Talk:Draven/@comment-26001789-20150418044755/@comment-4068613-20150418092959

It really depends on how your lane is going. Draven loves IE because it effectively doubles his chunking potential, but a lifesteal item will keep you topped off for short trades and skirmishes.

Now, I know we've all determined that Essence Reaver is a garbage item. I came to that conclusion myself on every champion I've considered building it. Except Draven. A lower cost, identical recipe, and identical attack damage makes it a viable choice for Dravens who like spamming W for the attack speed and repositioning advantages. If your opponent hasn't finished their BFS item yet, Essence Reaver gives a broad swathe of utility benefits that can help shut them out of the game while you push and farm.

I usually don't build Bloodthirster (since Draven is my main and pretty much exclusive ADC), but I can see getting it to help shrug off poke early on. However, if it's a close laning phase or you generally don't have an obvious favor in one direction or another, I think Infinity Edge to delete your opponent in a few hits as possible is the best option.