I am trying really really hard to learn Riven top. But honestly it just feels like she loses every possible matchup in that lane. Also i dunno if its me but i ran 45% cdr Riven a few games and her cooldowns still seem obnoxiously high.
Is a bruiser build better for her? Full AD? Tank?
Any help would be appiciated.
Thanks.
Korillo3 votesTo truly get good at Riven you have to become a master of toxicity. Once you get that down, you'll be unstoppable.
Craft Zeppelin2 votesFirst, get a nice good computer that doesnt lag...and a internet provider...
I aint joking here. really
Packun Flower1 votesWell i have that covered but... why?
Craft Zeppelin1 votesWell i have that covered but... why?
generally its proven that you cant efficiently auto attack cancell if you have like more than 70 ping.
SGT Dingle Berry1 votes[{quoted}](name=Craft Zeppelin,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=4AbPiLAy,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2016-12-29T08:29:40.491+0000)
generally its proven that you cant efficiently auto attack cancell if you have like more than 70 ping.
This is true, I can't play certain champs like Riven or even Syndra at home with my 85ping.
Dynikus1 votes
Run some combination of those
learn combos and animation canceling
Gamer Gallade1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdDcVv3qWFI&t=11s&list=WL&index=90 In a nutshell. This combo will help you get better as Riven, It takes practice but you will get the hang of it.
As for masteries, depends on the match up. But personally I perfer Fervor over thunderlords because the combo will give you bounce AD in trades and will make your passive and abilities hit harder. Besides, 45% CDR is good but it wont matter if you cant do damage towards tanks and burst squishy targets into oblivion.
Im a filthy Riven main and I understand how Riven works to a point it will help you climb in ranked if you master her.
Also Riven is best LoL girl in my opinion.
Asayake 5150glow1 votes[{quoted}](name=Gamer Gallade,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=4AbPiLAy,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2016-12-29T09:10:39.295+0000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdDcVv3qWFI&t=11s&list=WL&index=90 In a nutshell. This combo will help you get better as Riven, It takes practice but you will get the hang of it.
As for masteries, depends on the match up. But personally I perfer Fervor over thunderlords because the combo will give you bounce AD in trades and will make your passive and abilities hit harder. Besides, 45% CDR is good but it wont matter if you cant do damage towards tanks and burst squishy targets into oblivion.
Im a filthy Riven main and I understand how Riven works to a point it will help you climb in ranked if you master her.
Also Riven is best LoL girl in my opinion.
Knowing your damage and the teamfighting combo's will be better at winning games, although this helps winning lane more tho.
Akenero1 votesYou basically have to one trick her.
Sahn Uzal1 votesLoads of Practice. And loads of hate from every human being around you.
LankPants1 votesI am trying really really hard to learn Riven top. But honestly it just feels like she loses every possible matchup in that lane.
You need to work out how to weave AAs in between her spells. Her passive is ~40% of her damage so you can't afford to give it up. When you're weaving autos reasonably well you shouldn't struggle as much in lane, if you can work out cancling you should be straight up dominant.
Also i dunno if its me but i ran 45% cdr Riven a few games and her cooldowns still seem obnoxiously high.
Her CD's are fairly low. At 40/45% CDR you should always have a skill to cast. One thing is that when you weave in AAs you can't spam quite as fast, so your spells tend to chain into each other well.
Is a bruiser build better for her? Full AD? Tank?
Good items would be 
. You're going to be favouring AD, but items with AD and durability are amazing. 
or 
are good items against AD heavy teams at some point but you can't rush them, you need to rush for AD. 
is probably also a core defensive item later into the game, 4th or 5th item against every team.
Oleandervine1 votesYou learn to gimmick game mechanics.
Hauling Ashe1 votesHonestly, Riven is the hardest champ to learn for me. It took me a long time to understand her, but now I'm one game away from completing my mastery 7 rank on her!
How I learned her was by playing her into some of her toughest opponents, like Malphite, Tryndamere, and Renekton. I failed a lot, but I learned the most out of that. I learned when I can go all in and when I need to hug turret. I learned when I can go in for a multi-kill and when I should just wait for another teamfight. I learned how to wait out enemy cooldowns and when I should activate my ult.
I have a specific mastery page for almost all of the champs I regularly play, but for Riven I have two. I use one I call "Riven Light" that uses the Thunderlord's keystone. This mastery is for matchups against less tanky opponents that I want to burst down quickly, such as Yasuo. I have another one called "Riven Heavy" for matchups against tankier champs, and on that I use the Courage of the Colossus keystone.
FioraWillCarry1 votesI tried Riven a couple times and left with a greater respect for Riven players. I though you could just smash buttons at random like Yasuo and build anything and still get carry but no. Riven actually takes skill to play. Must have played her like 20 times and fed every game with her. Never carried or even went even with her. My 2nd game with Yasuo I got 2 quadras after feeding in the early game. Riven is a deceptively difficult champion to play.
MissingKayo1 votesr/RivenMains has loads of helpful information
Other than that, print out a 3D Riven sculpture shrine and pray to Boxbox every night.
Dynamiku Entry1 votesHow to Riven =
Passive = Hit stuff after you hit stuff
Q = Yeah! Attack!
W = Whoops! (70% of time) No (30% of time)
E = I go here
R = I want kill. I keel you now.
SGT Dingle Berry1 votesIn the video he is actually moving his mouse around (behind himself) but wouldn't it be faster to have a bound attack move button? So rather than moving the mouse you would simply use right click to issue a movement command and then your hotkey (mine is a button on my mouse) to issue the attack move command rather than having to click on the target?