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Riven Guide
Riven - Blade of the Ownage
^^ what you said here is true.
I suppose the combination of
Your guide is solid, and I'm glad to see someone else using
Let me put it this way. With the damage of
Also, by the time you finish your
As for the summoner spells, I personally prefer teleport as not only can it help with ganks, it can also get you back to lane faster if you die for some reason, or just have to recall to spend money from raping kids with
The "Doran's" items are starting items, hence why they cost the exact amount of money you start with, and why they are very cost efficient in terms of what stats they give for level one. They are meant to be sold off later on, which is why I DO sell it off later on. The 100 health is more than enough to give you a nice amount of health to harrass. I get a Doran's Blade as Riven is an agressive early game champion, and the extra AD helps alot, especially since you should have full armour pen marks and quints, giving you basically true damage for the first low levels.
I max Broken Wings first as it gives more damage output overall than Ki Burst, and since you should be playing aggressively as Riven, you should be dealing alot more damage than they are with Broken Wings and can easily get kills by using just one combo of all your abilities with Broken Wings maxed first, whereas Ki Burst is just for harrass. Maxing Broken Wings first also helps with farming, as you can clear half a creep wave easily with just one CD of Broken Wings, whereas you still need to attack all the creeps with Ki Burst maxed first as it won't kill them straight out.
Thanks for the feedback.
^^ what you said here is true.
I suppose the combination of
Your guide is solid, and I'm glad to see someone else using
I have it a +1 because there was a lot of effort put into this, and I felt it was an overall decent guide. However, I think a little more explanation on rune choices would help newer players. Also, I would not recommend maxing Q first and starting off with a Doran's Blade. I say this because there are too many champions Riven will get into trouble with if you decide to Q into them. Also, if you find you can't get into range to farm because of your opponents' lane composition, then Doran's Blade is a waste because you can't get any life steal due to the fact that you're not farming, and it also does not build into anything, so you'll probably end up scrapping it. Overall 8/10. Good Job.
The "Doran's" items are starting items, hence why they cost the exact amount of money you start with, and why they are very cost efficient in terms of what stats they give for level one. They are meant to be sold off later on, which is why I DO sell it off later on. The 100 health is more than enough to give you a nice amount of health to harrass. I get a Doran's Blade as Riven is an agressive early game champion, and the extra AD helps alot, especially since you should have full armour pen marks and quints, giving you basically true damage for the first low levels.
I max Broken Wings first as it gives more damage output overall than Ki Burst, and since you should be playing aggressively as Riven, you should be dealing alot more damage than they are with Broken Wings and can easily get kills by using just one combo of all your abilities with Broken Wings maxed first, whereas Ki Burst is just for harrass. Maxing Broken Wings first also helps with farming, as you can clear half a creep wave easily with just one CD of Broken Wings, whereas you still need to attack all the creeps with Ki Burst maxed first as it won't kill them straight out.
Thanks for the feedback.
Not the worst Riven guide I've seen by a long shot, but still not a guide that I'd term 'good'. Could use some work content-wise, but the build itself could use some major reworking.
Firstly, items. You, like many before you, have fallen to the curse of Trinity on Riven. It's an issue that was out almost as soon as Riven was out, and there are several threads on the LoL forums, math and everything, about why Trinity shouldn't be used on Riven. Long story short, the benefits don't match the cost, and you can get more damage for Riven going for Infinity Edge or Bloodthirster, with Bloodthirster giving you a decent amount of sustain as well to make up for what you're missing out with Trinity. Both at a cheaper price, both giving more damage to Riven overall than the benefits from Trinity, procs and all. Do yourself a favor and find a replacement for Trinity. You already have Frozen Mallet anyways, which renders 1/3 of Trinity's purpose moot anyways. Or, if you want to really build a tanky riven, throw in a Warmog's or Sunfire Cape to help you get more AD from your Atma's while making Riven much more difficult to down.
Beyond that, I personally wouldn't pick Black Cleaver for Riven, but more out of preference for Last Whisper, which is cheaper and gives you armor penetration right off the bat and allows you to lead in with Ki Burst. As your build focuses on Broken Wings early on, Black Cleaver isn't such a bad of a choice.
