As riven when would i want to start cloth 5, dorans blade or dorans shield?

DaddyForDollars·7/26/2017, 12:54:36 AM·2 votes·581 views

What matchups and situations specifically would i want to start those items as riven with examples.

If i'm against an Ap top and lets say gragas jung with both CC would rushing merc treads as riven be correct or would it be hexdrinker? Would merc treads be ok if they were ranged at least? Also other questions please. appreciate it.

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Partybringer7/26/2017, 1:40:37 AM2 votes

Pantheon is cloth and 4 potions

aZ3R0n7/26/2017, 1:00:12 AM1 votes

Since she's a melee champion with no mana bar, 9 out of 10 times Doran's Shield would be a very good pick. Less damage on your abilities than if you started with a Long Sword and Refillable Potion or 3 pots, but bonus damage to minions for easier CSing and much easier to win early trades because of the regen, and extra regen in case you're up against a lane bully or ranged champ or champ with ranged abilities (Pantheon).

Not a Riven main, but those are the two most obvious starting item picks for me. As for what to build first, unless you are falling way behind and can't do anything then you should most likely be building Tiamat and Black Cleaver, then finish Ravenous Hydra later. It's mostly up to personal preference, but that's normally what I do with Riven.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo7/26/2017, 1:05:23 AM1 votes

well if vs ap top hopefully you have MR runes

something like AD marks, AD quints , HP SEALS, MR BLUES

then you can lane and sustain the harass and magic damage plus the hp/mr will help through out game vs a double ap comp another would be ad reds, mr quins , hp seals, cdr blues

now as starting items vs that are you vs skill shots? or ranged autos?

aoe damage like a rumble ?

item 1001 item 2003 would be good vs skill shots

aoe damage item 1054 item 2003 or teemo

if you ok vs skill shots with Q dodging them then you can start item 1036 item 2003 and build into what is needed

vs a hard early game ad champ might wanna go item 1029 item 2003 but then you would have a different rune set up too maybe ad reds, ad quints, armor seals cdr blues

ideally a item 1055 start is just for general if you think you need the flat hp/ad and lil bit of lifesteal but its a gold sink you dont really keep those stats when you sale later

so if you can ideally start with an component item that you will use you are that far ahead in finishing said item such as item 1001 item 1029 item 1036

TimX24968B7/26/2017, 4:53:45 AM1 votes

I wish i could start 5 pots with a cloth armor.