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danana
Profile Joined March 2011
United States321 Posts
February 27 2012 18:55 GMT
#461
I have the same problem with people expecting me to go a tanky build, and it's why I'm reluctant to play Riven in solo queue now. Even if we already have a tank, I still get teammates knowing nothing about riven saying "you need to build tankier" "build frozen mallet" "wow ga riven" despite having no response other than "no, lol noob" when I explain why Navi's build is superior. I guess I should probably just /ignore all at that point though. I can understand people wanting me to be tankier in some situations (like when I'm an early pick, and no one else picks anyone that can tank or initiate), but Frozen Mallet still seems like an absolutely terrible choice because I don't think Riven benefits at all from the slow.

But I'm also curious, what items would be ideal if you needed to build tankier? Maybe add things like aegis, hexdrinker, randuins, earlier GA components?
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35174 Posts
February 27 2012 19:21 GMT
#462
If for whatever reason I MUST get tankier I pick up Fratma's lategame. Anything else takes far too much away form Riven's playstyle for me.
iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-27 19:39:58
February 27 2012 19:30 GMT
#463
Hmm, I don't like taking HP on riven because just the AD gets you more... kinda like WW Resists scale better.

Maybe something like Wriggles->Mercs->BT->GA->Atmas->Hexdrinker? You lose out on Armor pen and about 30 AD as compared to LW+IE, but you get 40 armor and MR, should put you around 200 of each which realistically is pretty tanky considering you 2k base HP at 18, and the 1200~ you get from popping E in teamfights.

Not having the Last Whisper hurts though. <3 Armor Pen.

Realistically, most games you won't need both either. Just grab the corresponding resist to the one who is fed and grab the LW.
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
February 27 2012 22:22 GMT
#464
If you really need more resists then I sometimes either get atma's against heavy ADs or quicksilver against heavy APs.

and you basically just /ignore people if they think you're stupid for building Riven the way this thread tells you to. I've won so many lost games simply because the enemy Riven tried to build metagolem and dealt 0 damage in the lategame.
greggy
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom1483 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-28 00:44:30
February 28 2012 00:39 GMT
#465
On February 28 2012 03:45 iCanada wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 27 2012 21:26 greggy wrote:
On February 27 2012 05:39 iCanada wrote:
I have trouble with Riven when it comes to teamfights. I usually dominate the early game, and mid game, coming out witht he most farm 9 times out of 10, but then I feel like I just... teamfight wrong.

I dunno, I try to play her like a carry and wait for everyone else to engage, but it seems like people never engage unless it like 2v5 or I'm not there. I always have to initiate for anything to actually happen, but then I just get blown up.


Am I approaching it wrong? Is their some magical formula to make your teams bruisers play like bruisers and initiate?

-.-




This is exactly my problem as well. Thing is, even if a fight starts I usually have to q at least twice to get to anything after which people either just run away or they start focusing me and I can't escape because q is on cd. Or what we get initiated on and before long support/ad is on half hp and it's either we engage and all die or don't engage and 2/3 of my team die and the opposing team takes a tower or something.

I've even tried building riven a bit tankier asap, like merc->wriggle ->ga before BT (actually by mistake because I bought chain mail >_>) and you can actually hop in without dying but then you do no damage and farm really slow, so that's kinda shit. Meanwhile if I go BT -> ga that's a lot of time spent without much survivability and then somehow I still get my face smashed in (even though I could usually inflict some damage on them).


Maybe I'm just playing with morons.


I don't think it is morons. I was playing fives with a couples buddies and I literally had to explain why Riven worked as a carry and how it worked. Made my friend Jungle Malphite and I grabbed a Pentakill.

It isn't morons, just ignorant players. Everyone think she supposed to be a bruiser for some reason.


