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Spells:
Ignite
Flash
Ability Order
Runic Blade (PASSIVE)
Riven Passive Ability
Introduction
Runes are able to be varied on Riven though she does excel at early game damage flat damage or armor pen runes are the best, in the runes I showed give u a lot of early game damage and a chance at first blood while also giving you a little defense with the flat armor. The physical damage is the best in my opinion but play with what your comfortable with the mr per level helps late game because with a guard angel and hexdrinker you have over 160 mr and 150 armor at full build which makes you tanky along with your bloodthirster procs.
Ok guys the items i have given are probably the best in the game ive tried multiple games with riven and trust me the build i have given is best unless you want to switch the mallet to atmas for bonus armor. I will explain the items starting boots 3 is good against a fast jungle on their team who will gank or if the enemy top cannot harass u well. Start cloth 5 on someone who will harass you alot as the armor and pots will help alot. Wriggles is self explanatory and is good on any AD top lane. The next item should be a bruatlizer which will help with cooldowns and damage, next up should be a bloodthirster, then mallet or whisper depending on armor and then you can start defensive with hexdrinker(awesome sheild btw) and the guard angel as most fights you will be focused. DONT RUSH ATMOGS IT IS USELESS THE BUILD ABOVE MAKES USE OF THE RIVEN PASSIVE MAXIMIZING YOUR DAMAGE, ATMOGS NOT THE WAY TO GO. DONT DO IT.=]
CORE:
FOLLOW-UP-ITEMS:
LUXURIES/SITUATIONAL
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FOLLOW-UP-ITEMS:


LUXURIES/SITUATIONAL




SKIll Sequencing should be usually the same but it can vary.
Always TAKE W FIRST
Then TAKE E or q
THEN TAKE Q or e
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K guys always take w first as it is your main source of damage max it by level 9, then q or e can vary depending on how ur doing by level 9 if your losing hard you want to max your e first so you can mitigate enemy damage if your stomping ur lane take the damage from q but generally you will take e then q but always w first q is more of an escape and chasing tool it is not so much for damage. Rivens R ability is a 20% attack damage steroid plus an amazing second wind slash which does massive damage to low enemy champions, all your abilities scale off attack damage so atmogs is not as viable as a whisper and bloodthirster
Always TAKE W FIRST

Then TAKE E or q

THEN TAKE Q or e

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K guys always take w first as it is your main source of damage max it by level 9, then q or e can vary depending on how ur doing by level 9 if your losing hard you want to max your e first so you can mitigate enemy damage if your stomping ur lane take the damage from q but generally you will take e then q but always w first q is more of an escape and chasing tool it is not so much for damage. Rivens R ability is a 20% attack damage steroid plus an amazing second wind slash which does massive damage to low enemy champions, all your abilities scale off attack damage so atmogs is not as viable as a whisper and bloodthirster
FLASH AND IGNITE ARE THE BEST SUMMONER SPELLS ON RIVEN
self explanatory amazing flash aoe stun with ultimate and is good for escapes beats ghost by a longshot on this champion
RIVEN IS MORE OF A DAMAGE DEALER FROM ABILITIES AND NOT AUTOATTACKING MAKING IGNITE A GREAT CHOICE FOR THE HEALING DEBUFF AND DAMAGE DEALING. it is also great for early game kills.
OTHER VIABLE SUMMONERS
EXHAUST- enables you to win most 1v1 fights because u can kite them if they exhuaust you and then use ur exhaust.
TELEPORT- alright summoner spell used more in higher elo dragon fights but can be good if you wanna push a lane and gank or get back to lane by tping or even gank a bot or mid lane by tping to a ward


RIVEN IS MORE OF A DAMAGE DEALER FROM ABILITIES AND NOT AUTOATTACKING MAKING IGNITE A GREAT CHOICE FOR THE HEALING DEBUFF AND DAMAGE DEALING. it is also great for early game kills.
OTHER VIABLE SUMMONERS


Riven has a decent laning phase she excels at early game damage due to her passive The Art of War which gives her bonus damage in between abilities. Riven should focus on farming but you can play agressive if you know you can win your lane but make sure to ward. The other option is play passive and bait them so your jungle can gank and then you can kill and snowball. Riven does have a lot of early game damage so dont be scared to fight a level 1 fight with your physical damage runes. Also try to pop your ultimate towards the middle of the fight because if they see your sword get a ***** then they will flash or run away so try and bait it long enough and then pop your ultimate with ignite and finish them off your stun changes a fight 1v1 so utilize it well in your lane. You can also push your lane because riven can push with aoe damage and try to gank mid or bot lane as a flash stun in mid lane can guarantee you a kill 90% of the time.
In team fights you want to lead with your abilities to try and close a gap unless you have flash you want to try and pop your ult before you run into the fight and then do mass aoe damage with all your abilities try and hit the ap and ad carries because cc can be annoying as hell to riven. If you have flash you can lead with flash and
and then follow up with
and then follow up with your r which is wind slash to finish them up. Rivens R is on a low cooldown and dont be afraid to use it if you see an low enemy champion pop it and try to go in and click r and one shot them, ive done it many times. As riven you will be focused alot so try and attack the closest target to proc your bloodthirster lifesteal until your abilities are up then can u run after the carries, most of the time as a solo top you have to get the carries or zone them so try and do that as riven can 1v1 any champion with her ultimate and build ready.


