Although Riven hasn’t been among the well-known characters in the meta for a while, it has always managed to attract the attention of people who play the game by turning to only a specific character, which we call one-trick pony. We can say that a large part of the reason for this interest is the war mechanics it has.
Besides these mechanics make the character quite fun, playing against someone who dominates this character in the top lane can be quite tiring and challenging. The ability-based offensive character of the top lane, Riven, is the subject of our article today. In our article, we took a closer look at the Riven CTs, evaluated their strengths and weaknesses, and examined their capabilities.
Riven CTs: Characters that are strong against Riven
- Malphite
- Cho’gath
- Ornn
- Fiora
- Camille
Riven loses all of his potential as soon as anything comes between him and his combos. Therefore, characters such as Camille, Fiora, Cho’gath can easily disrupt Riven’s combo with crowd controls and make the character shake. Since the basic gameplay of the character is completely offensive, it can happen in scenarios where the damage is not enough against characters who go full tank. Ornn, Malphite-style characters can make Riven’s job a little more difficult with their crowd control, as well as purely defensive item preferences.
All the abilities of Riven, who can create Chi Blast:
- Passive / Runic Sword: Riven’s abilities stack up for her sword. The champion’s basic attacks consume stacks, dealing additional bonus damage.
- Q / Broken Wings: Riven takes a series of attacks. This ability can be activated three times in a short time, and the third hit knocks back nearby enemies.
- W / Ki Burst: Riven unleashes a Ki Burst, causing nearby enemies to be damaged and stunned.
- E / Bravery: Riven leaps forward a short distance, blocking incoming damage.
- R / Blade of Exile: Riven charges her relic weapon with energy and gains Attack and Range. He can also use Wind Slash, a powerful ranged attack, once during this time.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Riven, who has become stronger with the combination of her abilities?
Riven’s strengths:
- All abilities can be easily chained to each other
- His abilities don’t have long cooldowns and his Q’s mobility allows him to keep his ability rotation and fight for a long time
- In addition to having both defensive and aggressive abilities, he can stay in the lane for a long time as he does not have any mana problems.
- Ability to adopt both offensive and defensive play styles very easily
Riven is a character who can provide skill rotation well, so using her skills well is the key point of the character. Using your defensive and aggressive abilities properly can be the factor that will bring you victory in the lane phase.
Riven’s weaknesses:
- Since the character relies more on his skills and quick combos than his straight hits, any crowd control that can come in between his combo and speed can destroy the character
- The learning phase may take a long time as it is possible to create different combos with different combinations.
- Contrary to their aggressive abilities, the character itself is quite fragile, so playing carelessly can cause him to die very quickly
We can say that crowd control is Riven’s biggest enemy. Anything that comes between him and his abilities comes between you like a black bush. In addition, very aggressive games can cause your death, since he is a fragile character despite using skills at such an intense pace.
How to play Riven in LoL?
- Try to chain your abilities with each other and exploit the mistakes of your enemies to close the character’s vulnerabilities.
- Riven’s Q ability locks onto the champion your cursor is hovering over while cast. So if you want to overtake your opponent, remember that your cursor must also be forward.
- Riven lacks defense or any source of healing, so he needs to make up for it with devastating combos. Start the battle with Q and W abilities, while using E to dodge and avoid a counterattack.
- Avoid playing games by heart. Riven’s abilities allow her to adapt to any environment. Therefore, use your skills by reading the situation you are in.
Riven is literally a combo based character. The more you practice Riven and master her abilities, the more successful you will be at using the character. When you learn when to play aggressively and when to play defensively, especially in the laning phase, you’ll learn to play Riven as well.
How to play against Riven, how to beat Riven?
- Don’t underestimate the agility from his Q ability when fighting Riven. There will be a chance to be thrown forward 3 times.
- See the opportunity for him to use abilities, if he uses his abilities on minions other than you, take the opportunity
- Even though Riven’s stacking is purely offensive, don’t underestimate her E shield
- Stay away from fighting if you don’t believe you can beat him with his ult open, or if Riven doesn’t carry the battle on you.
Riven can stay in the lane for a long time due to the plus features such as the abundance of her abilities and the lack of mana usage in the lane phase. That’s why you need to watch Riven’s vulnerabilities while fighting. The simplest example of this is that he uses abilities on minions instead of you. Also, if you think you’ve taken too much damage, an early-stage armored shoe can be a relief item. Although not every character, if you’re playing a character with high crowd control like a stun, use your crowd control to split his combo as much as possible.
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