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Choose Champion Build:
Spells:
Flash
Exhaust
Ability Order
Runic Blade (PASSIVE)
Riven Passive Ability
Pre-Introduction
Riven is a Melee Fighter, a highly mobile one at that, which means she gets into combat and is decent at staying in and harrassing. - A lot like Talon, she's not exactly an auto attack champion, I've played quite a few games with her and have come to realize that having more Attack Damage is much more efficient because she does so well using her skills.
With minimal attack speed increase she still attacks quite quickly. Remember that when you get into a fight you don't simply spam your broken wings (I've seen quite a few Riven's do this and I usually end up killing them.) What you need to do when you get into a fight is start with an auto-attack, then use Broken Wings in succession respectfully (as in Attack, Q, Attack, Q, Attack, Q) using this tactic you don't deal as much burst damage, but you do more damage overall within a slightly longer time-frame. In my opinion, it's worth it.
If you use Broken Wings to get away or to increase your movement speed always remember to keep sending Riven movement commands, after she uses Broken Wings she stops moving (not sure if she keeps attacking your intended target but I spam attack commands on my intended target anyway.)
With minimal attack speed increase she still attacks quite quickly. Remember that when you get into a fight you don't simply spam your broken wings (I've seen quite a few Riven's do this and I usually end up killing them.) What you need to do when you get into a fight is start with an auto-attack, then use Broken Wings in succession respectfully (as in Attack, Q, Attack, Q, Attack, Q) using this tactic you don't deal as much burst damage, but you do more damage overall within a slightly longer time-frame. In my opinion, it's worth it.
If you use Broken Wings to get away or to increase your movement speed always remember to keep sending Riven movement commands, after she uses Broken Wings she stops moving (not sure if she keeps attacking your intended target but I spam attack commands on my intended target anyway.)
Greater Mark of Desolation I choose these marks because the Armor Penetration helps with your skills getting through armor, if they have no armor they take more damage as well! Stack this with your
and later Youmoo's Ghostblade and you shouldn't have to worry about armor painfully reducing your damage output.
I choose these Seals because having that little bit of armor helps you take less damage while in a fight, I know it's not a lot but it's better than none at all
As with
having some resistance to magic is just to help you maintain in lane.
I figure with the
and these you'll start off with a good amount of health and attack damage.
Overall these runes should help you maintain your laning presence all the while making you good in team fights and allow you to farm and deal with harassment from your opponent.






Overall these runes should help you maintain your laning presence all the while making you good in team fights and allow you to farm and deal with harassment from your opponent.




Mercury Treads I personally prefer having the slight Magic Resist and Tenacity with Mercury Treads. Sure, you could grab Boots of Swiftness or Berserker's Greaves and a Cloak and Dagger... But that's using two item slots and not maximizing your Attack Damage. (








Why don't I just recommend Last Whisper over Frozen Mallet anyway? Well I find myself to be quite the glass cannon at end game, the Frozen Mallet helps immensely, +700 health is a lot. Another thing is if you don't have multiple high armor champions that 40% isn't that great, 40% of a low amount is low, whereas a Brutalizer and Black Cleaver just give you a flat 60 armor penetration after 3 basic attacks.

Youmoo's Ghostblade. Why Youmoo's Ghostblade? Everything we LOVE about Brutalizer except increased. The 25 AD turns into 30 AD, the CDR is increased to 15%, the Armor Penetration is transformed into 20 and you gain a 15% crit. With your Trinity Force you get up to 30%, not bad for a non-crit based champion in my opinion. If you drop the Frozen Mallet for Infinity Edge you're at a nice 55%. Ghostblade also gives you a nice active, +20% movement speed and +50% Attack Speed, really nice for team fights. Activating it makes your burst better because your auto attacks between your Broken Wings are going faster.
As I said in the pre-introduction I am currently working on this guide, I hope to be done with this build within a few days, I'm currently playing and testing it out.
Also, I'm having issues figuring out how to put the icon's up for B.F. Sword,, Black Cleaver and Youmoo's Ghost blade, so just ignore that part and if anyone cares to let me know what the BBCode for those are I would greatly appreciate it.
Also, I'm having issues figuring out how to put the icon's up for B.F. Sword,, Black Cleaver and Youmoo's Ghost blade, so just ignore that part and if anyone cares to let me know what the BBCode for those are I would greatly appreciate it.
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