Riven·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Riven Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Nimbus Cloak and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Armor in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Ravenous Hydra as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Black Cleaver. For your last 3 items, you should build Eclipse, Death's Dance and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 55.6% winrate over 53 499 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Riven Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Armor in defense. The items for the build are Goredrinker, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Black Cleaver as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Death's Dance, Maw of Malmortius and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 53.4% win rate over 13 645 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Armor as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Black Cleaver as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Ravenous Hydra as a third item. You want to finish the build with Eclipse, Death's Dance and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 54.6% win rate across 6 967 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Riven Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Transcendence as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Armor as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Eclipse as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Ravenous Hydra as third item. The last 3 options are Black Cleaver, Death's Dance and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.4% win rate over 3 280 matches played.

Situational Riven Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Riven build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.