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[@zeeinfinite]

Riven is very telegraphed in what she wants to do, and most high elo players understand this to a degree. Pointing out that he changes his tempo/beat when using skills is the epitome of an excellent riven player.

[@derektong]

It's the basics of knowing the Fiora matchup on any champion

[@ZDY66666]

@@derektong yet strangely only 300 people know the basics enough to be in challenger eh LOL

[@zeeinfinite]

@@derektong true but I meant to do it not just when fighting fiora but any forms of CC.

[@alessgr9394]

Thats true... but only for fiora or some especific matchup, past laning phase u always want to be really fuckin fast

[@Marco-qt5nv]

Riven is a highly mechanical champ, but in the end she Stat checkes you if oneshot or not, and currently riven only succeedes if someone who knows trade patterns perfectly poilots her, and even then there are better champs in my opinion

[@DemonicInfinity]

7:56 he made renekton both think he was gonna last hit his cannon (and subsequently letting renek lasthit his) but was baiting it and just sacrificed it for the allin. It's pretty dope even in high elo.

[@SmileInvestia]

Q1-E-Q2 for approaching is actually the best order, for the reason of chaining other skills and maintaining the shield. Such a detailed player.

[@TwoToo_]

0:30 seraphine cosplay with sword

[@jenso5828]

Finally, Azhy getting featured. He's so underrated ♥~

[@torping7368]

u have no idea how much i love your videos man thank you for this

[@rickiex]

riven has such a high skill ceiling that it takes so much effort just to play her well, and alot of time and work to play her at this level. the average player cannot play her to this level sadly.

[@veo16]

This is the only reason I chose League of Legends instead of Overwatch 2. The ability to see any one of the 100+ champions being played to a high level. Instead of leaderboards being filled with the same tank or same dps over and over.

[@Keyblader001]

Riven is one of my all time favorite champions that I know I will never be able to play, but I wish I could.

[@Kanmeii]

i thought the same, she is now my fourth main sitting at 200k and one of my best champs. give her a try !!

[@Keyblader001]

@@Kanmeii I just dont like that your performance of a champion is determined on animation cancels. If the animations are that sluggish that they need to be cheesed to make her not feel clunky, they should just speed all the animations up.

[@king_kunta_0]

​@@Keyblader001 skill issue

[@theterron7857]

@@king_kunta_0 i mean, he knows, he even said that in the top comment

[@Shylxd]

@@Keyblader001 every point you made is ridiculous your performance isn't determined on animation cancels, it depends on knowing where to use which combo also her animations aren't sluggish and they have very little times (0.25 sec time for w and r)

[@pranishvajarinkar8145]

Thanky Dobby forvideo, starting to learn riven.

[@Anima__Mundi]

Nice bro! Keep doing what you doing

[@angelofthegospel1611]

0:18 oh shit the shy combo

[@PRFxSniper]

6:35 thats so clean getting every auto in after qs when chasing someone

[@yurilopes420]

not that hard to do, you just have to Q behind them and not Q them

[@AE-qs7pj]

my boy dobby uploading a riven vid after i mained her this season, thx bro

[@LoLDobby]

THX, too!

[@ekimincirli5402]

People don’t realize just how good Azhy is :)

[@StoneDeceiver]

I would definitely love playing riven if her Q activated in the direction of the mouse cursor. Her Q moving in the direction the champion model is currently facing feels so clunky and awful to me making it unplayable.

[@dagurbezisinthemalof]

Click more. That's the honest answer.

[@cuddledog142]

I have 500k mastery on Riven and this is one of the reasons I don't play her anymore. Minion block changing your Q direction has literally cost me kills so many times

[@owo4470]

It used to activate in her direct or enemy but they changed that in season 7

[@niconicoshi]

@@owo4470 i believe they didn't change it at all, her Q moves her in the direction she is facing if she's not targeting and enemy

[@andrephilippebuteau9819]

@@cuddledog142 have like 550k tho but u get used to q direction is practice

[@LuscaTrem]

Kennen is a big op counter aswell

[@Anonymous-en8rs]

Ohhh myyygoddddddd. Ilove you dobbyyyyyyyyyy❤❤❤❤

[@LoLDobby]

♥

[@warbraid]

lol did the part at 4:55 get censored?

