Riven

The Exile · Skirmisher

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Summoner's Rift ARAM Arena Nexus Blitz URF One for All Swiftplay Ultimate Spellbook

No One for All-specific changes; plays as on Summoner's Rift.

Abilities

PassiveRunic Blade

Riven's abilities charge her blade, and her basic attacks expend charges to deal an additional damage.

QBroken Wings13s

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.

WKi Burst11/10/9/8/7s

Riven emits a Ki Burst, damaging and stunning nearby enemies.

EValor10/9/8/7/6s

Riven steps forward a short distance and blocks incoming damage.

RBlade of the Exile120/90/60s

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.

Patch history

26.15 · Jul 29, 2026

Blade of the Exile
Bonus attack damage ratio reduced to 20% bonus AD from 25%.
Wind Slash
Bonus AD ratio reduced to 55% bonus AD from 60%.

26.9 · Apr 29, 2026

Broken Wings
Bug Fix: Now properly counts as an attack reset for Hail of Blades.

26.7 · Apr 1, 2026

Runic Blade
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused the damage to not be reduced when she critically strikes from items.

26.3 · Feb 4, 2026

Runic Blade
AD ratio reduced to 30% to 45% AD from 30% to 50% AD.
Broken Wings
Bonus AD ratio reduced to 60 to 80% bonus AD from 65 to 85%.

25.23 · Nov 19, 2025

Runic Blade
New Effect: Now deals 50 bonus physical damage to monsters.

35 older patches

25.22 · Nov 5, 2025

Broken Wings
Bug Fix: Airborne disable no longer ends abruptly on targets upon their collision with terrain during the displacement.

25.14 · Jul 16, 2025

Broken Wings
Bug Fix: Third cast no longer sometimes has a greatly increased knockback distance against Blue Siege Minion and champions.
Runic Blade
AD ratio reduced to 30% to 50% from 30 +1.75*(x-1) for 17;then +2. Formula is now also fully linear and no longer features a breakpoint at level 18.
Broken Wings
The third cast's displacement no longer prematurely ends when the affected enemy collides with a wall during it.

Base stats

Health630 +100/lvl
Attack Damage64 +3/lvl
Attack Speed0.625 +3.5/lvl
Armor33 +4.4/lvl
Magic Resist32 +2.05/lvl
Base Health Regen8.5 +0.5/lvl
Move Speed340
Range125

Melee · Resource: None

Occasionally, the third cast's knockback distance will be greatly increased.

This is not intended.

14.24

Valor
Base shield reduced to 70 to 170 from 80 to 180.

14.20

General
Recommended runes updated.
Legend: Alacrity to Legend: Haste.
Last Stand to Cut Down.
Nimbus Cloak to Gathering Storm.
Bone Plating to Second Wind.
Unflinching to Shield Bash.
Broken Wings
Base damage increased to 45 to 165 from 15 to 95.
AD ratio changed to 65 to 85% bonus AD from 50 to 70% total AD.

14.2

Dawnbringer Riven and Pulsefire Riven
Valor
Bug Fix: VFX no longer unintentionally renders over impassable terrain and structures.
Broken Covenant Riven
Bug Fix: VFX for her dance emote, Recall, and respawn at the base no longer become cut-off when triggered on lower graphic settings.
Battle Bunny Prime Riven
Bug Fix: No longer causes her feet to slide on the ground during her idle animations.

13.23

Broken Wings
AD ratio increased to 50 to 70% AD from 45 to 65% AD.
Blade of the Exile
Bonus attack damage increased to 25% AD from 20% AD.

13.22

Reignited Worlds 2012 Riven
Skin renamed to Reignited Worlds 2012 Riven from Worlds 2016 Riven.

13.20

Worlds 2012 Riven
Skin renamed to Worlds 2012 Riven from Championship Riven.
Reignited Worlds 2012 Riven
Skin renamed to Worlds 2016 Riven from Championship Riven 2016.

13.4

Runic Blade
AD ratio increased to 30 to 58;60 AD from 30% to 60% AD. Now scales linearly.
New Effect: Now applies bonus damage against structures at 50% effectiveness.
New Effect: Stacks now display on health bar for the player.

