Talk:Riven/@comment-4888212-20130802014657/@comment-4834593-20130803175218

If you're not dominating you don't need to buy other boots, you need to practive Riven more. I can only remember one time the last half a year that I did not dominate, and that was against a Garen, and I kept myself allright by farming. 25 armor from boots wouldn't have helped me win the lane, as it doesn't remove the silence. And Merc Threads wouldn't help either. Any silence is too long a silence for Riven to do her thing. You need to execute your combo switfly.

And by the way, if you REALLY want that armor or mr boost, how about just buying a Chain Vest or Negatron Cloak to turn into a Guardian Angel later on?

And you don't really need defenses on Riven. First off, Guardian Angel gives you nice armor and nice magic resistance, which also makes your shield stronger because the damage on the shield is reduced by armor and magic resistance too. Second, if you have 300, 400 or something like that AD and 30 or 40% cooldown reduction, that shield is CRAZY. And third, you shouldn't be going in first anyways. Let the tank do that (and of course, make sure you HAVE someoen to initiate. You either need a tanky support like Leona or Thresh, or, if you jungle, a tanky top, or if you top, a tanky jungle. 5 squishies are never going to win a game, and Riven sucks when build tanky). And indeed, mobility. The mobility is an important tool as well. I didn't even have boots when I ran all the way from enemy blue buff to my top inner turret before they got me (all the time I was below, say, 200 health, not counting the constant shields), and by that time my team was there to clean them up. I repeat, I had no boots, and it took them like 30 seconds to catch me. In that time you can take two turrets and an inhib if you're with a full team...