[@ceru6973]

The fact that he starts with D Blade in all these difficult matches really shows he has the balls to win through outplay/all in. Almost all NA riven use long sword x 3 or dshield and wait for mistake / wear enemy down, this guy just says 1 wrong move you're DEAD lol.

[@alessgr9394]

Thats literally any riven player? You punish mistakes thats what riven does, literally DB is build on tougher matchups, Sword + pots is more high risk high reward

[@nsum2885]

Doran’s blade is less ballsy. It makes you stronger in 1v1 but delays your item spike. Long sword 3 pot is harder to pull off

[@ibrahimismail5625]

​@@nsum2885long sword 3 pot of yea that's my start on EVRRY CHAMPION I PLAY💀💀💀

[@rxtrad]

i love azhy

[@xCharLiiie]

retrad my man i just read some comments and your comment just popped up so random lmaaoooo

[@alexsinnix6608]

nice

[@LoLDobby]

NICE

[@mehrad4907]

bro figured out how to play fiora on riven

[@duke2894]

beatifuly edited video, 10/10 stuff

[@LoLDobby]

Thank you !

[@highnoon2844]

Since when was azhy hidden 😅 I think every riven player knows him

[@davihlucas6987]

i really liked the video, but i have an opinion about it... i watch your channel for a long time and the thing i liked the most is how you talk about the tricks the really good guys use, and how you UNRAVEL the secrets of the champions, and i really missed it here, maybe its my bad, but things like "R does not combo with your Q, so you need to use E to combo" really teach me how to work with the champion. in this video i got the feeling you wanted to teach a good riven how to be great, and it's really dificult to already find "good" rivens, i know there's another video about it, but since time pass and people learn more tricks and everything i would like more content about the champions tricks and secrets as well if i'm wrong or if my commentary not welcome i apologize in advance

[@Vict0rRezn0v]

Very polite critiques my man

[@tatamlata3842]

​@@Vict0rRezn0vand true, it helped me, but i have 100k, and i had to sometimes put it in slowmo and rewatch, but newbie riven has no chance

[@viniciusvini856]

Hey man, can you do some video about urgot?

[@highnoon2844]

He already did, its a few months old

[@ganjaboiiHazE]

I wanna see his curser movement and his q aa comb

[@Sashisan]

Thank you, can I hope one day a video on Poppy?

[@LoLDobby]

Sure ! I will do it

[@Sashisan]

@@LoLDobby Thank you !

[@joonieh1]

anyone know what that ward skin is for the one that dies at 9:23?? all you hear is the sfx and ive been dying to know

[@verosk8396]

"hidden riven main" actually one of the most popular riven otp's in Korea..

[@Wombeyy]

yeah hes not really hidden most KR high elo players know him, Irelking, Pzzzang etc

[@nsum2885]

@@Wombeyy he explained his title in the video. He’s the only riven main in kr chall

[@PRFxSniper]

renekton with is shield break W is a nightmare be careful

[@ImJustSage]

what’s that skin

[@ZDY66666]

that riven skin is SO trippy and pay to win because of the way she holds her sword (like backwards instead of normal/upright) I just can't tell what move shes using at all in my brain esp after all the hydra particle effects (and also the skin is super red/orangy on both character texture, the particle effects of moves and coincidentally hydra is also that hue of colors)

[@semuf2000]

I hate it .

[@coldresin]

Pretty sure they reused the animation from Dawnbringer when she has R active, holding the blade behind her. The only thing weird with that skin is her Q3 animation, very strange.

