Talk:Riven/@comment-5605727-20121102025639/@comment-4834593-20121102125958

You can do what you want.

I normally take boots at the start, later on, depending on how much gold I have when at base, I sometimes take 1-2 Doran's Blades or a Brutalizer (you will have to sell it endgame, but I normally find it worth it with the ArPen and Cooldown Reduction), then I normally take a Bloodthirster. You can, however, also take Wriggles Lantern if you want. For example, as I was always forgetting about wards (or just didn't notice the jungler walking past it), I got used to playing without vision, and I don't feel like I need it (not to mention that the champions I normally play, like Riven and Malphite, are really good at escaping ganks at the latest moment possible). But if you do feel more comfortable with a ward in the bush, just buy that Wriggles and take Bloodthirster after it. If this is the case, however, make sure you first buy the Big Fucking Sword and only after that the Vampiric Scepter, as damage is important on Riven, and you already have sustain.