Black Cleaver changes on Riven and how will it affect her.

Gamer Gallade··2 votes·1,696 views

Im gonna be honest here. I love Riven and love how she can be played to the fullest.

As for item 3071 changes it made me think how would this hurt her and how it will make her a tad bit better.

The whole Black cleaver will hurt her damage because its 10 less AD build in her, Her scaling is great but she can only take so much damage over all.

Health does play a small factor in the early game for her because it gives you 100 more health then 10 extra ad for your Shield. A side from that, you

In terms of combat, you have 100 Health to survive in fights but you sacrificed the 10 AD over all.

The Item still has Armor shred and gives 20% CDR.
They even reduced the price by 50 gold which is one cannon minion less to farm.

Even if you need more ad, there are still plenty of damage items that Riven to use.

  • item 3074 Still is core to her
  • item 3812 Cheaper then Bloodthister, lets you take less damage with a small trade of bleeding effect, And gives you more CDR
  • item 3142 Even with the Lethality nerfs, its still a good item for her because of the active and the CDR.
  • item 3072 Good when ahead to give you a shield to go on top of your e shield.

I could list more but Im too lazy do to so.

As for the mastery changes, blame the tanks for the nerfs. Cough coughPoppy Nautilus Maokai Malphite Zac .

I would rant about that but too many people have already done the ranting already.

Any way, I think item 3071 changes is fine and I welcome the changes.

And yes Im a filthy Riven main.

7 Comments

Proxy3453 votes

lol losing 10 AD is nothing compared to losing 45AP on Zhonya's

Variks the Loyal2 votes

I think the main thing is that, if she wants to build BC, she won't be able to come to lane with 3 Long Swords and a lot of power.

Gamer Gallade1 votes

If I have 3 item 1036 just means I have options to build both item 3071 item 3077 quicker...

Sure its not the best idea but it doesnt mater if your ahead.

bbQsauçe2 votes

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Gamer Gallade1 votes

thats true. but building item 3133 just means you have to build something other then item 3071.

I see it another way to adapt differently when it comes to item builds.

Really I dont mind a bit, building Warhammer means now that i have to go towards item 3142 ,item 3156 , or item 3812.

Apocalypsic1 votes

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thats true. but building item 3133 just means you have to build something other then item 3071.

I see it another way to adapt differently when it comes to item builds.

Really I dont mind a bit, building Warhammer means now that i have to go towards item 3142 ,item 3156 , or item 3812.

I haven't built cleaver in a while, My build has Usually been Ghostblade first into (DD/Maw) with Defensive boots LDR and GA

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