Your first ten games on Sivir: a smurf opener
A ten-game plan for Sivir on a fresh account — the abilities to drill, the real cooldowns to respect, and the habit that costs the most games.
Why Sivir on a new account
A new account gives you ten normal games before ranked opens. That is the only stretch where you can misplay Sivir at no cost to your rating, and most players spend it on autopilot.
Sivir is a marksman whose job in a fight is to deal damage every second of a fight from behind people who can absorb one. 500 attack range means Sivir wins by not being where the fight is. Spacing is the whole skill, not a detail of it.
Sivir is mana-gated, which is the real limit on how often you can contest a wave early.
Drill these, in this order
Fleet of Foot
Sivir gains a short burst of Move Speed when she attacks an enemy champion.
Boomerang Blade
Sivir hurls her crossblade like a boomerang, dealing damage each way.
Ricochet
Sivir's next few basic attacks gain additional attack speed and bounce to nearby targets, dealing reduced damage while bouncing.
Spell Shield
Creates a magical barrier that blocks a single enemy ability cast on Sivir. She receives health and a burst of movement speed if a spell is blocked.
On The Hunt
Sivir leads her allies in battle, granting them a surge of Move Speed for a period of time. In addition, Sivir's attacks reduce her spell cooldowns.
Skill order, and how to reason about it
Take On The Hunt at levels 6, 11 and 16 — the ultimate is always worth the point it costs.
For the basic abilities, Spell Shield (E) gains the most from being ranked: its cooldown falls by 6 seconds between rank 1 and max, which is the largest improvement in the kit. That is the usual argument for maxing it first.
This is reasoning from the cooldown data, not a win-rate ranking — a matchup that punishes you can invert it.
- Q · Boomerang Blade — cooldown 10/9.5/9/8.5/8s, improving by 2s across its ranks
- W · Ricochet — cooldown 12s
- E · Spell Shield — cooldown 24/22.5/21/19.5/18s, improving by 6s across its ranks
Games one to four: last-hitting only
Do not look for kills. Farm, and watch the cooldown figures above — a marksman that walks up with its main ability down is giving away a free trade, and at rank one those cooldowns are at their longest.
Ranged last-hitting under tower is its own skill, and these are the games to practise it deliberately.
Games five to ten: trading patterns
Now use the cooldowns. The recurring error for this class is stepping forward for one more auto-attack — it never feels like a mistake in the moment, which is exactly why it survives into ranked.
Riot's own notes on playing Sivir
These are the designers' words, not ours — the tips shipped in the client for Sivir.
- Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
- Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
- Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
What the stat line does between level 1 and 18
| Stat | Level 1 | Level 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 600 | 2368 |
| Attack damage | 60 | 60 |
| Armour | 30 | 98 |
| Magic resist | 33 | 51.7 |
Movement speed 335 and attack range 500 do not grow with levels — they are the two numbers that stay true all game.
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