Talk:Riven/@comment-98.232.89.251-20120304044427/@comment-4834593-20120304130438

Why Trinity Force is useless on Riven:

Ability Power is just useless on Riven. On items, you spent money for it, but you don't get anything back for it. So you just lost your money.

This is very low attack damage. An empty Bloodthirster already gives twice, and that thing also gives life steal, which means that you can just farm some monsters when low on health, and don't have to recall all the way back.

Attack speed is not wrong, but also not that useful. You mostly use a combo to do damage.

Critical Strike chance the same.

Health. You should always have a Frozen Mallet with Riven, imo, because of the health, and slow once you hit in between your combo. FM gives almost three times more health.

Mana. You are manaless. Waste of money.

Movement Speed. You already have 4 dashes. Is that surely not enough already?

UNIQUE Passive: 25% chance to slow 35% with a basic attack. Hello, you got a Frozen Mallet!

UNIQUE Passive: After an ability, your next basic attack deals bonus damage equal to 150% of your total attack damage. 2 SECOND COOLDOWN. You will proc this once or twice in your full combo. It's not that useful.

If we erase everything useless (mana, ap for manaless, no ap scalings, movement speed for 4 dashes, crit chance and attack speed for combo, slow and health for Frozen Mallet), then we only have attack damage and the second unique passive left. What is better? 30 ad and this passive for 4000 gold, or 60-100 ad and 15-25% life steal (to farm monsters, and for in between basic attacks) for 3000 gold?

The second, indeed.