• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 05:09
CEST 11:09
KST 18:09
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Summer's End6Serral wins HomeStory Cup 2915Serral wins Maestros of the Game 243ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7
Community News
Weekly Cups (August 10-16): SHIN doubles0GSTL Returns in 2026!43Weekly Cups (Aug 3-9): Protoss get shut out7RSL goes to London! 2026 Offline Finals Nov 21-2212Weekly Cups (July 27-Aug 2): SHIN's big week0
StarCraft 2
General
Weekly Cups (August 10-16): SHIN doubles Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) GSTL Returns in 2026! SC4ALL: II Talent Announcement! Protoss AoE skill expression
Tourneys
2026 GSTL Announcement PIG STY FESTIVAL 8.0! (13 - 23 August) WardiTV Mondays 2026 KungFu Cup Announcement Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
Nexus Wars 2021 GUIDE [M] (2) Industrial Park
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 539 Thunder Dome Mutation # 538 Media Blackout Mutation # 537 Hostile Territory
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion SC4ALL II: Brood War Player Announcement 3/4 - soO Rush's Odyssey Controversy [ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Summer's End StarCraft 64 is coming to Philly at SC4ALL II
Tourneys
[ASL22] Ro24 Group B [ASL22] Ro24 Group A Small VOD Thread 2.0 CSLAN 4 is Coming!
Strategy
Odyssey Mineral Stack Saturation Fighting Spirit mining rates Any training maps people recommend? Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread General RTS Discussion Thread Anyone here play Quakeworld back in the day? Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread EVE Corporation
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish TSM pausing esports and CLG Dead
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Power Rank TL Mafia Community Thread NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread The Letting Off Steam Thread Artificial Intelligence Thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
MarineLorD Fan Club The ShoWTimE Fan Club The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread Series you have seen recently...
Sports
MLB/Baseball 2023 Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NBA General Discussion Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread Simple Questions Simple Answers FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Northern Ireland Global Starcraft
Blogs
LOCKPICKING NOOB
LUCKY_NOOB
Chinese Gen Z: Between Dream…
TrAiDoS
Cathedral Of CS And NY pizza a…
FuDDx
Please support my new stand…
Peanutsc
Hello guys!
LIN1s
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 6042 users

[Champion] Riven - Page 42

Forum Index > LoL Strategy
Post a Reply
Prev 1 40 41 42 All
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
December 04 2012 21:10 GMT
#821
Yeah, it's a huge change for top lane. I think you are also completely underestimating how strong veteran's scar is for early game trades, which is what Riven's laning excels at. Because of the disappearance of indomintable and the change in tough skin, I don't see a whole lot of reason to go 19/11/0 anymore.

http://www.finalesfunkeln.com/s3/#GaUMSlqTvMa6vEd
Requizen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States33802 Posts
December 04 2012 21:30 GMT
#822
On December 05 2012 05:54 sylverfyre wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 05 2012 05:18 Requizen wrote:
If you want to fight, why would you not get any Offensive Masteries? No Arpen, no CDR, no AD, no extra oomph. 5 less damage on autos isn't worth losing out on shields and hitting harder. Wanderer also sucks in lane, since it's only a MS boost when you're not in combat, which starts on getting hit or hitting a minon/champion. Safeguard is also really iffy, very situational and you shouldn't be the one tanking turrets for more than a shot or two anyway.

I'm going to be going this to start:

http://www.finalesfunkeln.com/s3/#7bUMSlqTvgl6Ld

Switching points between Hardiness and Resistance based on who I'm laning against. Remember, you don't really value health all that much since you have your shield. Also, Tough Skin is good for trading in lane because you'll block a lot more damage from minions than you think. A single auto from each minion in a wave means you're taking 12 less damage, and you'll take a lot more from ranged minions if you're fighting anywhere near the wave.

Riven is all about AD and killing. You're not a tanky champ, if you want to play her to her best.

Dorans start is good, though, I'll probably either start DBlade or Longsword, unless I need a Cloth or DShield start against an annoying lane.

Are you aware tough skin ONLY affects JUNGLE monsters? Not minions. And perseverence seems iffy. Put those 9 points into the health mastery - Vet scars is as good as it ever was (quite good) especially for early game lane fighting. If you want any flat damage reduction, pick up Unyielding/block (requires 13 points in defense)

Oh, I did misread that. I'd put it into health, sure. I may be overestimating Perseverance's power, as it doesn't have any numbers tied to it.

I still think missing out on deep offensive is a bit of a waste. Veteran's Scars and Durability? Sure, I can see that, but missing out on Sunder and Executioner for 5 damage blocked (which will start to fall off as ADs get more a couple items, well before you start dueling them) seems a bit of a waste.
It's your boy Guzma!
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
December 04 2012 22:08 GMT
#823
Why would you not be trading in lane before you get items. You're playing Riven.
Requizen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States33802 Posts
December 04 2012 22:10 GMT
#824
On December 05 2012 07:08 koreasilver wrote:
Why would you not be trading in lane before you get items. You're playing Riven.

