Garen vs Riven

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Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

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Respect her burst

Her Q combo does short bursty trades to drop you low for her R one-shot: if you don't have cooldowns, don't walk up.

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All-in a wasted E

If she wastes E, post-6 you can one-shot with Ignite Q-E-R: Flash in to close the gap if she's around 70% HP.

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Kite with Q

Q's move speed is all your damage: kite backwards and start your spin as you move away from her combo.

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Never let the wave sit on her side: it gives her the space to run you down with her R and Q combo.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERY

SHARDS

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 53% WR - 1.2k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
		Q							Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
	E			E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXE→Q→W

Garen vs Riven in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: her Q combo chunks you in short trades to set up her R one-shot, don't walk up without your cooldowns.

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