Talk:Riven/@comment-63.226.194.141-20121212030927/@comment-4834593-20121214230805

^^As I am the only one who even mentioned Frozen Mallet, I guess you were talking to me. Let me explain.

As Riven, you'll always want to start with a Brutalizer and then a Bloodthirster, and upgrade the Brutalizer to Black Cleaver when teamfights start. After this point, I'd have rushed Guardian Angel in Season 2. I'm not sure if it's still a good option, as it got nerfed pretty hard. However, once you got a Bloodthirster and a Black Cleaver, you don't have to worry about damage, as you can combo full teams to death in a few seconds. That means you need defense. And what better defense than either a second life, or a large chunk of health (only Warmog's Armor grants more from one item), some attack damage (note this actually got buffed with the preseason, it now grants 30 AD, enough to actually count it when calculating damage you deal), and a permaslow on autoattacks, might all your dashes be on cooldown.

I do not, however, mean you should start with a Frozen Mallet. In fact, that's one of the most stupid things to do. Always take it when your damage is high enough, and building agressive wouldn't make a change because you kill them anyways, but building defensive would, as they wouldn't be able to kill you anymore.