Riven ARAM Mayhem Build

The Exile. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #96 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21FighterAssassinNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 48.9%
Pick rate: 3.2%
Rank: #96 of 173
Games: 739,196
Patch: 26.21

How to play Riven in ARAM Mayhem

Riven is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #96 of 173 champions, with a 48.9% win rate over 739,196 games. Riot rates it 8/10 for difficulty, so give it a few games before you judge it.

87% of Riven's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It soaks 39,644 damage per game and mitigates another 72,124, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

The Bruiser build, bruiser items that mix damage and health, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Hubris, Death's Dance and Endless Hunger, with a 51.5% win rate over 357,358 games. On this build 40% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Riven are Hand of Baron, Take'em Down Down Down and The Boom and the Bass. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability power. Skip Pin Cushion and Sound Barrier when you can: they do worst on Riven. A pair to look for: Hand of Baron with Heavy Is The Crown.

Take Flash and Mark (96% of players). Max Q (Broken Wings) first, then E, then W.

Riven ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Riven game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Bruiser build · top ranked

51.5% win rate · 60% of Riven games · 357,358 games

Start

Long Sword
Guardian's Blade

Core items, in buying order

Hubris
Death's Dance
Endless Hunger

Boots on the Bruiser build for Riven, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	19%
No boots	40%
Mercury's Treads	32%

Situational, after the core

Axiom Arc3% buy it
Serylda's Grudge3% buy it
Lord Dominik's Regards12% buy it
Spear of Shojin26% buy it
Ravenous Hydra6% buy it
Eclipse5% buy it

Other build paths

Other Riven build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, Axiom Arc, Death's Dance	7.8%	52.6%
TankHubris, Thornmail, Jak'Sho, The Protean	2.3%	46.1%
CritHubris, The Collector, Lord Dominik's Regards	3.5%	47.4%

Games: the share of all Riven games that went this way.

Most bought items

Death's Dance70% of games
Hubris61% of games
Endless Hunger44% of games
Mercury's Treads31% of games
Spear of Shojin27% of games
Sundered Sky26% of games
Eclipse24% of games
Black Cleaver14% of games
Ravenous Hydra13% of games
Gluttonous Greaves12% of games

Best augments for Riven

Every card with enough Riven games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Riven's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Riven

13 S tier and 30 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Riven in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier S	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Earthwake	Prismatic	Tier S	Your dash, leap, blink, or teleport Abilities leave behind a trail that detonates after 1 second, dealing (90–250 (by level) +60% Ability…
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier S	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier S	–
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier S	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier S	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Outlaw's Grit	Gold	Tier S	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability you gain 12 Armor and Magic Resist up to 60 at 5 stacks. Resets every 15 seconds.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Slap Around	Silver	Tier A	Each time you Immobilize or Ground an enemy, gain a stack granting 10 Adaptive Force. Lose 50% stacks on death.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Dashing	Prismatic	Tier A	Your dash, leap, blink, or teleport Abilities gain 175 Ability Haste.
Stay Resolute	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemy champions with selected ability grants you 1–3 (by level) Armor or Magic Resistance based on their Adaptive Force Damage…
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Courage of the Colossus	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (150–450 (by level) +4% Max Health) Shield after Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion.
Flashbang	Silver	Tier A	Your Flash causes an explosion that deals (70–240 (by level) +60% Ability Power +70% Attack Damage) damage and Slows (resets on death).
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Upgrade Death's Dance	Silver	Tier A	Gain 250. Death's Dance's Ignore Pain is increased to Melee 40% / Ranged 15% of damage received, and heals for (125% Bonus Attack Damage)…
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.

Average on Riven
54 cards, best first

Below average on Riven
35 cards, best first

Weakest on Riven
7 cards, best first

Best first augment for Riven

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Riven's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Earthwake, Take'em Down Down Down and Mad Scientist come out on top.

The best augments for Riven in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	EarthwakeTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
2	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S
3	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
4	The Boom and the BassTier S	Heavy Is The CrownTier S	Blunt ForceTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
5	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Blunt ForceTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Riven, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark96% of players · 49.1% win rate
Flash + Ghost3% of players · 44.9% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 43.5% win rate

Skill order

QBroken Wings
EValor
WKi Burst

Max Q first. 89% of players use this order (50.7% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Riven in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 11.3 / 12.6 / 20.6
KDA: 2.71
Damage to champions: 33,423
Damage taken: 39,644
Self-mitigated: 72,124
Healing on allies: 1
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 36 s
Kill participation: 59%
Game length: 16:24

Damage type

Physical 87%Magic 6%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Riven build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Bruiser build first for Riven: Hubris, Death's Dance and Endless Hunger. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Riven in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Riven, best first: Hand of Baron, Take'em Down Down Down, The Boom and the Bass, Mad Scientist and Weapon of Destiny. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Riven good in ARAM Mayhem?

Riven is tier B on patch 26.21, #96 of 173 champions, with a 48.9% win rate over 739,196 games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Riven in ARAM Mayhem?

For Riven's first pick on patch 26.21: Earthwake, Take'em Down Down Down, Mad Scientist, The Boom and the Bass and Weapon of Destiny, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Riven counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.