I was playing in a 5man premade and we had a jungle chogath who insisted I was to initiate >_>

fuck this

E: I think (from my very limited experience anyway) mallet is the best defensive item after GA riven can have. riven itself may not benefit from slow much but it's extra cc on your target that helps the team too. That said, I've only built mallet like once for the 20 games I've had with riven so..
iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-28 01:05:37
February 28 2012 00:54 GMT
#466
On February 28 2012 09:39 greggy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 28 2012 03:45 iCanada wrote:
On February 27 2012 21:26 greggy wrote:
On February 27 2012 05:39 iCanada wrote:
I have trouble with Riven when it comes to teamfights. I usually dominate the early game, and mid game, coming out witht he most farm 9 times out of 10, but then I feel like I just... teamfight wrong.

I dunno, I try to play her like a carry and wait for everyone else to engage, but it seems like people never engage unless it like 2v5 or I'm not there. I always have to initiate for anything to actually happen, but then I just get blown up.


Am I approaching it wrong? Is their some magical formula to make your teams bruisers play like bruisers and initiate?

-.-




This is exactly my problem as well. Thing is, even if a fight starts I usually have to q at least twice to get to anything after which people either just run away or they start focusing me and I can't escape because q is on cd. Or what we get initiated on and before long support/ad is on half hp and it's either we engage and all die or don't engage and 2/3 of my team die and the opposing team takes a tower or something.

I've even tried building riven a bit tankier asap, like merc->wriggle ->ga before BT (actually by mistake because I bought chain mail >_>) and you can actually hop in without dying but then you do no damage and farm really slow, so that's kinda shit. Meanwhile if I go BT -> ga that's a lot of time spent without much survivability and then somehow I still get my face smashed in (even though I could usually inflict some damage on them).


Maybe I'm just playing with morons.


I don't think it is morons. I was playing fives with a couples buddies and I literally had to explain why Riven worked as a carry and how it worked. Made my friend Jungle Malphite and I grabbed a Pentakill.

It isn't morons, just ignorant players. Everyone think she supposed to be a bruiser for some reason.


I was playing in a 5man premade and we had a jungle chogath who insisted I was to initiate >_>

fuck this


You explain that all her abilities have good AD ratios, and that with her Passive/Ulti she literally has the best AD scaling in the game? With full item build you see her autos deal 1.2x(400+(15+(300x0.5))=678 without a crit assuming Ulti is up and you utilizing her passive. Considering to start a teamfight you can have 7(R+3Q+W+E+R) passive enhanced autos that is enough to have em throughout the entire teamfight. if you hit a crit with your IE that is an absurd 678x2.5=1695 damage.

Thats enough damage to gimp both carries within the ~10 seconds her combo takes without factoring in the (130+(300x0.7)x3=1020 splash damage from Q, or the (170+(300x1.0)=470 splash from her W... let alone her Windlash which has a 1.8 AD scaling on it. Thats like 2k splash damage easily (with minimum Windslash starting at (160+(bADx0.6))) on top of absurd AA damage.

If they see that maths and still think Riven should initiate you need to find different friends. I mean, that pre damage reduction, but thats still absurd.
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
February 28 2012 01:33 GMT
#467
A chogath tells a riven to initiate. Now I've heard everything.
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-28 22:20:01
February 28 2012 22:07 GMT
#468
I get raped by a nidalee, any advice on how to zone her ?
Basically, she stays behind her creeps, sometimes in the bush and keep attacking me (no lance) et went for the kill when she was 6. She also got trap at level 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
MindBreaker
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States574 Posts
February 29 2012 01:56 GMT
#469
Ugh riven free week is like the worst thing since cass free week. SO MANY IDIOTS STEALIN MY RIVEN!!!
Is it weird that I play most of my online games at work? And that it's a pizza place??
MindBreaker
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States574 Posts
February 29 2012 02:01 GMT
#470
On February 29 2012 07:07 Erasme wrote:
I get raped by a nidalee, any advice on how to zone her ?
Basically, she stays behind her creeps, sometimes in the bush and keep attacking me (no lance) et went for the kill when she was 6. She also got trap at level 1.

