What are Riven's abilities?

Riven's kit: Runic Blade (Passive), Q Broken Wings, W Ki Burst, E Valor, R Blade of the Exile.

What position does Riven play?

Riven is typically played in the Fighter and Assassin roles.

Champions / Riven

the Exile

Riven

FighterAssassinDifficulty · High

Win rate

49.1%

Tier

DTop

Pick

2.9%

Ban

1.5%

// What they do

// Abilities

Passive

Runic Blade

Riven's abilities charge her blade, and her basic attacks expend charges to deal an additional damage.

// Base stats at level 1Bar = against every champion

Health630

Attack dmg64

Armor33

Magic resist32

Move speed340

Range125

// Skins

18 total · in-game view

// Playing them · playing against them

As 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.

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 full combo.

// Lore

Once a swordmaster in the warhosts of Noxus, Riven is an expatriate in a land she previously tried to conquer. She 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 homeland was tested and ultimately broken. Having severed all ties to the empire, she now seeks to find her place in a shattered world, even as rumors abound that Noxus itself has been reforged...

// Worst matchupsAll →

Garen42.0%

// More on Riven

Riven build · Top Riven ARAM build Riven counters Tier list

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At a glance

Released: 14 September 2011
Price: 2,400 BE · 880 RP
Range: Melee
Adaptive type: Physical
Role: Skirmisher
Positions: Top

Basic attacksPlaystyleAbilities

Mode balance

ARAM · Damage dealt +5%
ARAM · Damage taken -8%
URF · Damage taken -5%
Nexus Blitz · Damage dealt +5%

Ability details

Innate: Riven's ability casts generate a stack of Charge for 6 seconds, refreshing on subsequent casts and stacking up to 3 times. Riven's basic attacks are empowered to each consume a stack to deal bonus physical damage equal to 30 + (45-30)/17*(x-1) for 20 (based on level) AD, reduced toagainst structures. Against monsters, it also deals 50 additional bonus physical damage.
The bonus damage is affected by critical strike modifiers and applies life steal at 100% effectiveness.

Targeting: Passive
Damage type: physical

Notes

Runic Blade's duration also refreshes when Riven consumes a stack.
The empowered attack will not trigger against wards.
The number of empowered attacks available is represented by a counter under her health bar, only visible to the player.
The bonus damage to monsters also benefits from critical strike modifiers. The full formula is shown below.
(1.0 AD(1 + AD ratio) + monster damage)(100%critical damage)

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