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Riven Tips
Here are the top tips for Riven in League of Legends patch 25.21. These tips are provided by MetaBot from Riven gameplay analysis, and also include gameplay tips recommended by Riot Games when available. These Riven tips will help you climb the elo ladder in ranked matches.
Runic Blade
Riven's abilities charge her blade, and her basic attacks expend charges to deal an additional damage.
Broken Wings
Riven lashes out in a series of strikes. This ability can be reactivated three times in a short time frame with the third hit knocking back nearby enemies.
Cost:- 0
Cooldown:- 13
Range:- 275
Ki Burst
Riven emits a Ki Burst, damaging and stunning nearby enemies.
Cost:- 0
Cooldown:- 11/
- 10/
- 9/
- 8/
- 7
Range:- 260
Valor
Riven steps forward a short distance and blocks incoming damage.
Cost:- 0
Cooldown:- 10/
- 9/
- 8/
- 7/
- 6
Range:- 250
Blade of the Exile
Riven empowers her keepsake weapon with energy, and gains Attack Damage and Range. During this time, she also gains the ability to use Wind Slash, a powerful ranged attack, once.
Cost:- 0
Cooldown:- 120/
- 90/
- 60
Range:- 200
- Fighter,
- Assassin
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Riven Tips
- Riven is able to soak a lot of damage, making them much more viable in the frontline taking damage to protect less tanky teammates.
- Riven has less damage per game than most other damage-based champions. Your value to the team may be better oriented towards crowd control or securing objectives.
- Riven has more magic resistance than most champions, which makes them excellent in the early game against magic damage type enemies.
- Riven has more health regen than most champions, making their playstyle optimal for aggressive trades in lane.
- Riven has more base attack damage than most champions, so they should be trading autos aggressively in lane.
- Riven has a low base attack speed, which can make last hitting in the early game more challenging. It can also make percentage attack speed items scale less effectively than they do on other champions.
Playing Riven
- Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.
- Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.
Playing Against Riven
- Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.
- All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
- Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her ful
