Riven Build

How to play Riven

Riven – the Exile – is based on our LoL Tier List on patch a A-Tier Top champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Riven has a win rate of , a pick rate of , a ban rate of and an average KDA Ratio of , which shows that the Fighter is in a good spot in the current meta of season 12. If you want to learn how to play Riven on your matches, keep in mind that this champion is mechanically advanced to play in LoL. This Riven guide will give you also an understanding on how to beat Riven. The upcoming LoL Riven Top Build is the most popular build picked by many Pros.

Pregame Build

In champion select you need to choose your

Riven runes and summoner spells. The best Riven Top Runes are Precision as the primary path and Resolve as the secondary path. The most supportive Riven keystone rune is Conqueror. Flash and Ignite are the summoner spells, which fits this LoL Riven Build the most.

Item Build on Riven

The starter items for the best Riven Build on patch

are Long Sword, Health Potion, Health Potion, Health Potion, and a Stealth Ward as the trinket. 70% of all Riven Probuilds include Goredrinker as the favoured mythic item. As the game progresses, the most popular Riven items are Black Cleaver and Goredrinker. Ionian Boots of Lucidity are the most bought Riven boots by Pros. This Riven Build will immensely increase your chances to gain LP and to climb the leaderboard in LoL.

Riven Abilities

At the beginning of a match start to skill the ability

Broken Wings on Riven. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise Broken Wings into Valor and at last Ki Burst. Broken Wings is a very strong ability of Riven in order to build up a lead and dominate your opponents. The passive is called Runic Blade and there is no need to set it manually on a Riven Build.

Biography

Once a swordmaster in the warhosts of Noxus, Riven rose through the ranks on the strength of her conviction and brutal efficiency, and was rewarded with a legendary runic blade and a warband of her own. However, on the Ionian front, Riven’s faith in her nation was tested and ultimately broken. She severed all ties to the empire, seeking to find her place in a shattered world, even as rumors abounded that Noxus had been reforged. Now forced to return in chains, she faces the judgment of her former homeland...

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Available Riven Skins

Besides the Riven build you can select a skin for Riven. The best Riven skins you can find below.

Explore

• Short Story: Seams and Scars by Dana Luery Shaw
  “How came you to Ionia, friend?”
• Short Story: Confessions of a Broken Blade: Part I By Ariel Lawrence
  In the wake of war between Noxus and Ionia, Riven is accused of a heinous crime.
• Short Story: Confessions of a Broken Blade: Part 2 By Ariel Lawrence
  Riven stands trial for the murder of Yasuo’s master. New evidence is revealed, a broken blade.
• Short Story: Confessions of a Broken Blade: Part 3 By Ariel Lawrence
  As the trial concludes, Riven must finally face the horrors of her past.