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Choose Champion Build:
Spells:
Flash
Exhaust
Ability Order
Runic Blade (PASSIVE)
Riven Passive Ability
Introduction











1)Very strong late game both for doing damage and taking damage.
2)Can 1v1 most opponents.
3)Can move through creep waves.
4)Very good at farming mid game.
5)Fairly good at chasing.
6)Q skill allows her to go over thin walls
Cons:









1)Squishy early game.
2)Skill ranges are very short.
3)Ult can be tricky to use at times.
4)No great method of escape.
5)Difficult to recover from if your CC and Kills are low early game
Summery:
Riven will start out very weak in comparison to other champions.
She will become stronger as the game goes on.
It is important to maintain a steady CC [Creep Count] so she can get a nice AD item like a

Reds:
Recommended












1) Get last hits more frequently because of the increased AD.
2) Allow my shield to have more meat to it, allowing me to take more damage.
3) Add a little bit of damage to my passive.
Total Cost = 1,845 IP
Total Buff = 8.55 AD

Total Cost = 3,690 IP
Total Buff = 21.06 AD
Greater Mark of Desolation These are a must have if you plan on playing full throttle offensive


Total Cost = 3,690 IP
Total Buff = 14.94 Armor Pen
Yellows:











Total Cost = 1,845 IP
Total Buff = 10.26 Armor


Total Cost = 7,380/3,690
Total Buff = 48 HP/175 HP
Blues













Total Cost = 3,690
Total Buff = 8.1 CDR






Summery:





This mastery tree is all about CDR. If you run this tree, along with the runes mentioned in build 1, you'll be able to have 40% CDR at level 18 with either


Mastery Tree 2 [21/3/6]:
This mastery tree also gives you CDR, but focuses more on being aggressive with Riven. If you use this build with the runes provided in build 2, you'll be doing true damage to most opponents. I think this build is more fun to roll with in comparison to the [13/15/2] build because you'll be able to do more damage earlier in the game.
I'll be putting up more mastery trees in the future here if I think of any.

Boots:





Attack Damage Items:


























Defensive Items:










Summery:
If you're having trouble in lane, and can't farm up enough money to land a big AD item, get some smaller items like



Don't attempt to go for a lot of health thinking that you'll be able to 1v1 any opponent! I've seen Riven players who had







1)

2)

3) Auto attack to use your passive stack
4) Use your

5) Auto attack to use your passive stack.
6)

7) Auto attack to use your passive stack
8)

9) Auto attack to use your passive stack.
10)

11) Auto attack to use your passive stack.
12) Follow and repeat.





















This is the most important chapter of the guide. Even if you have a full mastery tree, and even if you have the best items in the game, it's pointless if you don't know how to use Riven's combinations correctly. Riven is a combo based champ, so knowing how to combo her skills correctly is essential to success.
So, let's go over each of her skills and how we can use them.
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 (Riven the Exile)
Basically, when you use a skill, you get a stack. You can have 3 stacks at one time at max, and each stack is consumed per auto attack. This means that you have to stagger Riven's attacks when using her skills! What this means is that after every skill you use, get an auto attack in to use the passive. Remember that long list I gave under the

Consider it similar to

Broken Wings

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.
Physical Damage Per Strike: 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 (+0.7 per bonus attack damage)
How to use it:
- This is the skill which requires the most staggering of auto attacks.
You want to use it: Q/Auto/Q/Auto/Q/Auto
- You can use this to farm up creeps. Think of it as an auto attack which can damage a bunch of enemies at once.
- Use the final Q to knock opponents who are running from you in the opposite direction in which they are running. You can then auto attack them and use your

- This skill also allows you to jump over thin walls, like the one found at the bottom of the river on purple's side. Note: You cannot wall jump on the winter map, but you can on the standard map. You can also jump over thin walls such as


Ki Burst

(Active): Riven deals physical damage and stuns nearby enemies for 0.75 seconds.
Cooldown: 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds::::::::::Our Build 4.2 seconds at level 18 at level 5.
Physical Damage: 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 (+1.0 per bonus attack damage)
- This skill is great for creep farming at mid game.
- Can root any opponent it hits for .75 seconds.
- Does a lot of burst damage.
This skill is great for juking in game. When your opponent follows you into a bush, turn around, run right by him as he enters the bush, use





Valor

Riven dashes towards the cursor and gains a shield for up to 2.5 seconds
Cooldown: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds::::::::::Our Build: 3.6 seconds at level 18 at level 5
Shield Strength: 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+1.0 per bonus attack damage)
- The very best skill for Riven to farm with early game. It allows you to dash into a creep wave, which activates your passive. The shield will protect you from minion attacks and enemy attacks, while the passive stack can be used to last hit a minion.
- Very useful when you want to escape. Use


- You will look like a boss when you use this to intercept


- You can also use this to dodge skills like


Blade Of The Exile & Wind Slash


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.
Cooldown: 75 / 60 / 45 seconds:::::::::: 27 Seconds With Our Build at Level 18 and Level 3
Minimum Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 (+0.6 per attack damage)
Maximum Damage (25% health or lower): 240 / 360 / 480 (+1.8 per attack damage)
This skill arguably makes

Her

The only big problem with this skill is that if your cursor is too far away from Riven, the cone will turn red, and if you click, she will auto path to the destination and use her ult. So when positioning this ult, try to keep your cursor close to Riven.
Summery:
Stagger your attacks and skills to unlock her passive.
Build AD items so your skills do more damage.
Use



Don't be afraid to pop her ult because the CDR from our build allows us to use it every 27 seconds at level 18, with

1) Get Vamperic Scepter
2) Kill Wolves (smite the big one, should be the first thing you do)
3) Kill Wraiths
4) Kill Golems
5) Go to base and buy an Emblem of Valor (Because it's Riven, duh)
6) Go Kill wolves
7) Get blue buff. (Your smite should be ready to take the big guy down.
8) Kill Wraiths
9) Get Red Buff
10) Golems
11) Go to Base and get a Doran's Blade
12) Kill Wolves
13) Wraiths
14) Golems
15) Wolves
16 Wraiths
17 Golems
18 Go to base, get Doran's Blade and one Elixir of Fortitude
19) Blue -> Wolves -> Wraiths -> Red -> Golems -> Pop your Elixir, kill Dragon.
Skill Sequence is Q-E-W-Q-W-R-E. This way all skills are at 2, and you have your ult.
You'll have 23% Life Steal, Some HP Regen, and you should be the same level as everyone else in lane.

Note that

Remember that your role in fights is to completely mess up everything with your final Q and your stun. Your ult can be used to cut down those chasers [works best at very low levels of enemy hp] and your Q and E can be used to catch up to/get away from people without a hitch.
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