Talk:Sivir/@comment-16462528-20131108042635/@comment-7095057-20131108060415

During laning you need to avoid poking them down excessively. Keep them to about 50% if you can, and pressure them into backing or farming at tower: Your goal is not to kill, but to force your enemy to miss out on farm or experience, be it by a forced recall, being forced to farm under tower, or simply being too low to engage properly (zoned out).

When you do go for a kill as sivir, you should try to be at least level 6. Prior to this you won't have a very effective way to actually gap close to get the kill. If you see a chance to get a kill don't hesitate to ult to get in range for auto attacks and throw out Auto > Q > Auto > W, as that will maximize your potential with her.

Sivir's Q works best for kills/burst damage if you attack them specifically. This means to avoid hitting minions before you've hit the designated target.

Your late game problem seems stems from a lack of AS/crit boosting items to compliment Sivir's AA attack caster style. You can try this to help:

After getting your Bloodthirster, get a Brutalizer to get some added damage and armor pen before you work on a Phantom Dancer/Statikk Shiv. This ensures you'll still have some armor pen when those tanks start getting higher armor, and that you'll have some extra CDR for your w. Alternatively, instead of a Phantom Dancer/Statikk Shiv, you can work on a Trinity Force. I'd recommend getting the Zeal as your first part for these as it will keep your enemy from figuring what you are building and counter playing it, and it will give you some earlier crit and AS. You should be getting your brutalizer shortly after leaving the laning phase, especially if you've net a few kills.