Talk:Riven/@comment-5557556-20160617142804/@comment-4834593-20160625063313

So I've been on a break, which means I'm going to start my post talking about preseason changes.

When the preseason came, I realized that, with the changes to stuff, jungle Riven might become a thing. Now, I haven't tried it out yet because currently it's already hard enough for me to do well when playing her top lane, because of the break I had, so I can't say wheter it works. What I can say is that what you're talking about most likely does not work.

First off, you don't want Mercury Threads. You don't want Frozen Mallet. You don't want Deadman's Plate. You don't want Banshee's Veil. You want a heap of AD and 45% cooldown reduction. And if you're dying, you buy a Guardian Angel, a Mercurial Scimitar or a Maw of Malmortius. If you really can't either stay out of range of the AD carries or kill them (which probably means you're playing her wrong, though I could see it happen against double or triple AD comps), then you should maybe buy something like a Randuins Omen or simply aforementioned Guardian Angel.

Also, there's a mistake. You mentioned Death's Dance, and while it is indeed a good item on Riven, you don't actually get that 15% heal, because the effect is reduced to 5% for AoE, which is most of Riven's kit. Red Elixer I'm not sure by heart (as I said, I've been on a break), but I suspect it'd work the same. If you want to sustain your damage, just build a Bloodthirster. In season 5 I've sometimes had Bloodthirster + Ravenous Hydra + Blade of the Ruined King (for the active and the life steal; otherwise it isn't that good of an item) simply to heal as much as I could. It meant that I could dive into fights and just sustain as long as they couldn't hard cc me. That's not going to work with just Death's Dance and a red elixer.