My dream is to one day master Riven, I'm only 6 matches into PVP and I do decent with Riven (The most was 13/4) I already know a combo to use, But I would like to know more that can counter other classes, (The combo is basically Q-AA-Q-AA-Q-AA-W-AA-E) Is there any more tips and tricks that can help survival and can get me more kills preferably? edit: I also play Top with riven.
Damage for Riven's autoattack is applied before the actual animation ends. If you have good enough instinct, firing a q AS SOON AS THE AA DAMAGE APPLIES can cut a full second from your combo. Also, don't hesitate to use your dash-sheild to engage and use your q to disengage- while dealing less damage it is arguably safer as it knocks up pursuers that stick for all three hits.
Watch a streamer called "Boxbox" he is an insane Riven main and you will learn a lot from watching him
after pressing q you want to give riven a movement command by clicking right next to your opponent, and then immediately click on them again to attack. this cuts down the time between her auto animations significantly. mastering this is the difference between killing someone in 3 seconds versus 2 and it separates the good rivens from the bad.
they currently have it patched on PBE so that she does this automatically without the movement command required. they havent commented on it other than to say it was an unintentional consequence of a different change they were doing, so i wouldn't expect it to stay in.
Q, AA, W, AA, EQ away is a good way to get free damage on melee opponents in lane, since they'll be stunned while you hit them and you'll be shield dashing away to prevent any return damage
