User blog:Care Level/Tips and Tricks!

Hey, here are some things that helped me; maybe they'll help you, too!

Riven
I used to play Riven a lot just because I wanted so badly to be good at her, but it never seemed to work out. Like, I used to be a the worst Riven (my page still says so!), but then I picked up a couple of things that have made an enormous difference in my Riven games.
 * Run AD reds and quints. You don't need LS for sustain because you are going to kill your lane opponent and go B; I tried LS and it's just not worth it.  CDR blues are also nice, but not necessary; some people like scaling MR.  Personally, I like more Valor and more... everything else.
 * Your Q does so much damage. It's fucking retarded.  90 + 210% bonus AD (which is a fuckton because you're going to start dBlade like a boss) at level 1?  Who thought that was okay?  Because your Q is goddamn broken, you're going to do it whenever you want (read: as much as possible) and you're going to come out ahead in every trade where you land Qs.  Seriously.  It does all the damage.  Just be confident in it.  Trust me.  It hurts so much.  I used to play Riven a lot more conservatively, but just going recklessly balls-to-the-wall aggressive wins games: I shit you not, in my last match, I 1v2d a Singed and Trundle and came out with 1-for-0 in my favor.  Match before that, I got 4-man ganked and got a double kill against an 8/1 Ezreal (and someone else) while I was 0/0 (he goddamn melted).  Seriously.  You kill everything.  YOU are the scariest motherfucker on the map.  Have faith in that.
 * Your passive also does insane damage; use it. It's 20-50% extra AD on hit, and since you're going to be building nothing but AD items for a good while, you're going to wreck face.  Oh, what's that, they moved away from you a bit while you were AAing?  If only you had four gapclosers!
 * Okay, listen up because this one will change your Riven life: your main gapclose is not Q, nor is it E. It's both.  At the same time.  Your Q can immediately follow your E, so you can gapclose a lot harder and a lot faster than you might've thought (it was way better than I thought, at least).  Look at this shit: ; this Riven is a beast.  That could be you.  You could be catching Scarra off guard.  Don't E.  Don't Q.  Do both.
 * Build damage. During laning phase, build damage.  Build damage build damage build damage.  Don't spend 400g on lifesteal; you could have MORE DAMAGE.  Hell, you don't even need boots for a good while.  If your final build is Boots LW BC BT Hydra Defense, there are 5 longswords, 2 pickaxes, and a BF Sword in that shit.  You can ALWAYS get more damage when you back.  Do it.
 * If you get ganked, you can seriously kill at least one of them. Try it.  If you're even a little bit ahead, you're so much stronger than your laning opponent.  2v1 double kill outplayed.
 * Riven is not a strong teamfighter if she is there when the fight starts. You can't jump over a wall of tanks like Kha'Zix and you can't kill them unless you've snowballed out of control (which is very possible) and you're not tanky enough to just run through them.  Go push an objective; no one can deal with you 1v1.  If they send 1 person back, kill them.  If they send 2, kill one/all of them or leave; your team has a numbers advantage now and, let's face it, they won't catch you because you have 4 dashes, a shield, an AoE stun, and can jump over walls.  If they don't send anyone back, either take the objective (you're good at towers because you have 900 AD or something stupid, right?) or hit the teamfight from a direction they don't want you to be in and blow up all of their squishies.  You can probably kill at least one person in a single burst.  It's not okay.

Vayne
Vayne is my most-played champ by far and probably my favorite. Here are some tidbits I've picked up on playing her:
 * Don't trade unless you can proc your W. You're not a strong laner and you'll lose trades without proccing W and Q; your AAs are weak shit.
 * Tumble for minions. CONDEMN for minions.  You scale better than probably any champ in the league.  If you go even in CS, you win.  CS is your #1 priority forever unless your support initiates a winnable trade or all-in.
 * If you're considering using your ult, use it. It's sometimes tricky to know exactly the right moment, but if you're contemplating that, it's probably a good moment.
 * Don't just run. Because of how Tumble and Furor work (Tumble doesn't go on CD until you hit and Furor doesn't... do anything... until you hit), you'll move at about the same speed AAing while retreating as you will just straight-up running.  Punish them for chasing; who knows, you might even turn it around.
 * BotRK first item. No exceptions.  If the shop is running a discount on iEdges, you skip that shit.  BotRK always.  You can build a Zeal after Cutlass, or pick up a BF on a back, but you need BotRK.  It loves you and you should love it back.
 * You have BotRK (or you'd better, ffs!); use the active always. Oh what's that you need to escape?  BotRK's got your back.  Need some CC to secure a kill?  BotRK.  Oh, you need some CLUTCH HEALTH TO SAVE YOUR ASS?  Motherfucking BotRK does it all.  If you see someone stacking health and not armor, it will heal you for a fuckton.  'Sup, Zac?