By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00
Riven
the Exile
FighterAssassin
League of LegendsPatch 26.16TopRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA78,388 gamesSample data
Role snapshot (Top)
- 50.8%
- Win Rate
- 15.3%
- Pick Rate
- 11.0%
- Ban Rate
78,388
Games
Very High
Confidence
Matchup map (Top) — level 1–18
Conditional build matrix
| vs AP Burst | vs AD Assassins | vs Tanks | vs Sustain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mythic / Core |   |   |   |   |
| Core 2 |   |   |   |  |
| Core 3 |   |  |   |   |
| Boots |  |  |  |  |
| Situational |   |   |   |  |
Popular build
36,058 games51.2%Win Rate
Flash
IgniteReliable build
25,868 games49.9%Win Rate
Flash
TeleportHigh observed win rate
9,407 games53.3%Win Rate
Flash
ExhaustRunes
Primary: Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Font of Life
Conditioning
Overgrowth
Secondary: Precision
Triumph
Legend: Haste
Shards
+9 Adaptive Force
+9 Adaptive Force
+10-180 Health (based on level)
Skill order
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Ability details
Runic Blade
Riven's abilities charge her blade, and her basic attacks expend charges to deal an additional damage.
Passive — never cast
Broken Wings
Riven lashes out in a series of strikes. This ability can be reactivated three times in a short time frame with the third hit knocking back nearby enemies.
Cooldown 13sRange 275
Ki Burst
Riven emits a Ki Burst, damaging and stunning nearby enemies.
Cooldown 11/10/9/8/7sRange 260
Valor
Riven steps forward a short distance and blocks incoming damage.
Cooldown 10/9/8/7/6sRange 250
Blade of the Exile
Riven empowers her keepsake weapon with energy, and gains Attack Damage and Range. During this time, she also gains the ability to use Wind Slash, a powerful ranged attack, once.
Cooldown 120/90/60sRange 200
Scaling — level 1–18
RivenTop average
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1918
Counter plan — how to beat Riven
Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives
Deny the reset — it wants a kill to come back out; a warded exit removes it
Punish the cooldown — Riven is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 8/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
ARAM performance
- 50.7%
- Win Rate ▲ 1.0%
- 6.1%
- Pick Rate ▲ 0.4%
- 0.9%
- Ban Rate ▼ 1.7%
- Damage dealt
- 108.5%
- Damage taken
- 103.9%
- Healing
- 96.1%
- Shielding
- 107.5%
- Ability Haste
- +9
Best ARAM build
Patch timeline
We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
- 26.16Live now-0.3
- 26.14Sample win rate across this patch-0.4
- 26.11Sample win rate across this patch+0.6
- 26.08Sample win rate across this patch-0.3
- 26.05Sample win rate across this patch+0.1
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Methodology
- Data window
- 512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
- Rank aggregation
- Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
- Role assignment
- A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
- Counters
- A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
- Minimum sample
- The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
- Why a build is not a cause
- The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
- Where the numbers come from
- Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.