Profit-Taker Riven Reference Guide

1. General Riven Notes:

Rivens are not essential for most players.

Only invest if you’re at a high skill level aiming to optimize.

For a Riven to be worth equipping on a weapon, it needs to replace at least one mod of the rivenless build. 

Always test for one-shot viability via:

• Altair grading bot (Profit-Taker Discord, use a/g + riven image)
• Profit-Taker Calculator (https://calc.profit-taker.com)

2. Archguns

Velocitus (Volt only, Necramech)

Usage: Uncharged shots through Volt Shield + Damage Blessing

Grades matter and usually need to be around B or higher.

🟢 Positives

• Critical Chance (required)
• Damage
• Critical Damage
• Cold / Electricity
• Damage to Corpus

Note: Fire Rate is usable in a squad with Volt and Jade

🔴 Negatives

• ✅ Harmless:
  • Zoom (best), Status Chance, Status Duration, Ammo Max, Damage to Grineer
• ❌ Avoid:
  • Magazine Capacity, Reload Speed, Fire Rate, +Recoil, Multishot (inconsistent shells)

Corvas (Chroma, Necramech)

Easier stat requirements, no Blessing or Crit Chance needed, riven affects amount of charge needed

🟢 Positives

• Damage
• Critical Damage
• Cold / Electricity
• Damage to Corpus
• Multishot

Note: Fire Rate does not affect charge speed

🔴 Negatives

• ✅ Harmless:
  • Zoom, Status Chance/Duration, Ammo Max, +Recoil, Magazine Capacity
• ❌ Avoid:
  • Impact

Prisma Dual Decurions (Mirage Solo/Squad with Deployer)

Buff-dependent to be viable, not ammo efficient

🟢 Positives

• Critical Chance
• Fire Rate
• Damage / Critical Damage
• Cold / Electricity
• Damage to Corpus
• Ammo Max (solo)

🔴 Negatives

• ✅ Harmless:
  • Zoom (ideal), Status Chance/Duration

Imperator Vandal (Squads only with Deployer)

Usage note: Prefire to offset wind‑up

🟢 Positives

• Critical Chance (required)
• Fire Rate (recommended)
• Any damage stat

🔴 Negatives

• ✅ Harmless:
  • Zoom, Status Chance/Duration, Ammo Max

Mausolon

• Poor disposition (0.5x); rivens rarely beat standard mods
• ✅ Optional Riven:
  • Critical Chance (only if dropping Arcane Avenger)
  • Fire Rate
  • Any Damage Stat

3. Primaries

Kuva Ogris

Needs >50 % Multishot

🟢 Positives

• Multishot (required)
• Damage (Volt)
• Magazine Capacity (Chroma/Volt)
• Projectile Flight Speed (Chroma)

🔴 Negatives

• ✅ Harmless:
  • Zoom, Reload Speed, Status Chance/Duration, Crit Chance/Damage, Faction Damage
• ❌ Avoid:
  • Ammo Max, Magazine Capacity, +Recoil

Zenith

!WARNING ⚠️ Deprecated Worse than Ogris in almost every way, unless you need it to cover toxin.

🟢 Positives

• Damage
• Multishot
• Element

4. Secondaries

Sicarus Prime Incarnoff

High disposition, flexible

🟢 Positives

• Multishot
• Damage (Volt)
• Critical Damage (Chroma)
• Toxin
• Heat (Only other viable element, worse than toxin because of Prime Heated Charge)
• Critical Chance (Must be over 156.5% for consistency)
• Damage to Corpus
• ❌ Avoid:
  • Electricity
  • Cold (requires replacing Ice Storm)

🔴 Negatives

• ✅ Harmless:
  • Zoom, Projectile Speed, Status Chance/Duration, Reload Speed, Faction Damage
• ❌ Avoid:
  • Ammo Max, Magazine Capacity, Impact/Puncture/Slash

Ranking list (lowest ttk (time to kill) is best):

Notes:

• CC and TOX have the same TTK
• GRADES MATTER MORE THAN WHAT STATS THE RIVEN HAVE
• BENCHMARKED AT A+ -> S GRADES

Tenet Diplos

!WARNING ⚠️ Deprecated Even with a perfect riven still underperforms vs rivenless Sicarus

🟢 Positives

• Cold + Toxin (for Viral)
• Multishot / Damage / Crit Damage / Damage to Corpus

5. Melee (Balla Zaw)

A good riven can mean the difference between needing one or two throws for some elements.

• Volt: Element + Crit Damage + Melee Damage
• Chroma: Element + Crit Damage + Attack Speed

🟢 Positives

• Critical Damage (required)
• Element (Cold / Heat / Toxin)
• Melee Damage (Volt)
• Attack Speed (Chroma)
• ❌ Avoid:
  • Critical Chance
  • Electricity

🔴 Negatives

• ✅ Harmless:
  • Status Chance/Duration, Range, Finisher Damage, Heavy‑Attack Efficiency, Slide Crit Chance, Faction Damage
• ❌ Avoid:
  • Impact, Puncture, Slash

Note: Use the “Contagion” section in the PT Calculator to optimize shield breakpoints.