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• Situational Full Builds
• Ability Breakdown
• Ability Sequences
• Early Game/Jungle
• Mid Game
• Late Game
• Lane Opponents

Hi there!

First of all, this is my first ever guide on MobaFire (shock-horror!), so any feedback - negative or positive - is extremely welcome. Before looking at my guide, and going wtf????, please read through, and check out the effectiveness of it yourself, before telling me how bad I am. Thanks :D


I have played Riven quite a bit, buying her the absolutesecondshecameout! I can safely say that I didn't do too well when I first started, back then I focused more on AP Mid Carries. But now, with my all rounded awesome play style, I can safely tell you my spin of Riven, The Exile.

Now, I play her in ranked, and a lot of people are telling me how useless she can be. My current ELO isn't that flash - 1330 :( - and I myself was stuck in ELO hell (yah, the bad one, at around 900) and players don't really think outside of the box there. It was always the same: Tank solo top, Bruiser jungle, AP mid and duo ADC/Support bot, a solid team composition, but also a very worn out one. Riven is obviously not a very tanky champion (this is somewhat mitigated by this build) and so does not fit in with the aforementioned play style at the top lane. She is, however, viable in Jungle. Hopefully, though, with my build you will learn how to unleash the hidden talents of Riven, and learn some awesome tips and trick along the way :D

Ja Ne

Awesome Pros: Nice, easy attack animation Woman with a sword Excellent early harrasment High (if not the highest) mobility for a melee champion, especially in situations when retreating Her ultimate transforms her into a lady with a giant sword Her spells cost 0 mana. Think of all the Mana Potion you don't have to buy anymore ;) A shield that scales excellently into late game

Fateful Cons: Squishy early game No inbuilt lane sustain Only gets a giant sword when ultimate is activated ): Losing the lane is hard to recover from Falls off slightly late game Somewhat high cooldowns No ranged harass - except her ult, but you don't want to be spamming that

Ones We Don't Take

greater mark of desolation Greater Mark of Desolation - +1.66 Armour Penetration
These runes are 'okay', because in my opinion Runes are for mostly early game dominance. Unless you get scaling. And only in a few rare cases do you find yourself laning against someone who has a full Armour Rune Page. If you like these runes, get them. That's all I have to say.


Greater Seal of Strength - +1.41 Armour
I have no idea what people want on AD Rune pages in the Seal section, other than Greater Seal of Armor, so if you have any other suggestions, please leave a comment. I put Greater Seal of Attack Damage here because some people would rather that +3.87 Attack Damage. Bat shi_t crazy if you ask me.


Greater Glyph of Shielding
Yes. The aforementioned rune - Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist - is my secondary choice. Well. Its other people's secondary choice ;) You would choose these runes if you don't feel comfortable about Magic Damage. My reasoning against these runes are that if you don't like versing against AP carries, grab a Hexdrinker. Replace Atmas Impaler, or even Warmog's Armor if you dont want to lose the Attack Damage Buff.


Greater Quintessence of Swiftness
These Quints can give you a very surprising, and game long, advantage over your enemies. Whilst +4.5 Movement Speed may not seem like much at first, lets do some MATH!

That isn't even including any movement speed items you may purchase. So you can see the positives to buying MS Runes. I still prefer the Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage, but I just wanted to show you the benefits.

||A/N||Notice I say my? That's because Summoner Spells depend solely on the Summoner. Me? 95% of the time, I run Ignite and Flash. Others prefer Ghost, Exhaust, Teleport, Cleanse and even Heal. Its completely up to you.||A/N||

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||Some Viable Summoner Spells||

Exhaust

This is a Summoner spell I (REPEATING I) prefer that Bottom Lane Champion carry or the support to take this. There are only a few cases where I find having Exhaust on Riven viable. Laning against Tryndamere? Get exhaust, only to shut his stupid face up when he spins at you with 400% Crit Chance and 900 Attack Speed (Impossible, but it doest seem so whilst fighting him...) Others prefer to take Ignite against Tryndamere, that way when he ults, after a few seconds, throw Ignite on and he dies. It is completely your choice. Again.