[@niconicoshi]

i hate the semen stuck in her back

[@kacpersso]

7:07 its R > W > E not E R W

[@joshuajoshua4175]

Wronggg

[@Roamtokitchen]

i have 1M points on riven and there is no way i play like him he is to good for me omg very detailed in the way he plays, very nice

[@user-pc5xz9oj6c]

Min 7 compo he did all that in 1 second.. thats why there is only on challanger riven in korea .. he keyboard monster

[@mrcatsup9792]

what skin is he using i might buy it

[@fastq1936]

Đưa bảng riven cầm áo choàng mây, mà thằng rene đánh vào riven ra giáp cốt =))) wtf

[@CoolGreenDragons]

WHICH SKIN IS THAT

[@converser]

I'm really intrigued about how these super pros brains work, it must be a hell lot of micromanaging to not only cs, watch the map, telegraph your own moves (as Riven requires intense mechanical skills) but also to memorize the opponent's cooldowns. I hate Riven as a champ, but to lose to such skill, I probably won't get as upset, just in complete awe.

[@messiah_lol]

experience, pattern detection, and muscle memory are the biggest factors. it gets to a point where you're good enough at a character that it starts to play itself, you don't have to put much thought into reacting to a situation you just kind of instinctively know what you have to do after you've done it enough times. the less attention you have to pay to piloting your champ, the more attention you can pay to the rest of the game- map, wave states, tracking enemies, tracking cooldowns, objectives, etc. humans only have so much attention they can divide among so many things, a lot of the times if you're focusing on trades and cs, you'll be less aware of the map, and you might die to ganks/roams, which is what really sets the best players apart. the ability to juggle all of the different skills required, and to do them all at the highest level simultaneously is very difficult to manage. I consider myself pretty good, I love studying azhy's games though, it's very inspiring to know that there's somebody that good out there for me to chase after

[@someonewhospams0w0inchat16]

@@messiah_lol bro wrote an essay 💀

[@idirbouchdoug1567]

@@messiah_lol 100% but i genuinely think half of the things you said come down to talent and mechanics , there are people that just have better mechanics than others naturally. I am a very average / below average mechanically and i have known / seen people that palyed the gam eafter me be much better at piloting mechanical champs than me even if i know exactly what i need to do with the champ and may have more knowledge about the champ than them.

[@messiah_lol]

@@idirbouchdoug1567 you're right, talent does play a part, different stuff just clicks for different people. effort always outpaces talent in the long run though. it can be discouraging to see others excel at something you've worked hard for without much effort but generally those players (this used to be me) will cap out pretty quickly and become stuck, sort of like the turtle and the hare. talent can be a huge head start but knowing HOW to continue to improve once you've reached a plateau can be very difficult. steady progression has no limit, talent only goes so far. when the two are combined though, you get some crazy results

[@wightknight7056]

Young Hunni

[@imonutiy]

I barelly see her now maybe 1 in 200 games

[@supasparkle]

This champion is absolutely busted. By far the best champion to OTP in the game.

[@cyruzz00]

It's not the champ, her s13 build is busted (hydra - cleaver - eclipse into defense)

[@derinduygu8920]

​@@shugo1047 Shes too difficult

[@guitar2935]

@@derinduygu8920 Her problem is she's a lane bully with a few really bad matchups. If she isn't ahead she's not very good in teamfights.

[@ptbro3334]

​@@guitar2935 She scales so damn well. What you said is copium

[@carterttilts5397]

@@guitar2935 few? Ok you sound like you know what you’re talking about

[@rumblatic3794]

wow.... another main riven...... so original

[@boomynote]

I had to check her pick rate cause I feel like I don’t see her a lot but plat+ she has a 5%+ pickrate. Very interesting tbh, I thought she was at least a LITTLE more rare since she’s a bit harder than other champs

[@user-sz9vt4sd7y]

@@boomynote plat riven players aren`t humans i swear

[@haxyie]

qwq

[@Ayzev]

​@@boomynote Being mechanically hard makes a champion more popular, not less. Everyone and their mother watches a montage and wants to feel just as cool as those dudes. You wouldn't see shit like Lee and Yas every other game if they were only as difficult and flashy as Malph

[@Topunito]

wow i guess i shouldn't main popular champs to main because it's "unoriginal" thanks for your input rumblatic3794, i will make sure to play the game in an original way because that's absolutely what matters!!

