Bruiser build for extended combos: Riven does not win only through a fast animation, but through her ability to keep a trade going inside a zone where her cooldowns come back better than the enemy's. The build must therefore protect access, repeat rotations, and enough durability that the first engage truly opens the second.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,100 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,600 total cost +500gSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,100 total cost
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,533 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,533 total costSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,633 total cost +100g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Riven relies on fast rotations. The build maximizes cooldown reduction and burst for multiple ability cycles.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
3 Q Broken Wings repeated stack Conqueror instantly to dominate the fights.
After a won all-in, your dashes reach the tower before the enemy respawns — free plates.
Lane sustain recover between his rotations combo Q+W.
Accumulated HP to survive his dives risky with the R Wind Slash.
Your animation cancels weave an auto between every spell — the flat per-hit bonus feeds that exact pattern.
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
