Riven

The Exile

Fighter / Assassin · None · Melee

About

Riven, the Exile, is a fighter and assassin champion who uses no resource for abilities and attacks at melee range. Their kit focuses on physical damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 8 out of 10: a champion hard and needs practice to perform well.

Compared with other champions, Riven starts with average HP (630), above average armor (33) and average move speed (340). Attack range is 125 units.

Riven has 17 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack8

Defense5

Magic1

Difficulty8

Abilities

Passive · Runic Blade
Riven's abilities charge her blade, and her basic attacks expend charges to deal an additional damage.
Q · 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.
Cooldown: 13s
W · Ki Burst
Riven emits a Ki Burst, damaging and stunning nearby enemies.
Cooldown: 11/10/9/8/7s
E · Valor
Riven steps forward a short distance and blocks incoming damage.
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6s
R (Ultimate) · 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.
Cooldown: 120/90/60s

Tips for 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.

Tips for 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 full combo.

Base stats

HP: 630 (+100 per level)
Mana: 0
Armor: 33 (+4.4 per level)
Magic resist: 32 (+2.05 per level)
Attack damage: 64
Attack speed: 0.625 (+3.5 per level)
Move speed: 340
Range: 125

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...