Talk:Riven/@comment-81.249.55.243-20120805141014/@comment-4834593-20120813070824

^HOWEVER, if you build armor in a prudent way (so no Thornmail or such sh*t, but Wriggles Lantern/Warden Mail/Ninja Tabi and such items), you'll outlane her because you have sustain and damage with your armor (Wriggles), or sustain and a chance to slow her when she aas you (Warden Mail), or movement speed and aa damage reduction (Ninja Tabi). And on champions like Malphite and Nasus who already have good damage/sustain just take something like Glacial Shroud.

Armor is the only thing in the game that beats Riven. But it beats her HARD. And if she buys Brutalizer, it becomes less efficient (less damage increase than before) when you have more armor, Last Whipser doesn't have this problem, but it means she can't spend money on pure AD and has to spend something like 700-800 money on armor penetration to counter just you. Either way, you still have an advancement over her. Oh, and if she buys Brutalizer, she also wastes money, because she'll have to sell it endgame.