[@moejoe1898]

this guy for sure is insane, but there is no way, that scorch is the optimal rune choice

[@sheesh09]

he opts for early win thats why he's going d blade and scorch. More of a 100 or 0 play

[@MaCoqAttack]

when you are playing for early kills in lane which leads to snowball which riven is great at then yes it's a good choice, if you fail to snowball though there are definitely better choices come mid/late game. Also the runes are very matchup dependant. Azhy doesn't take those runes every game

[@highnoon2844]

he goes a mix of resolve and sorcery. Sorcery tree (especially nimbus cloak rune) is very common on Riven. I can see scorch working fine

[@alessgr9394]

scorch is early focused on matchups u wanna short trade

[@quietchase]

I'd you're aiming to solo kill before 6 yes it is.

[@padmasrichaturvedula6713]

shows a 12 min montage and says "lets wrap up with a montage"

[@cocsazze]

The level of this player.. good job in the accurate reading of his mind dude.

[@antroneny]

Im Main Poppy so Forget about this guide

[@zedmund9123]

only possible with close to single digit ping

[@santumi2298]

me when i pick garen:

[@boomynote]

She has a higher winrate against Garen than the average champion does against garen. Traditional advice says Garen is a “counter” to her but a good riven isn’t getting stomped by a garen. Even if riven lost lane to Garen she should be able to impact other lanes more thanks to her mobility and cc and more frequent ability uptime. Plus her execute is multi-target rather than single target, she’s just better. Garen is much easier though and if you’re not up against a skilled riven it’s probably fine to go Garen but other picks work too, Garen is just the easiest

[@santumi2298]

@@boomynote Mr when I pick Cho"Gath

[@samuelt8825]

​@@santumi2298 more skill than garen, for less reward

[@santumi2298]

@@samuelt8825 Garen's one of the hardest champs to play in high elo since he has obvious counterplay.

[@pureaut1sm]

riven is a champion

[@SinNombreYQueWea]

I hate the quinn lane as a Riven player, but honestly the best a jungler can do is simply try to burn Quinn's flash. If both Riven and Quinn have flash it is very Quinn favored and she'll just bully you forever. If she doesn't but you do, you can simply braindead go all in and once she uses E you can just flash follow her and get a kill. Riven is my favorite champion because you play around cooldowns like this, and there's plenty of situations where you're both full HP but you know, 30 seconds before it happens, that you are about to get a kill.

[@niconicoshi]

the cdr boots makes difference in this scenario since your flash will be up earlier

[@ChaosHero17]

"Riven's amazing mobility makes dodging easier" Ahzy: R I G H T C L I C K

[@pauliussipavicius4658]

SOmeone explain me why scorch?

[@connermcmahan5528]

Idk but it’s chunking fat in those early trades

[@lunacy5510]

Because he goes all-in strategy to pressure and get ahead. Riven is extremely hard to play without the lead so it's not like transendence scaling gonna be a big factor. Azhy feels like scorch early is more of a difference maker for Riven than transendence that only comes online later. Early on and level 6-9 every bit of dmg matters on Riven for lethal too and when she is not all-ining she can poke trade a lot after a few points in Q / getting back to lane with ionians.

[@sheesh09]

fast early trades, not good for late game but very strong for cheese

[@MaCoqAttack]

The secondary rune choice of nimbus cloak and scorch is for cheesing early kills. It's a good setup for chipping away at enemies hp bar with some trades then using flash/ignite for the movespeed to finish off the kill. Alot of the time in lane you will just use one q or w then back off so scorch helps alot with those short trades and yea nimbus for the all in when they are in lethal range.

[@MaCoqAttack]

And in games where enemy team has alot of cc you should go legend: tenacity and unflinching because being locked down is the best way to shut down fed hyper carries such as Riven, Kata etc. Alot of Riven's power is being able to leap on opportunities as they arise with flash or just e/q mobility and catch people as soon as they miss step so being cc'ed during that moment is quite painful

[@k1ng298]

Yep this champ is balanced as fuck if player before monitor is good. After that u put another good player but this time he will play zed and just try(idk how but please try it for me) to not smile challenge and dont even try to compare these champions

[@azul1964]

6:03 wtf

[@0274802923]

Fair champ

[@sayfchdig3018]

hidden for you xd

[@PinkOrangeOrangePink]

wtf that jayce doing in the first clip? like why doesnt he just knock riven away with his knock away move after she uses all her mobility to get nowhere near him, then just run? he used everything to gap close for her...

