Talk:Riven/@comment-4977390-20130225202841/@comment-5.83.71.124-20130226010132

"I've recently started running with a flat CDR Glyph page, so that I can give up Ionian for Merc's when I need tenacity."

Trust me Interceptor, you don't even need CDR on Riven. She has too-forgiving CDs even for a resourceless champ. You're better with the common AD reds+quints, armor yellows and mr/lv blues setup, and with defensive boots so you can stay longer in the middle of a skirmish. All in all, TBC's CDR is all that you should get on her.

"But you can't go too far. Stacking health, like you were some bruiser with built-in defensive statistics, is a mistake. If you have a Guardian Angel, your defensive item is already in your build; why are you getting a Randuin's on top of it? Etc."

Getting an antiDPS passive, like Tabi or Randuin's, or getting an antiburst effect, like MoM's, makes you too resilent against specific damage. You can unload your combo pretty much safely, score kills on squishies, drive bruisers to half their health, tank their damage, then proceed to kill them with another combo when the CD refreshes. GA is just the start of Riven's offense, because of the free-kamikaze ticket, but it's just one ticket for every 5 mins. However it actually proves my point.

"Riven's naked damage is a little better post-passive, but it's not so good that you can just wrap yourself in pillows and expect to have an impact in teamfights. Without damage, your abilities are not a threat, and without significant CDR, you can't even effectively peel or bother people in an extended throw-down."

Again, getting CDR is just dumb on her. And on the other hand, I never said that you shouldn't need to build an offensive item, just an offensive-defensive item that fits Riven, like Atma's (Yes, too low health ot make it even work, bla bla bla, at least it gives AD and armor), MoM or Merc scim. With that, Riven's AD ranges from 330 (Which already steps into the viable AD range) to 446 with ult on (Which already surpases the top of viable AD range), depending on your offensive-defensive pick. Being that tanky and with so much damage let's you peel efectively better in lategame or in an overextended game.

Note that I'm talking about a full build this doesn't affects in anything Riven's earlier stages wich are her fort. And again, note that I'm telling this is situational, sometimes will be better to go full AD, some others go mixed, and someother defensively. After a year maining her, I can tell that adapting to the situation is Riven's best card for lategame (Maybe even earlier if you're good predicting some things).