Talk:Riven/@comment-5877442-20121223224341/@comment-5707860-20121227121234

Its not even about preference, BT is a superior item to Hydra on Riven.

Riven's role in any teamfight is to basically be an assassin rushing down one of the carries. Riven's enhanced AA was also worth using in a teamfight as long as you were hitting one of the carries. In a teamfight, you will get off maybe 1 AA right after your W and thats a big maybe. Afterwards its all QQQ Wind Slash. The extra 25ad that BT gives makes it superior to Hydra for this role. Hydra will not proc enough times to be worth it. Even when it does proc it will most likey be procing against the support or tank, both carries will rarely ever be within Hydras range. Not to meantion outside of teamfights, the active is useless in 1v1 duel.

if you ever have an extra 180 gold in the early game, pass on the bead and spend it on some health pots and a ward. the pots are 10times better for trading early on.