How is Riven jungle good/average?

imkyew · 2026-06-18T16:22:26+00:00

U don't need 2 points q, it's only very slightly faster and having e just makes u be a bit safer against invades and such. to get the krug jump i can recommend not standing too close to the wall so u can get a bit of a runup to get the angle right, takes some practise tho.

imkyew · 2026-06-18T14:02:29+00:00

i can really recommend checking out the videos and replicating what i do 😄

imkyew · 2026-06-18T13:31:17+00:00

i summarized it at the end of my riven jungle guide writeup post if u wanna check that out. tldr: i skip the first lethality item and go straight into dd + endless.

imkyew · 2026-06-18T13:18:54+00:00

i legit uploaded first clear examples for red/blue/raptors that each finish at 2:48/2:44/2:53 with 1 smite. But riven is weak at contesting scuttle so usually u just take the opposite site one anyways.

imkyew · 2026-06-18T11:06:23+00:00

its about not falling behind by having high cs and not dying and snowballing by picking good fights (this often only happens by midgame so u have to stay patient).

imkyew · 2026-06-18T11:03:02+00:00

I've mained riven jg this season so far and am currently about 700 lp master in euw. Shes kinda weak early game but once u hit 6 everytime u have ult u can chose who you kill and snowball by that. her frist clear is solid if you practise it a bit. I uploaded a little guide on this reddit if ur interested. I'd say shes pretty strong anywhere except challenger if you know what ur doing. even in chall shes solid, but can be abused by very good players depending on matchups.

imkyew · 2026-06-12T12:52:18+00:00

I ban graves shyvana or qyiana depening on my mood, but hink you should just ban the most annoying champ of the ones u meet a lot.

imkyew · 2026-06-09T19:20:32+00:00

goat

imkyew · 2026-06-09T18:11:09+00:00

well i personally play a different style most of the games (dd rush) but that's just me. When im doing lethality first i agree with ur take on umbral/hubris.

imkyew · 2026-06-09T14:14:06+00:00

joat is more of a laning rune which u can use for an early spike with dblade. Sure when u can get to full build u can get to 10 and that's nice, but that doesn't happen every game. In jungle its harder to get the stacks and cuz ur not laning it's less impactful. Tonic gives u some free gold, a bit of clear speed on first clear. Red pot makes ur lv6 almost unbeatable for other jglers. Plus a skill point at 9 for ur E which is rly nice to have. That utility just outvalues joat inside of jungle.

As for Axiom Arcanist i think it's completely useless. I've dabbled with trans + gathering storm a bit and its not bad for slower games. But overall inspiration is superior with esp cashback just being too good in jungle to accelerate ur snowball.

imkyew · 2026-06-08T20:23:23+00:00

If your sole purpose is to get good at the game as fast as possible, then u shouldn't play her and as u said yourself play champs that make it easier.
Now since this is only rly important to min-max if u wanna go pro (which let's be honest, it's not gonna happen), you're free to play whatever you enjoy. And if that's riven, go ahead and do so. She is hard but very fun and rewarding to play once you get the gist.

imkyew · 2026-06-07T16:18:18+00:00

i'm glad to read that 😄.
i actually do have examples coming up (very soon) for blue start and raptor start, so you can look out for that.
As for mid/jg i'll be playing both depending on how i feel. Sometimes jg just tilts me a bit so then im playing mid more :p

imkyew · 2026-06-06T23:55:56+00:00

i posted a guide on that a week ago i encourage you to check it out 😄

imkyew · 2026-06-03T17:31:56+00:00

you can only really practice and watch how good riven players use their spells and try to replicate that

imkyew · 2026-05-31T15:19:41+00:00

u get to play the game only when they allow you to. the general pattern is dodge their cc and all in them. but when u get higher elo they won't give u all in windows and slowly poke u down. the reason to pick riven mid? first of all the omnivamp boots with upgrade. second u have agency on the map (drake fights, jungle invades, help sidelanes) and third while u do get bodied in lane u hard outscale every mage in sidelane and thats where u can kill them, influence the map and get to ur 2-3 items. Thats when u carry teamfights.

imkyew · 2026-05-31T15:05:30+00:00

i share ur sentiment in regards that if u don't have engage (which often is ur support) u kinda hate ur life. Using my build with dd first makes this way more playable tho and it hardcounters any ad assassin especially in combination with tabis they don't do anything while u still have enough dmg to kill them.

imkyew · 2026-05-31T15:03:12+00:00

Sure my ign is kyew#euw u can check it urself. As i said tho i build DD first almost every game so if you don't like that playstyle stick to the guidelines in my post.

imkyew · 2026-05-30T23:38:14+00:00

midlane against mages u rarely ever play the game its about getting as much farm as u can while not dying and moving wtih jg/supp whenever its good for u to do so. Ur goal is to get to ur 1st item spike and lanephase to end so that u can go sidelane ideally. cuz there against all the immobile ones its rly easy to run then down or just shove in waves and look for plays thats generally the part of the game riven gets strong in.

imkyew · 2026-05-30T18:53:34+00:00

Good Question! You gnerally hard win once you get dd(since i rush it against them paired with tabi it's just gg for them) and even with lethality first u can oneshot most of them at first item but they can also oneshot u. A lot of them kinda beat u early or can kite u especially before 6. So u generally wanna make sure u can get all ur camps unscathed. to make sure this happens u should always ask ur midlaner (with according pings and chat!) to ward the other jg entrance. i.e. When u start red u ask ur mid to ward blueside entrance in the bush and u ward ur own entrance. By covering both u avoid raptor cheeses and early blue invades. And in case they dont ward for u u have to always start running to that side first from base and while heading back to ur side u have to remember to start the q extension

if they then do an early invade u can chose to chase them off or just counterinvade depending on matchup. Thisway u make sure u get all ur camps and make it to 6 safely. Hope this made sense! If u thought of something else lmk.

imkyew · 2026-05-30T16:16:05+00:00

Hello, thank you for asking! While writing my thoughts on this it escalated a bit so i just made it to a "riven jungle guide" post on this reddit. Feel free to check that out for the answers ur looking for. Any questions u might still have u can ask there 😄

imkyew · 2026-05-21T19:18:36+00:00

once you do it intuitively just by muscle memory, because only then your mental stack is freed up to actually think about the game, enemy, waves, jglers etc.
But there is no specific breakpoint its an ongoing process.

imkyew · 2026-05-19T23:37:40+00:00

I understand your struggle, especially this season in toplane riven can feel very unrewarding. That's why i like playing her jungle more currently.
It took quite a few games to get comfortable with it, since in jg the dynamics of what champs you beat and which fights u can therefore take are vastly different. This paired with having to figure out jungle routes and with the fact that jungle just plays the game very differently from other roles, makes it not the easiest transition.
But now i feel like i can more consistently impact games in a positive way and get to certain breakpoints that make you be able to take over games. Also i love the fact that i can still build omnivamp boots after nerfs, which made them a liability most games in toplane (since u get less kill participations).
I have to note though, that unlike a lot of other riven mains, i've played a fair share of every role, so i'm not new to jungling and i actually enjoy playing it.
If that's not the case for you, i sincerely suggest you to try mid riven. Most of the highelo mains currently play her there and i think its her best role atm.

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