Skillwise, I really think you'd want to put Valor further up the chain. I grab it second, and I think that you should at least consider having Valor by level 3. Reason being is that it helps you to continue to power through early-game by giving you armor to bear the brunt of any sudden movement on the enemy part. You have teleport listed as one of your abilities, not the best choice, but whatever. So I assume that means you're gearing this for Riven solo-top, which you didn't explicitly state. There really isn't any other reason to take teleport. But if that's the case, then you'll definitely want valor sooner rather than later. And you'll probably want to max it second all the time, as leveling it reduces its CD and it gears towards the tanky riven that you're trying to build.
That's pretty much all I've got for now. You've got the basics, which is more that can be said for most, who are dumb enough to ignore AD and CDR for Riven in favor of dps or what have you, but you could still use some improvement. Hope you consider my suggestions.
First off, I use Trinity force on Riven as a last item, just for that nice damage boost and a slight bit of movement speed which can help chasing people down. Yes there may be more damaging items that could be used for Riven as a last item, such as Infinity Edge, but I prefer getting the extra burst damage from Trinity force aswell as the slight health and movement speed.
I generally pick black Cleaver for Riven, as I already have ~ 45 armour pen before-hand, and as most people know, mixing flat armour pen along with percentage of armour pen is generally a bad idea. The only time I would ever get a Last Whisper is if the majority of the other team is starting to stack armour as the Last Whisper would then become more beneficial. Let me give you an example. An opponent has 120 armour, I have 45 armour pen + 45 armour pen from Black Cleaver. That brings them down to 30 armour. The 10% armour pen I get from masteries then brings that down to 27 armour. That is alot of armour pen. If I had a Last Whisper instead of a Black Cleaver, then the armour pen would work like so. I have 45 armour pen + 50%. That brings them down to 37.5 Armour. As you can see, even if an opponent has 120 armour, the Black Cleaver will be more beneficial in the long run. Yes you have to build up the stacks, no it doesn't take long to do so. Not to mention Black Cleaver also gives 15 more AD than Last Whisper.
If all opponents had over around 160 armour, then I would get a Last Whisper as then it would become more beneficial than Black Cleaver.
I will make a situational items or other recommended items section and add some more items in that can be good for Riven to use.
Although I get my Valor at level four, and max it last, it doesn't mean that you should, as I said in the skill section, max shield second if you aren't doing too well so you can become tankier. Getting the shield at level four is just personal preference. With this build I am showing MY playstyle. No, you don't have to get Valor at level four, you can get it at level three, it's my preference to get it fourth, as I don't see the need for it before that level.
Anyway, Thanks for the feedback Zedera. I will try to be updating this guide fairly commonly, adding more information and what-not.
Firstly, items. You, like many before you, have fallen to the curse of Trinity on Riven. It's an issue that was out almost as soon as Riven was out, and there are several threads on the LoL forums, math and everything, about why Trinity shouldn't be used on Riven. Long story short, the benefits don't match the cost, and you can get more damage for Riven going for Infinity Edge or Bloodthirster, with Bloodthirster giving you a decent amount of sustain as well to make up for what you're missing out with Trinity. Both at a cheaper price, both giving more damage to Riven overall than the benefits from Trinity, procs and all. Do yourself a favor and find a replacement for Trinity. You already have Frozen Mallet anyways, which renders 1/3 of Trinity's purpose moot anyways. Or, if you want to really build a tanky riven, throw in a Warmog's or Sunfire Cape to help you get more AD from your Atma's while making Riven much more difficult to down.
Beyond that, I personally wouldn't pick Black Cleaver for Riven, but more out of preference for Last Whisper, which is cheaper and gives you armor penetration right off the bat and allows you to lead in with Ki Burst. As your build focuses on Broken Wings early on, Black Cleaver isn't such a bad of a choice.
Skillwise, I really think you'd want to put Valor further up the chain. I grab it second, and I think that you should at least consider having Valor by level 3. Reason being is that it helps you to continue to power through early-game by giving you armor to bear the brunt of any sudden movement on the enemy part. You have teleport listed as one of your abilities, not the best choice, but whatever. So I assume that means you're gearing this for Riven solo-top, which you didn't explicitly state. There really isn't any other reason to take teleport. But if that's the case, then you'll definitely want valor sooner rather than later. And you'll probably want to max it second all the time, as leveling it reduces its CD and it gears towards the tanky riven that you're trying to build.
That's pretty much all I've got for now. You've got the basics, which is more that can be said for most, who are dumb enough to ignore AD and CDR for Riven in favor of dps or what have you, but you could still use some improvement. Hope you consider my suggestions.
Good idea on maxing Broken Wings first, it does give some nice burst damage.
Good idea on maxing Broken Wings first, it does give some nice burst damage.