter item but buying it before your first item can be good sometimes. You want to buy this when you need some extra HP. Really good early game item. |
Doran's Shield If you are facing an annoying ranged champion in the toplane, this item as starter is your best friend. Against annoying melee lanes I think Longsword + 3 Pots start is better nowdays. |
Duskblade of Draktharr Riot is doing so many buffs to this item now finally is a choice. Good vs full squishy teams. Better than Youmuu unless facing certain comps. |
Eclipse Riven best scaling mythic without doubt. The shield feels really good, movementspeed is just okay and the % armor pen helps a lot combined with the rest of items she builds. |
Edge of Night This item is really situational. If you are starting with League or you are in low elo dont bother with this item. I buy this item 1/200 games so dont worry. |
Elixir of Iron This elixir grants you tenacity and HP. Depending on the team it can be good or even better. |
Elixir of Wrath Best elixir on Riven when you dont need more tenacity. |
Essence Reaver Dont do this bro, its bad for you |
Evenshroud Need some testing with this item, but for now I personally dont recommend you to do this. |
Executioner's Calling Against Soraka / Divine abusers / Heavy healers (Sylas / Senna) this item is good. Sit on this component, only upgrade as your last item. |
Force of Nature I dont think this item is good unless you are facing a full AP team. |
Frozen Heart I dont think this item is good anymore because how Riven build changed |
Gargoyle Stoneplate Some Riven players like this item to secure surviving a fight. I think you should only consider this item if you go Goredrinker + Cleaver build. This item scales with HP. |
Goredrinker Most people hate this item and I do too, but its a strong early game item. It helps you survive teamfights and works really good the more melees enemy team has. Personally I would pick this item if I can get a 3 man Goredrinker easily. |
Guardian Angel Best Offensive-Defensive Riven option by far. This item is your best friend as it secures you performing on teamfights. Only time when this item is bad is against ![]() |
Hexdrinker This item helps a lot, its main Rivens item against AP threats. I recommend building it after your 3rd item. But sometimes it might be better to get it sooner, every game is different. |
Hullbreaker I dont think this item is good |
Ionian Boots of Lucidity Best boots for Riven without any doubt. Cheap, they allow you to have flash and ignote more often and give you Ability Haste. I recommend buying this after your first item. |
Ironspike Whip This item is good on Riven, makes your all in really strong. Always recommend to use it combined with Windslash or combined with Q or W. |
Jak'Sho, The Protean Bad item for Riven, you dont want full defensive items on Riven mostly. Offensive - Defensive item types work better on her. |
Last Whisper When buying Serylda always focus on purchasing this first. |
Liandry's Anguish If you get unlucky team, sell all items at the end and buy this. |
Lord Dominik's Regards I dont think this item is good unless you are addicted to the Dopamine of critting. Serylda is superior on Riven |
Maw of Malmortius This item is without doubt your Go-To against AP threats. If an enemy AP carry is feed, Maw is usually worth. If enemy team has multiple AP champions, this item has a lot of value too. |
Mercury's Treads The enemy team has a lot of annoying CC you cant dodge? Buy this |
Pickaxe Really gold efficient item for Riven. Buying this feels really good, specially if you can get it in your first/second/third recall. |
Plated Steelcaps Against a lot of auto attack based champions. This item is really broken. Something I recommend if the enemy team allows you, rush this against ![]() |
Prowler's Claw This item is not bad on Riven but its situational after the rework, even more than before. Against a lot of ranged champions or squishies you can have a lot of fun by building this |
Quicksilver Sash Mordekaiser / Malhazar counter. |
Radiant Virtue Need some testing, but this item is broken. Maybe for a tank Riven build. I dont recommend it for now. |
Randuin's Omen Not a fan of this on Riven, if you build it at least make sure you have enough damage already. |
Ravenous Hydra Best Offensive Riven item. If you need this item make it be your first one or second. Its only powerful when its at 20 stacks or fully stacked. Otherwise items feels normal. |
Refillable Potion Helps a lot with laning, never start this but buying this on your early recalls can help you. |
Serpent's Fang Against a lot of shield this item helps a lot. I recommend this as your 4th or 5th item. Getting it early usually messes with your Ability haste. |
Serrated Dirk Buying this gives you A LOT of damage. You can rush this if you are smurfing. |
Serylda's Grudge Cleaver is superior to this item, but both items combined are good against tanky champions (Tanks, Graves and armor stackers) |
Silvermere Dawn Situational item to counter Morde / Malhazar. |
Spear of Shojin Bad item for Riven, but if you want to build it make it your 4th or 5th/6th item.Its bad because Riven has a lot of more valuable options than this item and doesnt work that good on her. |
Spirit Visage Only worth when you have healers in your team and you need magic resist. But even then I think Maw is better. I dont recommend this unless Soraka is by your side and enemy team is full AP-ish |
Sterak's Gage Bad item on Riven. I would only build this if enemy has multiple sources of true damage like Darius + Camille / Garen. But even then I think ![]() |
Titanic Hydra not good item, never do it. |
Trinity Force Bad item on Riven. |
Umbral Glaive The item itself is good, but doesnt fit Riven needs. Dont build this. |
Vampiric Scepter On other champions this works better, on Riven its bad. Buying AD is better than this, almost no sustain from this item. |
Warden's Mail This item is OP, but not for Riven. Dont do it, it will delay your main build too much. |
Youmuu's Ghostblade Im really sad for this item, only strong for 1 Patch. Duskblade is better now. |
Zhonya's Hourglass This could be useful in a 50 minute game, you might agree or not. Only for experienced Riven players and I dont recommend this unless you have a plan lol |
This section is exclusive for the Bruiser Items Changes in Patch 13.1B.
First of all, let me show you this graph and summarize it.
TL;DR = You need 70 Ability Haste (aprox) for


