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Skill usage

  • Autoattacking in between each Broken Wings Broken Wings allows for the most sustained damage as you consume Runic Blade Runic Blade stacks to deal extra damage.
    • Since Broken Wings Broken Wings produces three charges, which is exactly the number that Runic Blade Runic Blade can store, you may wish to complete it to initiate a fight with her Template:Cctip, following up with auto-attacks and her other skills.
    • It is a good idea to learn how to auto-attack cancel with Riven Riven. This can be done by using any of her abilities immediately as the damage is applied during an auto-attack. Because Riven's Riven's auto-attack animation is longer than the time it takes for the damage to actually register, doing this can cut off more than a second with a combo such as:
    • You must apply a new attack command in between each Broken Wings Broken Wings to obtain the quickest damage possible.
    • The best way to go about this is by auto attacking, immediately pressing Q Q when the damage of the AA is dealt, while hovering over the target. As the animation of the Q Q is playing, order Riven to move anywhere beside the target and immediately right click the target again. Both of these clicks should happen before the animation of the Q Q is finished. This will allow both the animation of the Q Q and of the auto attack to be cancelled and will significantly increase your burst speed once mastered.
  • Some combinations of abilities allow for better speed. For example, any cast of Broken Wings Broken Wings can be used while the animation of Wind Slash Wind Slash is still running. The fastest way to burst down a squishy target if you can do it without additional auto attacks is:
  • Every ability in this combo will cancel the animation of the ability before it, except for the 2nd R R and the 3rd Q Q.
  • Blade of the Exile Blade of the Exile lasts for 15 seconds so use it at the start of the fight instead of the end of the fight.
  • Using Broken Wings Broken Wings in conjunction with Valor Valor will give you small boosts of mobility as they move you forwards a bit. This is a very efficient way to move around the map, as your moves cost nothing. Broken Wings Broken Wings, however, allows you to click on the mini-map and use it to continue moving, while Valor Valor will cancel your move actions.
    • Beware using skills right before a skirmish, as your abilities will be on cooldown and thus be unavailable for the fight.
  • Broken Wings Broken Wings can also allow you to chase an enemy so that you can Template:Cctip.
  • Remember that Broken Wings Broken Wings and Valor Valor give you some mobility boosts for fleeing, but only the 3rd strike of Broken Wings Broken Wings can pass map terrain. You can, however, dash with all of them through terrain generated by abilities like Anivia's Anivia's Crystallize Crystallize, Jarvan IV's Jarvan IV's Cataclysm Cataclysm, or Trundle's Trundle's Pillar of Ice Pillar of Ice.
    • Make sure you test what map terrain is jumpable over. An example being: the walls separating the river and the jungle in Summoner's Rift.
  • Be aware that Wind Slash Wind Slash has a cast time and a travel time as well, so you shouldn't waste it on enemies who are just about to leave its range. Try using smart cast to save precious seconds in aiming the ability.
  • Wind Slash Wind Slash deals maximum damage to multiple opponents at or below 25% maximum health, therefore use Wind Slash Wind Slash to finish off enemies who are fleeing or deciding to stay despite low health.
  • Riven Riven is an all-around strong champion in top solo lane due to her ability to avoid ganks with her mobility, her no-mana costs, and her instant cast shield shield. Play aggressively and use Valor Valor to shield your way through harass.
  • Broken Wings Broken Wings resets her auto-attacks on each cast and it is useful to cut off the animation (tested under attack speed slows).
  • Broken Wings' Broken Wings' dash speed is roughly equivalent to 475 movement speed. At 550 movement speed, however, simply moving is faster than using Broken Wings as a method of faster travel.
  • Ki Burst Ki Burst can be used to cancel the animation of her auto-attacks and the Crescent activation of the Hydra Hydra. However, its own animation cannot be cancelled.
  • Riven may cancel the animation of Wind Slash Wind Slash with Broken Wings' Broken Wings' 3rd cast. Use this to speed up your combo. 
  • Don't use Wind Slash Wind Slash right away if the target is no longer Template:Cctip or Template:Cctip, because you risk missing them if they flash flash away or simply dodge it. As the range is quite long and shaped like a cone, it's easiest to hit when the enemy is not right next to you, so it may be wise to hold on to it until they try to escape

