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Riven
the Exile

Riven

Passive · Runic Blade

After casting an ability, Riven's next 3 attacks deal bonus damage.

DamageDurabilityMagicDifficultyMobilityCC
Champion profile (Riot)
  • Damage8
  • Durability5
  • Magic1
  • Difficulty8
  • Mobility8
  • CC8
Counters by laneEach lane has counters + tips
Top
Primary

How to play as Riven

Top: hold CS, run TP or Ghost depending on the matchup.

How to beat Riven

Top: punish wave-states and ward river/jungle to dodge ganks.

Jungle

How to play as Riven

Jungle: track Scuttle, gank weak lanes, scale to objectives.

How to beat Riven

Jungle: ward objectives, never walk blind into brush.

Mid

How to play as Riven

Mid: shove wave fast and roam to side lanes.

How to beat Riven

Mid: watch for roams and save Flash for the next gank.

ADC

How to play as Riven

ADC: kite the frontline, hit the closest tank then the carries.

How to beat Riven

ADC: stay behind minions and focus the enemy ADC in fights.

Support

How to play as Riven

Support: keep vision + peel for ADC, build Locket Enchant + Knight's Vow.

How to beat Riven

Support: dodge hooks/engages, buy Mikael's into heavy CC.

Abilities

Runic Blade

Passive

Innate: Riven's ability casts generate a stack of Charge for 6 seconds, stacking up to 3 times and refreshing upon generating or consuming stacks. Riven's basic attacks each consume a stack to deal bonus physical damage equal to % AD, reduced toagainst monsters and turret.

The bonus damage is affected by critical strike modifiers.

Broken Wings

Q

Riven can cast Broken Wings three times before the ability goes on cooldown, with a 0.3125-second static cooldown between casts. If Riven does not recast the ability within 4 seconds of the previous cast, it goes on cooldown.

Active: Riven slashes with her sword in the target direction, dealing physical damage to enemies hit Basic attack reset her basic attack timer, and ordering her to basic attack the target of Broken Wings.

First Cast: Riven dash up to 225 units forward, or in the target direction, striking enemies in the area 100 units away. This cast cannot cross terrain.

Cooldown13

Ki Burst

W

Active: Riven emits a flash of runic energy before the cast time, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies and stun them for 0.75 seconds.

Cooldown8.5 to 7 4

Valor

E

Active: Riven dash in the target direction, though not through terrain, and gains a shield for 2 seconds.

Riven can cast any of her abilities during the dash.

Cooldown9 to 6 4Range250

Blade of the Exile

Ultimate

Active: Riven expands her blade for 15 seconds, gaining bonus attack damage equal to 20% AD, 75 bonus attack range, and increased range on Broken Wings and Ki Burst. After 0.5 seconds, she can cast Wind Slash within the duration.

Scoring a champion takedown will reset the number of casts of Wind Slash, as well as extend the duration by 3 seconds, extending up to 12 seconds.

Cooldown120 to 60