Talk:Riven/@comment-25359568-20150207021018/@comment-6061249-20150207083251

Perfect animation cancelling is something that would require additional explaination from someone who does that really good, and i don't, but i think i can still give some tips.

If you don't cancel the animation, still remember to attack between next casts of Q, and in fact between all ability casts to use the passive damage.

If you need to close the distance between your target, use E as primary gapcloser. Using Q for that will waste some of your damage.

Turn the ultimate on at the beginning of a fight to use the bonus AD as much as possible, and use the second cast to execute someone. Don't hurry up with it though, remember you've got whole 15 seconds to do it. If you need to reposition, do it.

You should aim at dominating the lane. Riven is not a defensive farming champion. Bully the opponent out of lane, and if you cannot, turtle a bit until you outscale them or get the help of jungler. When you manage to get fed, go roam the bottom or mid lane, helping allies to snowball is always a great idea. In late game teamfights, you can choose between being the main damage dealer or doing the clean-up.

In overall avoid top lane picks that can poke and outtrade you. Riven should have no problems with winning against, for example, Nasus or Gnar, but will struggle hard against Darius or Renekton.

Practice jumping over the walls with third cast of Q. This is very important and will make things a lot easier to do in-game.

W range is very short, in fact slightly shorter than the range you can attack someone at. To avoid missing, cast it after getting close to an opponent with any of your dashes.

That's all i can tell, but there's a more experienced Riven player there (hello Leyrann) and i'm pretty sure he will help you soon too.