Talk:Riven/@comment-5695895-20131007202401/@comment-4834593-20131024193413

It's not about being tanky, it's about diverting focus. Apart from that I am pretty sure Best Riven NA builds GA, I have a lot of experience with it, and it's really good in a lot of situations, most notably diving in a teamfight first, doing everything you can, and your GA getting popped while the team arrives. So now what does the enemy team have to do? They just burned a lot to burst you into your GA, and now they HAVE to switch focus to your team, while standing on top of you reviving. When you revive, they have used most of their stuff, because they HAD TO fight against your teammates. And that's when you ult and destroy with your next combo (because 4 seconds is about the time between two combos for Riven).

On top of that, it DOES add some tankyness, and I've noticed both when playing as and playing against a GA, that it at least FEELS a lot harder to even get someone to 0 health if they have the GA buff.

And last thing, I'm used to getting fed at Riven (I do have some trouble with that lately though. I think people are learning how she works now that more people seem to be playing her), which means everyone starts focusing me, which resulted in me normally buying GA just after my BT, before even buying Last Whisper. And I can't say I'm doing bad with it.