[@user-sz9vt4sd7y]

because he was going for a kill

[@ForeverFlop]

Nautilus mid, tks

[@SrMolinaYT]

Azhy is Best Riven KR 🔥🔥🔥

[@NNRedemption]

The one and only korean riven god is shy. We will never forget rhe great times with you in ogn

[@lucratyo2285]

in KR no one play malphite and garen to counter riven :/

[@micodelenela1993]

I've been maining riven since s3. I used to play for the flashiness and outplays but grew tired of it too. Multicasting was my bread and butter before but now i play similarly to this guy. Less flashy stuff but smarter moves. Sometimes flashy isn't always good. I like this guy's style. He still involves some key aspects of playing riven, but makes it simpler and more impactful

[@kk-rp6yw]

Challenger bro. What are you?

[@AlkaVirus]

​@@kk-rp6ywhes one of the silver hardstucks since s3 thinking he knows what he's doing when he's just playing Laning phase and nothing else lol

[@Primimimimimimimi]

link opgg

[@vang-toulee8351]

They are really disrespecting riven's all in a lot.

[@troysong7346]

Counters: Any lane you've never played :)

[@grovehoLP]

the video is really good, but I cant stop cringing that this thing hasnt been reworked yet, its a walking bug and they balance around it

[@dragonballme1905]

yo i hate riven mains they get to ignore basic fundamentals of the game riot this is not okay

[@SelathTV]

10:10 "Pretends to clear" He just cleared... He pretended nothing.

[@StoneDeceiver]

do you not understand intention?

[@SelathTV]

@@StoneDeceiver I actually don't really understand your question... You mean he intended to fake it but then ended just doing it anyway? That doesn't rly make sense, you can't pretend to do something while actually doing it. If you are doing it you are not pretending. To pretend is to fake, not to have the intention.

[@martinstefanelli2856]

@@SelathTV He wasnt clearing the wave... He was just baiting the enemy... cmon its not that hard he wasnt actually looking or focusing on the wave, rather in the spacing. Spacing correctly with Riven takes u to next level... He did in fact CLEAR THE WAVE but he wasnt focusing on the wave or minions, rather watching the cooldowns and spacing to land the kill. Do you understand now?

[@tlt9224]

"Pretend" as in Azhy hiding his real intention of setting up the Q3 for the kill by wave clearing with Q1 and Q2, he did clear the minions but that acts as a disguise of his true motive. The whole sentence is referring to his intention, not what he actually did.

[@jayrodriguez5181]

4:12 Why won’t my opponent throw a shockblast at Krugs?

[@cn9595]

riven is such adisgusting champ i hope she doesnt get buffed for the next 100 years

[@mushiim8]

Riven mains are usually pretty braindead but this guy’s clean as hell

[@elliot5008]

Just got a skin for her about to ditch Qiyana and start my riven arc

[@GabrielP2R]

Scorch sounds stupid, even more on riven ngl, I don't get the scorch priority especially in Korea, rune is overnerfed

[@Ayzev]

It adds up to a lot when proc'd over and over off-cd in lane, and in KR they play hyperaggressively so it suits them

[@Clarity520]

Honestly with that skin half the time I can’t tell whether or not she’s ulted.

[@Dentas137]

Still can't believe they randomly buffed her recently. Oh wait I can cause she got a skin to go with it.

[@nsum2885]

The buff was placebo, she was lacking dmg and the buffs gave her +5 damage in a combo. The passive applying on towers feels nice tho. The thing that increased her wr was the new build going around with eclipse.

[@EveLoL0210]

6:00 that's a 0-4 Riven btw

[@WoWUndad]

i dont think this guy's success has anything to do with riven but just being really good at timing his enemy's cds.

