Riven

Riven Build

the Exile

Role: Top Pick Rate: 3.1% Win Rate: 52.48%

Recommended Build

Summoner Spells

Flash Flash
Ignite Ignite

Skill Priority

Q E W

Items

Start
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Core
Axiom Arc Axiom Arc
Ionian Boots of Lucidity Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Sundered Sky Sundered Sky
Late
Death's Dance
Serylda's Grudge
Guardian Angel

Runes

Most Played
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror 99.1% · 51.7% WR
Triumph
Triumph 98.3% · 51.7% WR
Legend: Haste
Legend: Haste 95.1% · 51.7% WR
Last Stand
Last Stand 93.5% · 51.8% WR
Inspiration
Jack Of All Trades
Jack Of All Trades
Cash Back
Cash Back
Ability Haste
Ability Haste
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Best WR
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror 99.1% · 51.7% WR
Triumph
Triumph 98.3% · 51.7% WR
Legend: Haste
Legend: Haste 95.1% · 51.7% WR
Last Stand
Last Stand 93.5% · 51.8% WR
Inspiration
Triple Tonic
Triple Tonic
Jack Of All Trades
Jack Of All Trades
Ability Haste
Ability Haste
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Tenacity and Slow Resist
Tenacity and Slow Resist

Skill Order

Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Win Rate by Elo

Iron Iron 37.65%
Bronze Bronze 42.69%
Silver Silver 44.50%
Gold Gold 46.76%
Platinum Platinum 48.82%
Emerald Emerald 50.67%
Diamond Diamond 51.60%
Master Master 54.73%
Grandmaster Grandmaster 54.70%
Challenger Challenger 60.25%
All Elos All Elos 51.68%

Best Counters and Matchups for Riven

See all counters for Riven

Top 5 Counters Against Riven

Malphite
Malphite Matchup detail
45.8% WR -1.1%
Aurora
46.1% WR -3.1%
Quinn
46.3% WR -0.2%
Zaahen
46.6% WR -2.2%
Vayne
47.0% WR -1.8%

Top 5 Best Matchups for Riven

Zed
62.6% WR +16.0%
Sylas
62.3% WR +13.5%
Twisted Fate
Twisted Fate Matchup detail
62.2% WR +11.0%
Master Yi
Master Yi Matchup detail
60.9% WR +11.4%
Gwen
58.8% WR +9.0%

