Riven is a high mobility assassin/fighter, that is mechanically based off her combos.
She is questionably one of the hardest champions, to use at their full potential.

Known to be the main of "toxic players", she can completely turnaround any unfair fights.

Despite her damage cc kit, she's risky to engage with, any form of cc will screw her over in a bad situation.

Pros : High Burst Potential, High Mobility, Decent CC, Aoe Damage,Good Snowballer




Cons : Fully AD (countered by armor),Not The Best At Teamfighting, Really Hard To Play If Behind

Riven takes a while to master, and yet there's still more things to be discovered about her.
Practicing in normals is essential to gain experience on different matchups. With the new handy practice tool, combos and auto resetting are easier to perfect.

However there is a combo that is hard to execute, despite it's simplicity,it requires good animation canceling and amazing speed. This combo is known as "The shy" combo.
Here it is in action, by none other than the master of the combo himself. Play Video
COMBO: E -> R -> FLASH -> AA -> TIAMAT/HYDRA -> R -> Q


Indeed this video is a bit old, but it never fails to amaze.

Flash is essential

The second spells consist of:Exhaust/Ignite/Teleport


Obviously Smite is for jungling