RIVEN HAS EXCELLENT CHASING AND ESCAPING ABILITIES
YOU CAN RUN OR CHASE WITH
and
these enable you to chase running away enemies or to run away, along with brutalizer you will have some cdr which makes you almost like a
in running away. A Good trick with riven is when someone is chasing you like an
or something and your low w8 till your abilities are up run in and 1 shot ashe. The fall back technique with riven is amazing since you can cover so much distance and you have a knockback and stun, you can easily bait people when ur low, also try kiting people together with ur abilities because riven is an aoe damage dealer so if you can hit everyone the better, I have tanked many 1v4's and 1v3's with just a bloodthirster and a g.a and effectively coming out on top due to aoe damage.
YOU CAN RUN OR CHASE WITH





AD NID IS EXTREMELY POWERFUL AND CAN beat you in lane this lane you want to try and farm and try and ask your jungle for a gank pre-6 and hopefully you can get ahead try and do a little harass if the nid doesnt have cloth 5 but if she does try and farm your lane and fight when your jungle comes, this matchup is hard for you to win so be safe.

NASUS IS NOT THE BEST solo top and this lane is yours to win, nasus can only win a lane if he farms q and that is your job to not let him farm q, you are manaless so put as much damage as you can on nasus and make him go back as much as you can he will try and rush glacial shroudjust dont let him farm and you can easily win this lane he has 0 killing potential without a farmed q try and keep the tower as you dont want him to free farm. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GANK, HARASS, DONT LET HIM FARM THIS IS AN EASY LANE FOR YOU

Garen is a weak solo top and you can win this lane easily, garen will try to spin to win but just use


Kennen is an annoying solo top to deal with as riven he can kite you easily and harass you a **** load try and be safe and farm with


Wukong is a pretty strong solo top and is evenly matched with you, dont be dumb, dont full on engage him at level 6 cause his ultimate can screw you over try and kite it with



Akali is a decent solo top but is rare now post nerf, you can win this lane post-6 as akali can harass meele alot try and farm and if your jungler comes bait twilight shroud then kill. Try to fight outside akalis shroud and try to fight post-6 as akali will harass you alot with mark of assasin,farm up and fight post-6.THIS IS YOUR LANE POST-6 BULLY AKALI AND ASK FOR JUNGLE ASSISTANCE IF U DIED ERLY

Pantheon is a really agressive solo top and will most likely raise q first raise ur







This is exactly the same matchup as pantheon except gp does not fall off that much late game
Use




Udyr is one of the hard counters to riven start boots 3 and be safe and farm try to ask for early jungle gank because if udyr farms up he will **** on almost everyone
try to just not get hit my too much tiger stances and be aware of jungle ganks try and ask your jungle to camp top as


This is similar to the wukong matchup except rumble has a ton of harass from


Teemo is annoying as fck you may have to ask your mid lane for a switch because if they counterpick your riven with teemo it will be a pain, as i said before teemo is good at kiting and riven can be kited easily though


Jax is decent did not play against many post-nerf, dont have too much to say about this one but it should be an even matchup damagewise. Be careful dont commit to a full 1on1

Though singed is one of my favorite solo tops he gets bullied by Riven, dont believe me go watch the riven champion spotlight when phreak does it. Riven does to much dps for singed and can put a lot of early harass on




Irelia is a very strong solo top but takes a while to ramp up in lane irelia needs atleast level 7 so



Talon is a decent solo top ask for early ganks and bait talon's cutthroat
he can kite u with his


talon is kind of an anti agression so farm up. This lane is a farm-fest even for both champs

MR GOT NOTHING ON RIVEN
FARM UP

Malphite is decent at higher elo he is bad at lower elo you will rarely see a malphite under 1600 but if you do he will stack armor top so just a farm fest. EVEN LANE

equal lane dont commit to a full fight at level 6 because


and


EVEN LANE DONT FEED TRYND OR YOU WILL LOSE YOU CAN BEAT HIM 6 BUT DONT FIGHT HIS CRITS PRE-6 OR YOU WILL LOSE HARD, your lane be smart about it

Havent played against much against lee sin he is better in the jungle but it is an even matchup as he lee sin puts out alot of damage while being tanky. FARM DONT COMMIT TO 1V1ING DUE TO LEE SIN'S



Similar to irelia dont commit she has armor plus damage its an even farm lane

ANNOYING
HARD TO BEAT IF NOT EXPERIENCED AT RIVEN
JARVAN IS GARBAGE Nuff said
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