Patch History

V14.20
  • Broken Wings AD ratio changed to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85% bonus AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% AD. Base damage increased to 45 / 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 from 15 / 35 / 55 / 75 / 90.
V14.2
  • Dawnbringer Riven and Pulsefire Riven Valor Bug Fix: VFX no longer unintentionally renders over impassable terrain and structures.
  • Broken Covenant Riven Bug Fix: VFX for her dance emote, Recall, and respawn at the base no longer become cut-off when triggered on lower graphic settings.
  • Battle Bunny Prime Riven Bug Fix: No longer causes her feet to slide on the ground during her idle animations.
V13.23
  • Broken Wings AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65% AD.
  • Blade of the Exile Bonus attack damage increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)25% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)20% AD.
V13.22
  • Reignited Worlds 2012 Riven Skin renamed to Reignited Worlds 2012 Riven from Worlds 2016 Riven.
V13.20
  • Worlds 2012 Riven Skin renamed to Worlds 2012 Riven from Championship Riven.
  • Reignited Worlds 2012 Riven Skin renamed to Worlds 2016 Riven from Championship Riven 2016.
V13.4
  • Runic Blade AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)30% − 60% (based on level) AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)30% − 60% (based on level) AD. Now scales linearly. New Effect: Now applies bonus damage against structures at 50% effectiveness. New Effect: Stacks now display on health bar for the player.
V12.10
  • Stats Base health increased to 630 from 560. Health growth increased to 100 from 86. Armor growth increased to 4.4 from 3.2. Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
  • Valor Base shield reduced to 80 / 105 / 130 / 155 / 180 from 85 / 115 / 145 / 175 / 205. Shield bonus AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)110% bonus AD from 120%.
V11.22
  • Ki Burst Base damage increased to 65 / 95 / 125 / 155 / 185 from 55 / 85 / 115 / 145 / 175.
  • Valor Bonus AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)120% bonus AD from 100%.
V11.13
  • Valor Base shield reduced to 85 / 115 / 145 / 175 / 205 from 95 / 125 / 155 / 185 / 215.
V11.3
  • Valor Cooldown reduced to 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds from 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8.
V11.1
  • Stats Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
V10.18
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Casting it from Fog of War while hovering her cursor over an enemy champion or minion, she and the small area around her will no longer by revealed by the enemy team.
  • Valor Bug Fix: Casting it from Fog of War while hovering her cursor over an enemy champion or minion, she and the small area around her will no longer by revealed by the enemy team.
V10.15
  • Runic Blade Bug Fix: When at three stacks the duration now properly resets when one stack is used.
V10.14
  • Runic Blade AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)30% − 60% (based on level) AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)25% − 50% (based on level) AD.
V10.12
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Tooltip has been corrected to remove the attack speed gain.
V10.9
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Now properly activates Conqueror and give her four stacks of the rune when quickly used twice on the same target.
V10.7
  • Stats Base health increased to 560 from 558.48. Base health regeneration increased to 8.5 from 7.
V10.6
  • General Recommended items updated.
V9.19
  • Broken Wings Cooldown increased to 13 seconds from 12.
  • Valor Cooldown reduced to 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 seconds from 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10.
V9.16
  • Broken Wings Cooldown increased to 12 seconds at all ranks from 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10.
V9.10
  • Broken Wings Cooldown reduced to 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10 seconds from 13 at all ranks.
  • Valor Cooldown increased to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds from 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6.
V9.4
  • General Updated visual effects. Basic attack visual noise reduced.
  • Runic Blade Sword and hand now glow instead of creating a green energy ball with rune trails on top of her hand.
  • Broken Wings VFX updated to be less noise and unique per cast. Ground damage VFX added to indicate area of effect.
  • Ki Burst VFX updated to reduce visual noise on the ground symbol and better indicate area of effect.
  • Valor Dash and shield VFX updated. Shield runes changed to be the pieces of her sword.
  • Blade of the Exile Buff VFX surrounding her cleaned up Stronger buff VFX added to her sword. Other ability VFX properly indicates increased area of effect while R is active.
  • Wind Slash VFX is clearer and now appears as a single strike.
  • Battle Bunny Riven VFX recolored orange. E shield runes are carrots.
  • Dragonblade Riven Has skin-specific smokey/firey VFX. Passive VFX is a flame ring around her hand. E shield runes are dragon crests.
V9.1
  • Wind Slash New Effect: Ability icon border now shows the remaining time to recast the ability.
V8.13
  • Stats Base health regeneration increased to 7 from 5.5.
  • Blade of the Exile Cooldown reduced to 120 / 90 / 60 seconds from 130 / 95 / 60.
V8.9
  • Dragonblade Riven Valor Bug Fix: Trail is no longer invisible on lower graphics settings.
V8.3
  • Stats Base health regeneration increased to 5.5 from 5.34.
V7.24
  • Broken Wings Base damage increased to 15 / 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 from 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90. AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% AD.
V7.22
  • Stats Base attack damage increased to 64 from 56.04. Base armor increased to 33 from 24.376.
  • Runic Blade Rune charge duration increased to 6 seconds from 5.
  • Ki Burst Base damage increased to 55 / 85 / 115 / 145 / 175 from 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170.
  • Valor Shield strength increased to 95 / 125 / 155 / 185 / 215 from 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 / 210.
V7.20
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Can no longer both pop a spell shield and deal damage in specific circumstances.
V7.19
  • General Bug Fix: During her joke animation, her fingers no longer clip through her sword.
V7.16
  • Runic Blade Removed: On-hit effect procing against wards.
V7.15
  • Dawnbringer Riven Ki Burst Bug Fix: No longer causes other Rivens in the same game to steal Ki Burst SFX.
V7.13
  • Dawnbringer Riven Bug Fix: Fixed special borders being cut off at the bottom during loading screen.
V7.11
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Casting it too quickly after one another no longer prevents unit targeting from working properly on casts beyond the first.
V7.10
  • General New Effect: Runic Blade's buff duration, Broken Wings' recast window, and Blade of the Exile's buff duration are now tracked as timers overlaid above their ability icons, rather than via buff bar icons.
  • Runic Blade New Effect: Stacks are now tracked below her health bar and are only visible to Riven.
  • Broken Wings The timing around when Riven becomes able to animation cancel Q casts, as well as how long she has to animation cancel, have both been made more consistent. New Effect: Can no longer joke, taunt, or laugh during Broken Wings's animations. New Effect: Can more reliably target units on high-latency environments. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the knockback on Broken Wings's third cast ended sooner than intended if it interrupted a different displacement effect or if the target collided with terrain.