Cleanse

So, you are in a Ranked Game Champion Select. You hit that last 30 seconds where you can do whatever the hell you want. Throwing insults at the enemy team, creating funkeh Mastery Pages and other assorted champion brick-a-brack. You see the other team has Amumu, Jax, Swain, Lulu and Kog'Maw. Only a few stuns and slows there. This is the only time I would choose Cleanse, so I can safely dance with the enemies carry.

Heal

You can choose this if you are under Summoner Level 6. All the disappoints if you do and you are Level 30...

Teleport

This will help you when you want to backdoor the enemy team, get back to lane really really fast, or just whatever. I do not recommend it for Ranked Play, as it means you will have to get rid of Flash or Ignite/ Exhaust. I do use it every now and then in Blind Pick, fo gigz and shizzle.

Both of the Item Builds at the top of the page are JUST REFERENCES. You can follow them exactly - that is completely acceptable. I do it. That's why I posted this build to begin with. But, more often than not, you have to adapt to the game you are playing. This is where I will be telling you what to do, what to buy, and when to buy them. Enjoy *flourishes away*

Starting Items

This is what everyone runs with these days - Mid, Bot and Top Lane. The pros are pretty obvious. You move faster, meaning you can harass the enemy easier, and dodge harass as well and you have higher sustain that buying, say, Doran's Blade. It also means you can upgrade your Boots ASAP, getting the bonuses you want. I would recommend this as a starting item for most, if not all starting Riven players.


I haven't had to use this unless in extreme cases. Such as vsing Yorick, or Darius, who deal annoying large amounts of sustained damage, and so you need to accommodate with a larger sustain pool. Use in cases where you feel there is a low chance of winning you lane.


This is an excellent item - gives you health, some Attack Damage, and a small amount of lane sustain (+3 Lifesteal isn't that much, even coupled with Vampirism ). It just doesn't give you the lane presence that you always want. I would only pick this if I felt extremely confident about winning the lane.


REMEMBER: If you do not feel like you can control your lane, let the enemy push a little past the centre, and get your jungler to gank. Make sure you initiate, as Ki Burst can go a long way into helping the jungler land either their own stuns, or their combos.

First to Second Recall

You want to pick one of these three as your first item, as it will give you EVEN MORE MOVEMENT SPEEDS Its great right? Yes.

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
I'm sure a lot of people are wondering WHY I chose these boots primarily. Its pretty simple. Riven doesn't have any mana (as in, she is a MANALESS champion, not she doesnt have much of a mana pool :D), and so she can spam her spells to her heart's content. The only thing stopping her from that is her sorta long cooldowns. This is where these booties come in.



Thats only on Broken Wings. I wont go into the other spells, as its pretty self explantory - they basically lose a quarter of their Cooldown, which can save your life, or secure a kill.


Ninja Tabi
I would recommend these boots as situational as they dont help every single time. If you are vsing a Yorick or Xin Zhao top, than these will certainly help. Also, consider getting these when you jungle, as you can never get enough bonus armour when jungling :D

Mercury's Treads
Like before, when talking about Cleanse, this is very situational, I would only be getting them if

• The AP Mid carry got fed, or has a butt tonne of CC
• The enemy team is full of CC Lockdowns i.e. Amumu, Galio, Nunu combo
• You're a scaredy cat

These little bit_ches give you a LOT of bonus stats (as previously mentioned), so getting a few early game doesn't hurt at all. You can get one, or two, and I wouldn't recommend getting any more than three, as it is a bit of overkill. You can grab a few Doran's Blade before your boots, for some nice HP and Attack Damage steroid, but if you want to play it safe, stick with the boots.

ALWAYS grab a few of each when you Recall. Sight Wards (or even Vision Wards if you feel rich enough) can completely counter the enemy teams jungler.

