Riven is a melee fighter usually played Top/Mid on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Riven in ARAM: Play as a mobile assassin-bruiser hybrid: dive the backline with your dashes, use shields and crowd control to disrupt enemies, and execute low-health targets with your ultimate.
Riven ARAM Abilities
Riven's abilities charge her blade; basic attacks expend charges for bonus damage.
Riven performs a three-hit combo, with the final strike knocking back nearby enemies.
Riven's Ki Burst damages and stuns nearby enemies for a short duration.
Riven dashes forward and gains a shield that blocks incoming damage for a short duration.
Riven gains bonus attack damage and range, and can fire a powerful ranged shockwave once.
Riven ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Play as a mobile assassin-bruiser hybrid: dive the backline with your dashes, use shields and crowd control to disrupt enemies, and execute low-health targets with your ultimate.
Tips
Use your Q (Broken Wings) to dash over walls and dodge skillshots in ARAM's narrow lane.
Save your W (Ki Burst) to interrupt enemy engages or channeled abilities like Katarina's ult.
Activate your E (Valor) shield before engaging to absorb poke damage and gap close safely.
Maximize your passive by weaving auto-attacks between each Q cast for bonus damage.
Build Goredrinker for sustain and teamfight presence; it synergizes with your short cooldowns.
Combos
E > R1 > Q > W > Auto > R2: Standard burst combo to delete squishies.
Q > Q > E > W > Auto > Q3: Engage combo with knock-up and stun lock.
Flash > R2: Surprise execute to catch low-health enemies off guard.
Riven ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Precision
Conqueror
Triumph
Legend: Haste
Last StandSecondary — Sorcery
Transcendence
Gathering StormSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Long Sword - 2.
Guardian's Blade
Core Items
- 1.
Eclipse - 2.
Sundered Sky - 3.
Mercury's Treads
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you need sustain against poke
- enemy team has low burst
- your champion benefits from hybrid damage
Avoid when:
- enemy has grievous wounds
- you need burst over sustained damage
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has heavy AP burst
- you need survivability against magic damage
- your champion benefits from the shield
Avoid when:
- enemy team is mostly AD
- you already have enough magic resist
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has heavy AP burst
- you need survivability against magic damage
- your champion benefits from the shield
Avoid when:
- enemy team is mostly AD
- you already have enough magic resist
Options
Riven ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Riven in ARAM?
In ARAM, Riven typically builds core items like Eclipse, Sundered Sky, Mercury's Treads and Conqueror runes (Precision primary, Sorcery secondary).
What runes should I use for Riven in ARAM?
Take Conqueror in the Precision tree as your keystone, with Sorcery as your secondary tree for Riven in ARAM.
How do you play Riven in ARAM?
Play as a mobile assassin-bruiser hybrid: dive the backline with your dashes, use shields and crowd control to disrupt enemies, and execute low-health targets with your ultimate.
What is Riven's best combo in ARAM?
E > R1 > Q > W > Auto > R2: Standard burst combo to delete squishies.
