Talk:Riven/@comment-4760419-20130727023614

'''Boots? Who needs boots on Riven? x3'''

Inspired by BestRivenNA and BestRivenAsia I took a chance and relied on her built-in mobility and skipped boots on her. However, i faced both pros and cons in doing so.

Pros: Most importantly, you're saving between 325-800 gold in your early game, which is where Riven excels. You can get a brutalizer (or even a B.F. Sword) early and snowball faster. You have a free item slot for late game or wards/pots and can even afford to be daring and go for a Elixir of Fortitude.

Cons: Well, naturally, you're losing some mobility and chasing potential. You're also missing out on either some armor (Ninja Tabi), tenacity and MR (Mercury threads) or CDR (Lucidity boots) which can be very helpful. Also, if you're getting ganked, you're more or less screwed if your EQQQ combo doesn't get you away in time.

Despite playing against annoying champs like Kassadin and Jax, i managed to snowball extremely hard through laning phase, and after a 47 minute surrender, my score was 25/6/4. I also aquired my highest amount of AD ever on Riven with 421 AD (that's 550 AD when ult is activated). And since i didn't wear boots, I was also able to have 3300 health with a warmog. I know that you won't get to snowball this hard in every game - just pulling up an example.

Then again, playing without boots is about being 100% sure of your limits and know your mechanics to the very rock-bottom. Same thing goes with starting with an Elixir of fortitude. I do not recommend this for new Riven players, but if you feel comfortable enough with her, go ahead and give it a try! ^^

http://www.lolking.net/summoner/euw/29823543 (in case you're interested...)