Talk:Riven/@comment-93.133.63.209-20130127131349/@comment-2124153-20130128175011

Warmog's as a defensive item really doesn't make any sense on a champion with a shield. The primary point of that item is to give you a bigger buffer (+health) and make it so that damage doesn't stick (HP/5), two things that Valor accomplishes all on its own by being a temporary shield on a short CD that doesn't cost anything.

What you ought to consider is making the shield stronger instead, either by amping the gain (with +AD) or increasing it's effective health with Armor/MR. That's why GA is so good on Riven, because it does the second thing, in addition to giving you the time to Valor on wake-up when you die.