Talk:Riven/@comment-217.65.192.103-20130227210935/@comment-6301771-20130302212559

I prefer to go tanky brawler with Riven. A lot of people will tell you to build as much AD as possible to get every ounce of shield from Valor, but...it's just not that important. Building her as an off-tank, with Frozen Mallet, Black Cleaver, and even Aura items like Aegis of the Legion and Zeke's Herald is perfectly viable due to her kit, which has an enormous amount of AoE for a pure AD champ, especially with the cc on it.

I rarely built BT on her, even though everyone claims it to be a "core" item. It grants a lot of damage, but her base damage is high enough that it isn't 100% necessary like a lot of people seem to think. The only item I'd consider "core" on her would be BC, due to the unique and 100% crucial pile of stats it gives. Once you have that, build up basically any AD item you want for the most part. While a lot of people praise her mobility, they seem to forget how she has to use all of her abilities just to get in range, so I'd give her a Zephyr, the stats it grants are handy and as a Tenacity item it allows her to build boots other then Merc Treads.