If you have the time, watch this lengthy warding video, it will be worth it, even for veterans such as myself



Yes, some may say that these are worthless items, but they have upsides you know. For only 250 gold, you get bonus Attack Damage and Health. You get more or less the same AD then you would from buying a Doran's Blade, and you get almost as much as a Ruby Crustal. I think one or two of these at the early phase is a good idea. But only if you have gold to spare :D And once you have finished your build (this doesn't happen very often D:) you definitely want to grab a few of these.






These are two core items for my Riven Build. With the two of them, you are provided with HEAPS of Attack Damage, as well as a nice HP buff.

Bloodthirster
A high AD and Life Steal steroid? What more could you want from such an extravagant item? Oh, when you kill a minion or champion, you get bonus stacks? Even better. If you manage to get this item before the laning phase is over, then BRAVO! But it also means that whilst you are farming and pushing, you are gradually getting you BT Stacks. This way, you don't have to purposely go out of your way to farm the stacks. If you have finished the laning phase, and just bought your Bloodthirster, consider taking the jungle creeps every now and then, pushing your lane to the next tower (make sure you ward ALOT!) or push an allies lane.

Frozen Mallet
This item is what can make Riven an extremely scary carry or bruiser. With her already high mobility, and what with you weaving auto-attacks in when you can (which you should be doing, as the damage from Runic Blade is considerably high), they will have no escape. Unless they flash over a wall or something -_-





Atma's Impaler
This will grant you some tasty Armour, as well as a NICE bonus from all the HP we get from Frozen Mallet, as well as the Warmog's Armor you can purchase right afterwards. The Crit Chance buff is nice, but you wont really notice it too often.

Warmog's Armor
Yes, I know what most of you are thinking... This isn't the best item you can be getting for Riven. Why not get Maw of Malmortius or even a Sunfire Aegis, at least they provide offensive and defensive stats? Well, stray question, that is why you previously buy the Atma's Impaler. Whilst the total damage gained from your HP isn't huge, it isn't negligible either.


Whilst this isnt the best offensive way to build Riven, doing so will mean that you have an extremely heavy presence in Team Fights - with damage and a butt tonne of health.

Maw of Malmortius
This has to be one of the best anti AP carry items you can buy. Or even against hybrids. Laning against a Teemo? This could very possibly save your life, from shrooms and his passive on auto attacks (that's his main damage output to be honest). Early game, try and grab one if you feel like the enemy AP carry is getting mean and nasty, or even if you just want the damage, with a bonus spell shield every now and then. Its completely up to you of course.

Last Whisper
This is a stupendously wonderful item! Attack Damage, as well as a hefty amount of Armour Penetration, means you can deal more damage. Obviously. Because Last Whisper has percentage Armour Pen, it means that you can steal do a large amount of damage to those who stack Armour.


Bloodthirster
Yes. MORE BLOODTHISTERZ. ALL THE BL00DTHIRSTERZ! 6X BLOODTHIRSTERZ! SO MUCH DAMAGE! Yes. Moving on...

Five bloodthirsters, whilst seeming really stupid, is actually rather strong. For someone like Riven, who gains an AD steroid ( Blade of the Exile), this means you AD will increase exponentially. And, with full stacks on all Bloodthirster, it means you get +500 AD, a total of 600 (around about) Attack Damage. WOOOOO. Time to spam skills. You also get a nice 100% lifesteal :D. This just means that the enemy AD Carry will eat you for breakfast, as you have no defence what so ever :D

Guardian Angel
This can turn fights around, all the way from 1v1's to team fights. More often than not, playing Riven comes down to that last few milliseconds where you couldn't get that Ki Burst off, or Valor was only a second or two away, allowing that DOT (that's you Ignite) to only JUST kill you ): Well, a revive every five minutes will be able to completely help you :D

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Thank you very muchly for taking the time to read this succulent build :D
Please, leave a comment and vote (up, preferably) and tell me what you did, didnt like, and how I can improve my build.

Remember!!!
I haven't finished my build.
Coming SOON!!!!!

• Situational Full Builds
• Ability Breakdown
• Ability Sequences
• Early Game/Jungle
• Mid Game
• Late Game
• Lane Opponents

JA NE PEEPZ,

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