Riven
Computed from 60,145 ranked Solo/Duo games collected through the Riot API · patch 26.21.
| Role | Win Rate | Pick Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Top | 47.7% | 1.7% |
| Mid | 51.1% | 0.3% |
Riven is banned in about 0.7% of games at this tier, one figure for the whole champion since bans happen before roles are picked. What ban rate measures.
Riven's Top win rate is 2.3 percentage points below an even 50% — Should I Dodge's win-probability model varies by about 4.8 percentage points of standard deviation from lobby to lobby across all ranks, purely from which champions get drawn, so this gap is smaller than that noise, not solid evidence the champion is unusually strong or weak right now.
Riven is tracked in 2 roles at this tier scope; the per-tier, threat, and counters reporting below all use its highest-pick-rate role, Top — its numbers in Mid (0.3% pick rate) stay visible in the table above but aren't carried into the rest of this page.
Riven's Top Build
In Emerald+ games on patch 26.21, Riven's most common Top setup runs Flash and Ignite with Conqueror, maxes Q first, and builds Axiom Arc, Endless Hunger, and Death's Dance — 50.3% win rate over 19,309 games.
- Summoner spells
Flash + Ignite
50.6%17,901 games - Runes
Conqueror + Inspiration
50.9%11,512 games - Skill priority Q > E > W 50.4%18,425 games
- Starter
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
50.5%17,127 games - Boots
Gluttonous Greaves
57.9%882 games - First three items
Axiom Arc → Endless Hunger → Death's Dance
61.3%2,244 games
Riven's Top Win Rate By Tier
| Tier | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Games | Edge (noise-widths) | Clears 0.5σ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 44.2% | 1.2% | 2,932 | 0.76σ | Yes |
| Bronze | 44.2% | 1.3% | 4,044 | 0.96σ | Yes |
| Silver | 46.9% | 1.5% | 5,729 | 0.53σ | Yes |
| Gold | 47.3% | 1.7% | 7,602 | 0.50σ | No |
| Platinum | 48.4% | 1.9% | 9,343 | 0.33σ | No |
| Emerald | 50.2% | 2.2% | 8,080 | 0.04σ | No |
| Diamond | 50.4% | 2.3% | 7,622 | 0.08σ | No |
| Master | 51.7% | 2.2% | 3,297 | 0.36σ | No |
Riven's Top win rate ranges from 44.2% at Bronze to 51.7% at Master across the 8 of 10 ranked tiers with at least 200 games in this role — a 7.5-point spread. Measured against each tier's own noise floor, that's 0.36σ at Master and 0.96σ at Bronze, with only the Bronze figure clearing the 0.5σ bar Should I Dodge itself requires before calling a reading anything but Neutral. 2 tiers under 200 games not shown.
- Power curve
- Early game
- Threats
- None of the seven we track
Curated reads, not measured: how we judge these
Who Counters Riven in Top?
Champions That Counter Riven
| Champion | Win Rate vs Riven | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Veigar |
59.7% | 2.04σ |
Illaoi |
58.9% | 1.87σ |
Kalista |
58.7% | 1.82σ |
Ahri |
58.5% | 1.77σ |
Renekton |
57.8% | 1.64σ |
Champions Riven Counters
| Champion | Win Rate vs Riven | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Locke |
42.5% | 1.58σ |
Kai'Sa |
43.2% | 1.42σ |
K'Sante |
44.2% | 1.22σ |
Swain |
44.3% | 1.18σ |
Lee Sin |
44.7% | 1.10σ |
At most five champions are listed in each direction for Riven: 5 listed as countering it here, 5 it counters back, with a tight, 2-point spread — none of them stand out much from the others among them — most matchups you could actually face in a real game simply aren't covered.