[@mooncake8320]

Of course she is good she is spaghetti-codely broken xD

[@tekurohamada7068]

i would say unknown but hidden is ok i guess

[@Hegros_]

he makes that champion look easy

[@jayhanneman8962]

I'd hate to be in lane with this guy

[@X33Ultras0und]

It's like the champion can't function without Ult, Flash or Ignite. Most notably after level 6-9 (depending on how fed the riven got) And unless 4-5 levels up, every fight after level 6 is always close, decided by an unexpected flash or side step of an ability that would have killed if it hit.

[@warp3k]

You mean *gasp* fights are determined by outplaying the opponent’s abilities by dodging them in high elo where everyone is incredibly talented. I can’t believe it I’m shocked

[@samuelt8825]

​@@warp3k yeah, the dodge of mundo Q at cac on the first clip just make me amazed

[@jackofromsouth]

Silver TLDR: "Random bullshit go!" the champion

[@kaito.2480]

the most broken toplaner, hell yeah

[@papi-sauce]

Why do I feel like riven heavily relies on her flash.

[@mryous2543]

counter play for a fed riven: 5v1 her and have at least 2 strong people

[@shinji136]

Or just have a tank, and then she cannot do anything to them after one item.

[@markantony8119]

@@shinji136 With the current build she does more than enough dmg into tanks. The armor pen from eclipse + shred from cleaver makes her go quite dummy after 2-3 items. She doesn't win after 1item because her first is generally hydra, which she takes for scaling and income. Late game riven dumpsters tanks and has more than enough in her kit to explode carries.

[@shinji136]

@@markantony8119 Oh yeah man. You just removed 30% of a Malphite with 600 armor. I'm sure you will kill him now~

[@a7mdalghmdi721]

riven is op thats all

[@zepperman2679]

It'd be a good gameplay change to make her shield decay because there's zero point in attacking or wasting abilities on it when it only last 1.5 seconds. It feels bad to play around since you have to wait for it. All shields should have a decay infact except for Sion for obvious reasons.

[@AD-cc7bj]

Unbelievably broken champ

[@shinji136]

She's not.

[@alexanderromero9701]

It’s easier to succeed playing Riven in low elo than a Fiora in my opinion

[@asrielowski]

i swear his riven deals more dmg

[@ags8507]

and all it takes is garen to make her entire game hell, that silence really makes her a sitting duck in the middle of the team

[@user-sz9vt4sd7y]

garen is annoying for every melee carry in teamfights

[@gabrielms6876]

Garen became garage since reworked... Riven is a stupid busted Champion.

[@user-sz9vt4sd7y]

@@gabrielms6876 what? Pre rework garen was poopoo

[@shinji136]

@@gabrielms6876 You're delusional.

[@ags8507]

@@gabrielms6876 yes, garen is garage, but he is in a far better position than it was before his rework, he would fall super hard in lategame, not to mention his ult was magic damage lol

[@0274802923]

This champ can 100-0 enemy at all stages, how is that fair?

[@jym2r]

only in early game, and for the rest of the game only when an item ahead of opponent. shes useless if she isnt ahead

[@shinji136]

Because she cannot do that. If she faces a tank she cannot kill them after one item.

[@tyszq]

Then play her and reach chall no problem? Oh, I guess it's not that simple

[@ibrahimismail5625]

I love how alois just ruined the first sentence in this video by getting chall in korea

[@jamuelsexon]

The easiest enemies for Riven. All of them are killed without any tricks. Show me how you win mordekaiser after lvl 6.

[@skyjap]

xdd legit 0 game vs a tank as Riven.. he would get smacked hard.. ofc its easy vs jayce/renekton...

[@duc2133]

idk why but i dont get impressed by rivens. Yes guys like these are astronomically good but riven isnt like other champs, shes an arcade character and in the hands of a good player, who will for sure not int and be relevant, her unlimited cooldowns with a knockup or stun, insane mobility allows her to 1v1 pretty much anyone late game or not. and if by chance it gets late game and you get a hyper fed full armor nasus or something, she can just bomba the other players on the team and win the game

[@sonarchy343]

stop using this same song in every video it's so annoying and deterring

[@shinji136]

No one cares about what you find annoying or deterring. Go away and stop being a bother.

[@yahyatiba7591]

The first music have been the same for so long ...soooo.... boring...

[@shinji136]

No one cares what you think.