For

With the items changes ONE OF THIS scenarios will always be true for

- You need an item that provides A LOT of Ability Haste (


- You need

- You need

Based on those scenarios, you need to take a decision based on your matchup and enemy team comp.
Why? Because Riven needs the Ability Haste/Cooldown Reduction stat for her optimal playstyle.
Let me show you with numbers:
With







If you decide not going for any of the choices I offer, let me show what your Ability Haste would be:
With







Before the Bruiser Item changes every item would give you Ability Haste, now that has changed.
You need to chose your Ability Haste items early so you dont lack it later into the game.
Your options for Ability Haste by tiers are:
Tier S+



Tier S


Tier A+


Tier A


Tier B

Tier of the items might change between games, but generally speaking thats it.
Now that you know the CDR amount you need on

TL;DR:
















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Doing a matchup guide is probably one of the most complicated things for Riven.
Riven laning is the most important part and so are matchups.
Most of the matchups in this website will help you to start approaching them.
Some of them are outdated, but its really useful.
https://riven.saltyy.at
Credit: Rueven for the matchups & Salty Riven for the website mirror.
Its really important to not panic your shield in the early game. The difference from a good

Another really important tip is to learn how to manage cooldowns. You need to be constantly aware of when your cooldowns are up and what can yo do in the mean time. Its probably the hardest thing to master for Riven laning but you can get so many solo kills by doing it, its worth the effort it takes.
Its really important that in lanes you cant kill or snowball you make sure to collect all the resources you can. By this i mean farming and stealing jungle or collecting jungle camps that arent in the pathing your jungler is doing. Even if you dont win lane by killing someone 2 times if you build a CS advantage and keep it across the game it will help a lot as Riven.
Be really patient with abilities as


Early game (Laning phase):
Our objective is to never lose lane, Riven can perform into most lanes. If you cant abuse your matchup make sure to abuse her waveclear to create rooms so you can impact the map by slowpushing waves/doing a quick proxy to generate a roaming window. Once you make habit having 8/9/10 cs per minute as Riven isnt something that crazy.
Minute 0 - 1:30 | Invade timer
In this stage of the game is really important to not get cheesed by an early invade or a specific strategy. Knowing if something is going to happen can be easy sometimesm, champions like:








During this timer you should also look to know where the enemy jungler is starting. It will dictate how you have to play the lane, every lane needs to be played differently depending on the teams.
Minute 1:30 - 5:00 | Set up the game plan
You might be wondering why the minute 5 is important and not 5:50 or minute 6 (When you unlock your ultimate). The answer is that at minute 5 in Toplane/Midlane tower plating falls, taking plates after minute 5 will be a lot easier. Before minute 5 is more important playing for tempo than playing for a tower plate. (By playing for tempo i mean playing for a good recall rather than greeding for hitting the tower)
In this frame of time our objective will depend of the matchups, but building a CS advantage is always the safest as





Minute 5:00 - 14:00 | Laning phase
Depending on the matchup this could be one of the best moments for

As soon as we hit level 6 we can consistently think of how to all-in/outplay our enemy laner or putting him in a bad position depending on our junglers pathing.


With this being said, our objective will be to collect as much gold as possible and negate as much as we are allowed. Might sound like a general tip so let me give you some examples:
- If you cant kill the enemy laner,

- Farming camps like




Midgame (Laning phase is almost over):
Will depend mostly on our team, but as

If our team is losing and you need to group with them to stop the enemies, consider the situation and go for it. But keep in mind you need to collect resources. Decision making is really important at this game stage.
Lategame:
Since every game and team comp is different is hard to explain what you should be doing here. All i can say is that your main objective should be to hunt people with your team, pushing sidelanes, giving/clearing vision or protecting your team mates. (Yes


- Flank and force the enemy carrys to run/be in a bad position.
- Kill the enemy carry.
- Peel for your carrys with your CC and damage.
- Chase enemies and chain CC them until your team can catch.
- Gain time by running/jumping walls until your team can help you.
How can you know what you should be doing? Depends on your team, for example:
You are going against a team with a lot of disengage, you already tried to go for the enemy ADC and they managed to stop you, next fight you notice you have a

Its all about adapting and learning.
Another example:
Enemy team has a





Most common play as

By this I mean being patient and waiting for enemies to burn CC or things that can annoy

RED SIDE WARDS

BLUE SIDE WARDS


BEST RIVEN SKINS (MY OPINION)
I have some Riven custom skins that I do on my own. If you want them make sure you join my discord server. I do giveaways from time to time.
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Renekton (My permaban) Early game lane bully, you can deal with him if you are experienced. Its hard. If its combined with Elise / Nidalee / Rek'Sai I truly recommend you to dodge that game. Its not going to be fun. |
Kennen Annoying champion to face, has an easy time getting away from you. You can scale and be useful but laning against Kennen is boring. |
Malphite Malphite currently is too broken. I understand if you ban him, the champion doesnt need a brain work. |
Jayce Jayce can be really hard depending on the player, if you are fine with the rest you can ban him. But I would not ban Jayce personally. |
Frequently Asked Questions:
Riven mid?
Its viable, has a lot of good matchups. If you want a section dedicated to Riven in the midlane let me know in the commnets. That it is viable doesnt mean its good and you can go Riven mid all games, she has a lot of bad matchups too!
Crit Riven?
Its fun for a normal/Ranked Flex game when ahead. But if you truly want to get Riven MAX potential... Just dont go crit.
Note: If you have any question you can ask me on my stream or in any related video on Tiktok/Youtube.
And thats it for now, this was my guide and i truly hope it helped you. If theres any question you have dont be shy to comment.
See you in the comments/my socials!
Riven in the 2v2v2v2 Mode is strong.
I reached Gladiator on the PBE and now in EUW aswell.
Edit: Currently 7.4k Elo
I will keep all the information short here so you easily understand it

A lot of good augments for her and items provide a lot of AD / Ability Haste
I will only cover the good augments for Riven, there are more Augments but you dont need to worry about them.
FOR ANY QUESTIONS -> DISCORD.GG/MOLINA
Until Mobafire releases a proper way to show it I will explain it shortly:
Best Augments for Riven in order (Order might change but im trying to make it accurate):

BEST BUILD FOR RIVEN

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