  • Valor Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where spell queueing sometimes didn't properly work when casting Valor during Broken Wings' animation.
V7.2
  • Valor Bug Fix: Riven being able to cancel crowd control applied by displacements.
V6.21
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Third cast not allowing Riven to go through walls if Valor is active.
V6.20
  • Battle Bunny Riven Broken Wings Bug Fix: Missing sound effects. Wind Slash Bug Fix: Missing sound effects.
V6.18
  • Worlds 2012 Riven Broken Wings Bug Fix: Third cast's custom blue on-hit particles being replaced with Classic's green ones. Wind Slash Bug Fix: Custom blue on-hit particles being replaced with Classic's green ones.
V6.17
  • Wind Slash Minimum base damage increased to 100 / 150 / 200 from 80 / 120 / 160. Maximum base damage increased to 300 / 450 / 600 from 240 / 360 / 480.
V6.8
  • General Splash artwork for Crimson Elite Riven updated to the Chinese art.
V6.1
  • Runic Blade Bonus damage increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)25 − 50 (based on level)% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)20 − 50 (based on level)% AD.
V5.24
  • Stats Base health regeneration increased to 5.34 from 3.34.
V5.22
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Third cast sometimes failing to get Riven through terrain she is supposed to be able to cross.
V5.21
  • Blade of the Exile Cooldown increased to 130 / 95 / 60 seconds from 110 / 85 / 50.
V5.18
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Cooldown being incorrectly reset at the end if Riven performed certain actions between casts.
V5.9
  • General Base movement speed reduced to 340 from 345.
  • Wind Slash Projectile speed reduced to 1600 from 2200.
V4.5
  • Stats Base armor increased to 19 from 15.
V4.2
  • Stats Base health regeneration reduced to 2.5 from 5.
  • Valor Shield strength increased to 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 / 210 from 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190.
V4.1
  • Stats Base attack damage reduced to 51 from 54. Attack damage per level increased to 3 from 2.75.
  • Broken Wings Damage per cast changed to 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% AD) from 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 70% bonus AD)
  • Valor Shield duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.5.
V3.15
  • General New running animation.
V3.9
  • General New splash artwork for Original Riven.
V3.8
  • Broken Wings New Effect: Third cast allows Riven to go through some terrain when positioned accordingly. Third cast's displacement changed to knockup from knockback.
V3.5
  • Wind Slash Bug Fix: Riven being able to cast a second time after using Zhonya's Hourglass.
V3.02
  • Runic Blade Bonus damage changed to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)15 − 45 (based on level)% AD from 5 − 15 (based on level) Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 50% bonus AD). (Undocumented) bonus damage increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)20 − 50 (based on level)% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)15 − 45 (based on level)% AD.
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Splash damage being incorrectly applied if Valor was cast too recently.
V1.0.0.154
  • Stats Base health regeneration reduced to 6 from 10.4. Health regeneration per level reduced to 0.5 from 0.9.
  • Valor Shield strength increased to 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
  • Blade of the Exile New Effect: Targeting cone is attached to Riven. Cooldown increased to 110 / 80 / 50 seconds from 75 / 60 / 45.
V1.0.0.152
  • Stats Movement speed increased to 345 from 320.
V1.0.0.141
  • Broken Wings New Effect: Movement commands issued within dash range are canceled to prevent Riven from automatically walking backwards.
V1.0.0.136
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Riven being unable to move during the third cast.
V1.0.0.134
  • Blade of the Exile New Effect: Allied ultimate HUD indicator remains green until Wind Slash is used.
V1.0.0.132
  • Stats Movement speed reduced to 320 from 325. Base health regeneration reduced to 10.4 from 12. Health regeneration per level reduced to 0.9 from 1.
  • Broken Wings Base damage increased to 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 from 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110.
  • Ki Burst Base damage reduced to 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 from 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210.
V1.0.0.130
  • Blade of the Exile New Effect: Tooltip displays the exact Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)20% AD value gained as bonus attack damage while active.
V1.0.0.128
  • General Bug Fix: Riven stopping her movement after being issued certain commands. Bug Fix: Riven's hitbox radius being incorrectly calculated.
  • Broken Wings Bug Fix: Temporarily leaving unpathable killed minions behind.
  • Ki Burst Bug Fix: Temporarily leaving unpathable killed minions behind.
V1.0.0.127
  • Broken Wings New Effect: Counts as an attack command when used to lock onto a target. Duration of minion collision ignoring after third cast slightly increased.
  • Stats Attack speed per level increased to 3.5% from 2.9%. Base armor increased to 15 from 12.
  • Broken Wings AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)70% bonus AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)60% bonus AD.
  • Ki Burst Cast time reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.5.
  • Valor Base shield strength increased to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160. Cooldown reduced to 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds from 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7.
  • Wind Slash Cast time reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.5. Projectile speed increased to 2200 from 2000.
V1.0.0.125
  • Added

Recommended build

What players actually run on Riven on the current patch: summoner spells, skill priority, starting, core and late items, runes and skill order.

Every entry comes with its pick rate (how often it is chosen) and, where available, its win rate. For runes, Most Played is the page the majority takes and Best WR the variant that wins most among those with enough games: when they differ, the second is usually the sharper choice, the first the safer one.

Win rate by elo

Riven's win rate in each rank tier, from Iron to Challenger, plus all tiers combined.

A champion that climbs with rank is usually one that rewards mechanics or game knowledge; one that peaks in low elo is often easy to pick up and punished by better players. Read the tier you play in, not the average. Tiers with no data for this patch are hidden.

Counters and matchups

A preview of the counters page: the five opponents Riven struggles against the most, and the five it beats most often, on the current patch.

Percentages are Riven's own win rate in each duel, with the gap to its overall win rate. The full lists, with every matchup that has enough games, are on the counters page linked below each table.

Patch history

Balance changes that touched Riven, patch by patch, most recent first, as published in the official patch notes.

The ten latest patches are shown, the older ones fold out. Use it to read the win rate movements above: a jump right after a patch is usually a buff or a nerf, not a change in how people play the champion.