Full Crit Riven Build

Full Crit Riven Build.

Full Crit Riven build with runes and items. Full Crit Riven guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Full Crit Riven build in League of Legends Patch 14.24!

Updated: 2024-12-18 ()

TLDR

Starting items
B. F. Sword should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Riven ability Ki Burst should be leveled first.
W
Riven ability Valor should be leveled second.
E
Riven ability Broken Wings should be leveled third.
Q
Final items
Zephyr should be final item in your build.
The Collector should be final item in your build.
Lord Dominik's Regards should be final item in your build.
Edge of Night should be final item in your build.
Navori Flickerblade should be final item in your build.
Infinity Edge should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Hail of Blades from Domination tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Full Crit Riven Runes

Domination
Domination major tree Electrocute rune.
Domination major tree Dark Harvest rune.
Domination major tree Hail of Blades rune.
Domination major tree Cheap Shot rune.
Domination major tree Taste of Blood rune.
Domination major tree Sudden Impact rune.
Domination major tree Zombie Ward rune.
Domination major tree Ghost Poro rune.
Domination major tree Eyeball Collection rune.
Domination major tree Treasure Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Relentless Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Ultimate Hunter rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

General
  1. You go Full Crit.
  2. You go in and play around Hail of Blades to burst enemies.
  3. You back away and wait for Hail of Blades. Repeat.
  4. This build works best if enemy team has squishy champions. If you are against a lot off-tanks/bruisers, this might not be best build. You can make it work, however, by rushing Lord Dominik's Regards.
Riven Full Crit specific
  1. This build is about auto attacking and attack speed, not using abilities!
  2. Your Passive crits!
  3. Your highest damage combo is to stack your Passive before going in (example: 2Q + E), then go in with Mark (Snowball), W, autos + last Q to finish them off or to run away.

How to play

General
  1. This build shines with 100% crit. You will instakill squishes. Until that, it might be challenging to 100-0 anyone. Look for opportunities to go in and score kills. Also focus on farming minions if possible (to scale faster).
  2. Wait for your moment to go for a kill. You have a big burst thanks to Full Crit and Hail of Blades, but you are squishy. And outside of Hail of Blades procs (especially early game) you don't have much damage.
  3. Snowball / Mark is an essential cooldown for this build. Do not waste it or even wait to hit the enemy at point-blank range to ensure hit (so you follow them, if they Flash).
  4. Enemy team might not check your items right away, you could use that for your advantage to nuke unsuspected enemy.
  5. After they checked your items and noticed that you have damage and are squishy, they are going to target you in fights. Be careful, after early game probably you need to modify your playstyle and stay back and wait for a good moment to join fights.
  6. If they have tons of CC, get Mercury's Treads, Edge of Night or even Mercurial Scimitar to counter that.
  7. If you are not doing well, or an enemy team is slightly ahead, you can adapt and buy tank items. Worst case scenario, you can sell everything late game and 'respec' into full tank.
Riven Full Crit specific
  1. You max W, because it is most reliable damage for this build. Then E for shield and more Passive stacing, lastly Q.

Tips and Tricks

Riot
  1. Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.
  2. Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Skill Order

  • Riven [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Broken Wings
  • Riven [object Object] ability.
    W
    Ki Burst
  • Riven [object Object] ability.
    E
    Valor
  • Riven [object Object] ability.
    R
    Blade of the Exile

Items

Starting items
B. F. Sword item.
Good first items
The Collector item.
Infinity Edge item.
Yun Tal Wildarrows item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Berserker's Greaves item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Get it post 15 lvl
Zephyr item.
Good items
Bloodthirster item.
Phantom Dancer item.
The Collector item.
Navori Flickerblade item.
Infinity Edge item.
Situational items
Immortal Shieldbow item.
Mercurial Scimitar item.
Maw of Malmortius item.
Edge of Night item.
Situational vs. tanks
Lord Dominik's Regards item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Situational vs. healing
Executioner's Calling item.
Mortal Reminder item.
Situational vs. shields
Serpent's Fang item.
Good MR/Armor items
Death's Dance item.
Wit's End item.
Edge of Night item.
If you need to go tanky
Kaenic Rookern item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Thornmail item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Force of Nature item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Example final build
Zephyr item.
The Collector item.
Lord Dominik's Regards item.
Edge of Night item.
Navori Flickerblade item.
Infinity Edge item.