12.10

Stats
Base health increased to 630 from 560.
Health growth increased to 100 from 86.
Armor growth increased to 4.4 from 3.2.
Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
Valor
Base shield reduced to 80 to 180 from 85 to 205.
Shield bonus AD ratio reduced to 110% bonus AD from 120%.

11.22

Ki Burst
Base damage increased to 65 to 185 from 55 to 175.
Valor
Bonus AD ratio increased to 120% bonus AD from 100%.

11.13

Valor
Base shield reduced to 85 to 205 from 95 to 215.

11.3

Valor
Cooldown reduced to 10 to 6 seconds from 12 to 8.

11.1

Stats
Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.

10.18

Broken Wings
Bug Fix: Casting it from Fog of War while hovering her cursor over an enemy champion or minion, she and the small area around her will no longer by revealed by the enemy team.
Valor
Bug Fix: Casting it from Fog of War while hovering her cursor over an enemy champion or minion, she and the small area around her will no longer by revealed by the enemy team.

10.15

Runic Blade
Bug Fix: When at three stacks the duration now properly resets when one stack is used.

10.14

Runic Blade
AD ratio increased to 30% to 60% AD from 25% to 50% AD.

10.12

Broken Wings
Bug Fix: Tooltip has been corrected to remove the attack speed gain.

10.9

Broken Wings
Bug Fix: Now properly activates Conqueror and give her four stacks of the rune when quickly used twice on the same target.

10.7

Stats
Base health increased to 560 from 558.48.
Base health regeneration increased to 8.5 from 7.

10.6

General
Recommended items updated.

9.19

Broken Wings
Cooldown increased to 13 seconds from 12.
Valor
Cooldown reduced to 12 to 8 seconds from 14 to 10.

9.16

Broken Wings
Cooldown increased to 12 seconds at all ranks from 12 to 10.

9.10

Broken Wings
Cooldown reduced to 12 to 10 seconds from 13 at all ranks.
Valor
Cooldown increased to 14 to 10 seconds from 10 to 6.

9.4

General
Updated visual effects.
Basic attack visual noise reduced.
Runic Blade
Sword and hand now glow instead of creating a green energy ball with rune trails on top of her hand.
Broken Wings
VFX updated to be less noise and unique per cast.
Ground damage VFX added to indicate area of effect.
Ki Burst
VFX updated to reduce visual noise on the ground symbol and better indicate area of effect.
Valor
Dash and shield VFX updated.
Shield runes changed to be the pieces of her sword.
Blade of the Exile
Buff VFX surrounding her cleaned up
Stronger buff VFX added to her sword.
Other ability VFX properly indicates increased area of effect while R is active.
Wind Slash
VFX is clearer and now appears as a single strike.
Battle Bunny Riven
VFX recolored orange.
E shield runes are carrots.
Dragonblade Riven
Has skin-specific smokey/firey VFX.
Passive VFX is a flame ring around her hand.
E shield runes are dragon crests.

9.1

Wind Slash
New Effect: Ability icon border now shows the remaining time to recast the ability.

8.13

Stats
Base health regeneration increased to 7 from 5.5.
Blade of the Exile
Cooldown reduced to 120 seconds from 130.

8.9

Dragonblade Riven
Valor
Bug Fix: Trail is no longer invisible on lower graphics settings.

8.3

Stats
Base health regeneration increased to 5.5 from 5.34.

7.24

Broken Wings
Base damage increased to 15 from 10.
AD ratio increased to 45% AD from 40% AD.

7.22

Stats
Base attack damage increased to 64 from 56.04.
Base armor increased to 33 from 24.376.
Runic Blade
Rune charge duration increased to 6 seconds from 5.
Ki Burst
Base damage increased to 55 from 50.
Valor
Shield strength increased to 95 from 90.

7.20

Broken Wings
Bug Fix: Can no longer both pop a spell shield and deal damage in specific circumstances.

7.19

General
Bug Fix: During her joke animation, her fingers no longer clip through her sword.

7.16

Runic Blade
Removed: On-hit effect procing against wards.

7.15

Dawnbringer Riven
Ki Burst
Bug Fix: No longer causes other Rivens in the same game to steal Ki Burst SFX.