Talk:Riven/Strategy/@comment-4324947-20110916211347

I *REALLY* enjoy Riven's playstyle. I just wish she didn't feel so squishy. It's kind of a trade off, really. Go super AD for ratios and damage but be a semi-glass cannon? Or build tanky-dps and lose out on a lot of damage, thus hitting like a wet noodle? The build I've found the most success from is as such:

,, (changes from here), either start building a (or just get a ) or go for an early. Either way I end up with both eventually. Then finish boots into or. Maybe finish boots sooner depending on enemy comp.

From then on I push for a or  and once that's finished, finish. If you're dominating, finish the Vamp Scepter into a. If you're being harassed too much, go for Wriggles and move on to Youmuu's.

By this time the build should look like this:

, (if harassed too much) and/or (if fed), (or,.

After those I tend to focus more on tanky stuff such as grabbing (could possibly get Atma's sooner) and a or.

With this build(as expensive as it can be unfortunately), she tends to not be so squishy and her damage is pretty decent.

Thoughts?

Edit: Another route would be to rush for after you finish  or  then worry about  later.

Edit #2: It turns out there's a very similar and more in-depth guide on solomid.net http://www.solomid.net/guides.php?g=6462 which is very similar to how I build Riven. I've had really good success so far with this build. Also, I see a lot of people going for on Riven but eh...all that gold could be better spent on more ad or defense items in my opinion