Talk:Riven/@comment-3475363-20130827134839/@comment-4834593-20130828170900

To be honest I'm not sold on an early Bilgewater Cutlass. Saving 150 more gold would give you an instant BF Sword, which has two things Bilgewater Cutlass has not.

First, it builds into Bloodthirster, the item that grants most AD of all items in the game, and is therefore a must on Riven.

Second, it grants 20 AD more, which means 250 damage more in a R-aa-E-aa-W-aa-Q-aa-Q-aa-Q-aa-R combo, counting 33% bonus AD on passive and 150% bonus AD on ult. It also grants 20 more shield.

It does not have a build path though, which might mean you're weaker for a while, but in my experience a Brutalizer early gives enough damage to save 1550 gold.

About when to buy Hextech Gunblade, I'd say, not before Bloodthirster, Last Whisper and Guardian Angel, and even then only when ahead.

A full build would probably look like this:

Bloodthrister

Last Whisper

Guardian Angel

Black Cleaver

Warmog's Armor

Hextech Gunblade