Talk:Riven/@comment-76.122.5.175-20130128200232/@comment-2124153-20130128203410

Your blues and yellows are fine, but consider flat AD reds/quints if you own them. Riven can jungle only by virtue of the fact that she blows up camps; she is not a sustain jungler, and can't build tanky without falling behind. Neutral monster damage reduction is required, as is Bladed Armor, and you might as well invest the 9 points to get Veteran's Scars while you are in the Defense tree. Get your ArPen from the Offense tree: Weapon Expertise and Sunder. This usually means you end up going 21/9/0.

Start with a Machete + 5 pots, put a point in Q, and pick either Wolves or Wraiths. At 1:29, use Q on nothing, and delay the second and third strikes as long as possible. The camp should spawn at 1:40, just as Q is about to come off cooldown. If you did it correctly, this gives you six stacks of Runic Blade to work with, which is helpful for the first clear. Get into the habit of using Q on empty air as you approach camps, to use the same trick. This isn't necessary late, but early on it helps before you have good clearing power.

Skill order is up to you, but make sure to have all three skills by level three. I like to take Ki Burst at level two, to gank a lane. I max R > W > E  > Q generally.

Core items on jungle Riven are Vamp Scepter (into Bloodthirster), Boots (into Ionian or Merc's), Brutalizer (into Black Cleaver), and a defensive item if the game goes long (usually a GA). You won't be upgrading the Machete, just sell it later or buy a Spirit of the Ancient Lizard as your final item.

Your farming loop in the jungle is Wolves -> Blue -> Wraiths -> Wolves -> Red -> Wraiths/Golems. The most efficient way to clear is to E, auto, W, auto, Q, auto, QQ, auto x2. If you are an experienced jungler, you can alter this to suit your tastes, but this basic path is idiot-proof.

If you're a man, you can start red elixir + 6 pots. This gives you a faster and safer clear than Machete, with more powerful ganks, and better sustain via an extra potion, but after the three minutes is up you fall off a cliff, so it depends on a strong snowball start.

Practice in customs. Riven as a jungler is mechanically demanding.