Riven·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Riven Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Haste 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 Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Eclipse as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Sundered Sky. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Maw of Malmortius and finish with Sterak's Gage. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 57.5% winrate over 1 532 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Riven Mid 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: Haste 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 Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Ravenous Hydra, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Eclipse as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sundered Sky, Death's Dance and Kaenic Rookern. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 40.0% win rate over 80 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: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Jack Of All Trades in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling 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 Sundered Sky as a third item. You want to finish the build with Death's Dance, Maw of Malmortius 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 53.0% win rate across 66 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Riven Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Transcendence as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Maw of Malmortius as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Eclipse as third item. The last 3 options are Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver and Spear of Shojin. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 40.7% win rate over 54 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.