Build usage

  • Riven's Riven's entire kit benefits from AD and bonus AD. Building heavy attack damage items will not only help maximize her damage, but also increase her survivability through her shield shield.
  • Riven Riven benefits heavily from cooldown reduction which will allow her to use all her moves more frequently. However, at later levels, Riven Riven is likely to have at least one of her abilities available for use even without cooldown reduction due to preferring to take her time to autoattack between casts and the cooldown of Broken Wings Broken Wings starting even if you delay the latter two casts of it, which make the stat less needed then.
  • Having a way to Template:Cctip the enemy or speed yourself up is mandatory on Riven.
    • However, Riven Riven is very good at dealing damage while chasing as Broken Wings Broken Wings moves Riven Riven forward both doing damage and giving her an opportunity to get in basic attacks without losing too much distance. The dash distance is unaffected by Riven's Riven's movement speed, so building movement speed items are not as important on Riven Riven as on most other melee champions.
    • A Frozen Mallet Frozen Mallet is good for this, since you will be using auto attacks in between abilities to maximize your passive (none of your abilities will otherwise proc the slow). It also gives you health which is a must since Riven Riven is squishy when Template:Cctip, Template:Cctip, Template:Cctip, or otherwise prevented from auto attacking or using her E E or her Q Q to escape and/or shield.
    • Randuin's Omen Randuin's Omen works very well on Riven Riven as while she may have four ways to dash, they are all short-ranged and Broken Wings Broken Wings loses damage if used fairly far-away from the enemy, and she is still a melee champion that can be damaged by ranged champions without reprisal until she gets close enough. Valor Valor can move Riven Riven close enough to a target to slow them with Randuin's Omen Randuin's Omen and then walk close enough to have casting Broken Wings Broken Wings move her into melee-range while damaging the target.
  • Guardian Angel Guardian Angel is an excellent one-stop defensive item, and its passive as well both armor and magic resistance can tide Riven Riven for a good while before she may require other defensive items.
  • Maw of Malmortius Maw of Malmortius is sensible for Riven Riven if she is fearing magic damage – the attack damage is obviously useful on her while the shield and passive works well with Valor Valor and the life steal from The Bloodthirster The Bloodthirster in helping you survive a bit longer in a close-fight.
  • Riven Riven does only physical damage, so a Last Whisper Last Whisper is a good item to counter the armor that should be built against you.
    • The Black Cleaver The Black Cleaver is also a great item on Riven Riven, as Riven Riven can easily stack its passive with her combos, not to mention the extra 400 health and the 20% CDR the item gives are very useful.
  • Riven Riven is a fairly squishy champion. Grabbing Doran's Shield Doran's Shield, Cloth Armor Cloth Armor, or Boots of Speed Boots of Speed and a few Health Potions Health Potions into a match will help your survivability early on. Later these can be built into Ninja Tabi Ninja Tabi or a defensive item.
  • Riven's Riven's damage output is severely hampered by crowd control since it will disrupt your flurry. Consider taking Mercury's Treads Mercury's Treads over Ionian Boots of Lucidity Ionian Boots of Lucidity and getting Mercurial Scimitar Mercurial Scimitar against crowd control heavy teams.
  • Youmuu's Ghostblade Youmuu's Ghostblade, built from Brutalizer Brutalizer, should be used after the 2nd hit of Broken Wings Broken Wings or during the last frame of animation of the 3rd strike 3rd strike to maximize the effective time of the active.
  • Stacking Doran's Blade Doran's Blade early game provides the most cost efficient combination of sustain (though life steal), health, and AD.
  • Riven is great for Twisted Treeline. Her strong early game and mobility with abilities help her to dominate top lane, as well as give her great ganking ability. She also performs very well in the jungle. After netting a couple of kills early, you should be able to snowball pretty hard.

Jungling

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Countering

  • Riven Riven has a strong early game. Be careful when laning against her. If necessary, call your jungler to gank.
  • Riven Riven excels at trading with her shield shield, crowd control, and fairly high damage output, dishing out her damage and getting away before you even put yours out.
  • In lane, when Riven Riven uses her abilities against your minions rather than yourself, she becomes vulnerable. She'll lack the damage and escape mechanisms that they provide while on cooldown, enabling you to briefly play aggressive. This is usually only advisable when she uses Broken Wings Broken Wings against minions, since it's her main damage and escape ability. Of course, the more abilities she has on cooldown, the better. Take advantage of these situations as much as possible before she gets any cooldown reduction items, as her abilities have high cooldowns at low ranks.
  • Building armor will mitigate most of Riven's Riven's damage since she deals only physical damage.
  • Riven Riven relies on her abilities and quick combos more than her basic attacks. As such, anything that can disrupt her combo (such as a Template:Cctip, a Template:Cctip, or even a Template:Cctip) can drastically reduce her damage output.
    • Champions with multiple interruptions, such as Alistar Alistar, can work well as effective counters for her in a 1v1 lane.
  • Wait for Riven Riven to use Wind Slash Wind Slash or until after Blade of the Exile Blade of the Exile has worn off before striking her. Riven Riven has no innate sustain and the shield is her only source of damage mitigation.
  • Do not underestimate Riven's Riven's defensive stats, even if she is building straight damage. Valor Valor scales off her bonus attack damage and has a considerably low cooldown late game.
  • Don't forget about her mobility and overextend when chasing Riven Riven. Her Broken Wings Broken Wings allows her to dash up to 3 times, and her Valor Valor allows her to dash and grants her a shield. This can create a very long gap between you and Riven Riven.
  • Save your high-damaging channeled spell (e.g.Nunu's Nunu's Absolute Zero Absolute Zero) as Riven's Riven's 3rd Broken Wings Broken Wings and Ki Burst Ki Burst can interrupt channeled spells.
  • When you are low on health, do not face Riven Riven as her Wind Slash Wind Slash deals more damage the lower your health is. If you're still squishy and you know she has acquired her ultimate, do not linger around with below 25% health even to turret hug, as she can, and will, flank around to kill you with Wind Slash Wind Slash.
  • Avoid towerdiving a Riven Riven, as her kit and mobility excels at countering any attempts to kill her under tower. For example, with Ki Burst Ki Burst, she can Template:Cctip you, making you take even more damage from the tower.

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