I meant against AD carries, as in "by the time you fight the enemy ADC, they're going to have enough damage that they won't really care about you blocking 5 of it".

I could see taking Unyeilding against someone like Xin/Fiora/etc that's going to be high auto attack in lane, but that's not every enemy champion.
It's your boy Guzma!
Mondeezy
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1938 Posts
December 05 2012 22:03 GMT
#825
Currently running 21/9/0 masteries, starting Boots 3 or Dblade if an easy matchup(singed).

Strong trading power, haven't needed the ward or biscuit from utility as 3pots gives enough regen for me and if a level 2 gank is a possibility I just play more passive and let them push. Maxing Q>W>E>R.

As far as items, yesterday I went Boots->2x dblade->brut->vamp->BT->BC and was absolutely destroying anyone who got near me. Game ended at this point, but I most likely would have gone Mercurial and a LW if heavy armor or 2nd BT if squishy after.
LoL NA: Mondeezy - TL - Riven <3
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
December 09 2012 16:10 GMT
#826
Been running: http://www.finalesfunkeln.com/s3/#ZMUq7nvaTxjUgd

Going BC>BT>Hydra>Defencive.

Been wrecking EVERYTHING. Granted, BC is stupid strong but I haven't been stacking them either. Riven brings the damage that just won't quit.

RIVU RIVU RIVU!
greggy
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom1483 Posts
December 09 2012 18:46 GMT
#827
Do you run arp or ad rune pages now?
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
December 09 2012 18:47 GMT
#828
AD.
Zess
Profile Joined July 2012
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-09 19:44:55
December 09 2012 19:43 GMT
#829
I tried out 1/13/16 and didn't really like it. Vs matchups you could abuse by starting dorans, you don't need the safety of biscuit+ward because you can just play safe at the timings the jungler would be top before first buy and otherwise dominate them anyways

Not having the 8% ArPen is actually quite noticeable in early trades: I'd rather start sword 2 pots and have better masteries

The flash CDR is nice, but ArPen is just too good, and the other 8 points in utility are pretty much wasted filler (don't need gp10 to stomp people, idle movespeed not awesome anymore)
Administrator@TL_Zess
| (• ◡•)|八 (❍ᴥ❍ʋ)
necaremus
Profile Joined December 2013
45 Posts
January 07 2014 11:38 GMT
#830
i go 15-15-0 masteries on riven, grabbing 10% less crit or 3% less aoe depending on enemy team
“Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice.”
a13ph
Profile Joined November 2010
Russian Federation3 Posts
January 12 2014 11:32 GMT
#831
Why is she banned so often nowadays? Is that Renekton/Shyvana/Mundo related?
Duvon
Profile Joined October 2011
Sweden2360 Posts
January 12 2014 12:22 GMT
#832
Insane snowballing and decent laning, especially vs uncoordinated teams.
Nothing is impossible, only some things for some people.
mechengineer123
Profile Joined March 2013
Ukraine711 Posts
January 13 2014 13:32 GMT
#833
On January 12 2014 20:32 a13ph wrote:
Why is she banned so often nowadays? Is that Renekton/Shyvana/Mundo related?

No, Shyvana and Renekton are actually good picks against Riven. (Mundo isn't).
Riven has been banned a lot for quite some time now, she's just "too good" in a sense. Mobile, very high damage and even after the combo she can just get away. If she gets a slight advantage there's not much you can do to stop her anymore. I think the general consensus is that her E shield might need a nerf so she's still a fun assassin, just a bit more killable.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
January 14 2014 04:47 GMT
#834
Her E shield is getting nerfed though, so look for that in the near future
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
Mondeezy
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1938 Posts
January 23 2014 19:20 GMT
#835
Any thoughts on Riven post-nerf?

As someone who mained her to Diamond, I feel like her laning phase is much, much weaker. I think a sufficient nerf to her trading power would have been increased CD on shield with lower duration perhaps, but the damage nerf is pretty noticeable. Her endgame is still strong IMO, but it's rough getting there on a "snowbally" champ especially vs the current top laners.
LoL NA: Mondeezy - TL - Riven <3
InfSunday
Profile Joined March 2013
United States735 Posts
January 23 2014 22:00 GMT
#836
So far what I've noticed is that in early-midgame team fights she feels a lot squishier with the shorter shield duration. I almost feel like you need to itemize defense earlier now, but I'm not sure how to do so without cutting into her damage, and I definitely prefer lucidity boots if possible. Maybe an earlier finish of BC from the bruta after Hydra? Though I suppose the 200 health isn't going to make such of a difference. Doing something like GA or Spirit Visage feels ideal but delays Last Whisper longer than I'd like. Hmm.
Call me Sunday
K3Nyy
Profile Joined February 2010
United States1961 Posts
January 24 2014 03:30 GMT
#837
On January 24 2014 04:20 Mondeezy wrote:
Any thoughts on Riven post-nerf?

As someone who mained her to Diamond, I feel like her laning phase is much, much weaker. I think a sufficient nerf to her trading power would have been increased CD on shield with lower duration perhaps, but the damage nerf is pretty noticeable. Her endgame is still strong IMO, but it's rough getting there on a "snowbally" champ especially vs the current top laners.


Definitely feel the early game hurt. Lategame I don't really see a difference damage wise.

Ehh.. I feel like the Riven OP was a bit exaggerated. She's definitely really strong in small skirmishes, but there are tons of champs that snowball harder and have more relevance in team fights in my opinion.
saddaromma
Profile Joined April 2013
1129 Posts
January 24 2014 06:02 GMT
#838
On January 24 2014 12:30 K3Nyy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 24 2014 04:20 Mondeezy wrote:
Any thoughts on Riven post-nerf?

As someone who mained her to Diamond, I feel like her laning phase is much, much weaker. I think a sufficient nerf to her trading power would have been increased CD on shield with lower duration perhaps, but the damage nerf is pretty noticeable. Her endgame is still strong IMO, but it's rough getting there on a "snowbally" champ especially vs the current top laners.


Definitely feel the early game hurt. Lategame I don't really see a difference damage wise.

Ehh.. I feel like the Riven OP was a bit exaggerated. She's definitely really strong in small skirmishes, but there are tons of champs that snowball harder and have more relevance in team fights in my opinion.

There is a big difference, riven had little to no counterplay when snowballing and was hard to shut down. For the following reasons:
1. 4 dashes, aoe stun and shield, everything on low CD. For instance other snowbally champions like fizz/zed are pretty easy to shut down with a coordinated team, you chain your CC and thats it, one long cd escape won't save them in every situation.
2. Riven is a top lane champion, and enemy team doesn't generally waste their CC on toplane champions like rene, mundo, shyv, since there are higher priority targets like Mid carry and ADC. Therefore Riven gets even more snowballing potential, since there isn't enough CC to shut her down.
3. Itemization. The more damage you build, the tankier you get. Epitome of snowballing.

So yeah, nerf was justified. But the way it was done is questionable.
oZe
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden492 Posts
January 26 2014 20:31 GMT
#839
I took riven for a spin today. Most broken champ in the whole game. Insane damage, stun, free 500 shield every 4.5 second & impossible to catch if by some miracle she loses a trade. Can go 1v3 and not even break a sweat mid/late game.
If you want free elo pick her up. Only thing you can do against her is chain cc until she's dead.

I did face a really bad riven yesterday. I was thresh and hook flay ulti ignited her under turret. She had to run and I couldn't catch but was so close she died =) Any other non tank would have died for sure in that situation.
The worst kinds of organized crime are religion & government.
Prev 1 40 41 42 All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 51m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft: Brood War
Hyuk 543
Soulkey 334
Horang2 259
Larva 245
Soma 224
Killer 132
ToSsGirL 113
910 98
EffOrt 79
sorry 29
[ Show more ]
Bale 28
sSak 19
Dota 2
canceldota105
Counter-Strike
summit1g7322
shoxiejesuss1487
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King119
Heroes of the Storm
Trikslyr38
Other Games
ceh9739
WinterStarcraft414
crisheroes152
Hui .132
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick552
BasetradeTV38
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Berry_CruncH340
• LUISG 12
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• lizZardDota2323
League of Legends
• Rush2292
• Stunt525
Upcoming Events
Afreeca Starleague
51m
Sharp vs Shinee
Action vs Shine
GSL
1h 51m
PiGosaur Cup
14h 51m
Replay Cast
23h 51m
Afreeca Starleague
1d
BeSt vs Paralyze
Jaedong vs Speed
Kung Fu Cup
1d 1h
Replay Cast
1d 14h
The PondCast
2 days
KCM Race Survival
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
[ Show More ]
Escore
3 days
PiG Sty Festival
3 days
CranKy Ducklings
4 days
PiG Sty Festival
4 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
PiG Sty Festival
5 days
The Patches Monday
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSLAN 4
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 3
K-JUNGMAN
ASL Season 22
Super Anchor Qualifying S3
2026 GSTL
RSL Revival: Season 6
PiG Sty Festival 8.0
META DYMY #4
Esports World Cup 2026
Esports World Cup 2026: LCQ
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026

Upcoming

CSL Season 22: Qualifier 1
Escore Tournament S3: W8
CSL Season 22: Qualifier 2
CSL 2026 AUTUMN (S22)
Acropolis #5
Acropolis #5 - TRS
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
HSC XXX
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
Big Dog Cup 2026 Div 1
Stake Ranked Episode 5
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.