I would say to open boots 3pot make sure you get an early valor (to dodge that damn spear) you should be able to destroy her straight up I would be super aggressive. She is annoying but you should be able to dominate her. Plus nidalee is pretty useless I'n teambattles.
Is it weird that I play most of my online games at work? And that it's a pizza place??
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
February 29 2012 04:58 GMT
#471
Can someone tell me how her passive works?
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
February 29 2012 05:08 GMT
#472
On February 29 2012 13:58 Sufficiency wrote:
Can someone tell me how her passive works?


after you use any skill (including 3 procs for her 3 uses of Q), you get a mark. you consume a mark when you auto-attack. marks add a set amount of AD to your auto attack. you can store up to 3 marks
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Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
February 29 2012 05:14 GMT
#473
On February 29 2012 14:08 gtrsrs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 29 2012 13:58 Sufficiency wrote:
Can someone tell me how her passive works?


after you use any skill (including 3 procs for her 3 uses of Q), you get a mark. you consume a mark when you auto-attack. marks add a set amount of AD to your auto attack. you can store up to 3 marks


Thanks. The description in game wasn't clear at all.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
MindBreaker
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States574 Posts
February 29 2012 05:18 GMT
#474
On February 29 2012 13:58 Sufficiency wrote:
Can someone tell me how her passive works?

Sure. After each ability use (every press of q,w,e) you get a runic blade charge up to 3 charges. You expend these charges by auto-attacking each AA uses one charge dealing 5,7,9,11,13,15 + .5 per BONUS AD extra physical damage! Note that her ultimate stacks with this! So say u have a fully stacked blood thirster giving you 100AD then at lvl 18 each charge you use will deal 15+50=65 bonus damage so your full damage (not accounting for armour) would be 103(base ad at lvl 18)+100(fully stacked bloodthirster)+65(extra damage from passive)= 268 physical damage! If your ultimate is active it increases bonus ad by 20% so it would be an extra 20ad (20% of 100ad from bloodthirster) so it will do 288 physical damage!
Is it weird that I play most of my online games at work? And that it's a pizza place??
MindBreaker
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States574 Posts
February 29 2012 05:19 GMT
#475
On February 29 2012 14:08 gtrsrs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 29 2012 13:58 Sufficiency wrote:
Can someone tell me how her passive works?


after you use any skill (including 3 procs for her 3 uses of Q), you get a mark. you consume a mark when you auto-attack. marks add a set amount of AD to your auto attack. you can store up to 3 marks

Darn too slow.....
Is it weird that I play most of my online games at work? And that it's a pizza place??
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-29 05:31:46
February 29 2012 05:28 GMT
#476
On February 29 2012 14:19 MindBreaker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 29 2012 14:08 gtrsrs wrote:
On February 29 2012 13:58 Sufficiency wrote:
Can someone tell me how her passive works?


after you use any skill (including 3 procs for her 3 uses of Q), you get a mark. you consume a mark when you auto-attack. marks add a set amount of AD to your auto attack. you can store up to 3 marks

Darn too slow.....


Not slow at all

Thanks!

I am new to LoL but not new to dota. I thought I'd try LoL and I ended up using Riven for 2 games (I picked her because her white hair looks kind of cool >__> ). I was a little stunned by the fact that none of her abilities use mana...

Anyway, by the look of things, I suppose +attack speed is not too useful on her.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
MindBreaker
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States574 Posts
February 29 2012 05:35 GMT
#477
On February 29 2012 14:28 Sufficiency wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 29 2012 14:19 MindBreaker wrote:
On February 29 2012 14:08 gtrsrs wrote:
On February 29 2012 13:58 Sufficiency wrote:
Can someone tell me how her passive works?


after you use any skill (including 3 procs for her 3 uses of Q), you get a mark. you consume a mark when you auto-attack. marks add a set amount of AD to your auto attack. you can store up to 3 marks

Darn too slow.....


Not slow at all

Thanks!

I am new to LoL but not new to dota. I thought I'd try LoL and I ended up using Riven for 2 games (I picked her because her white hair looks kind of cool >__> ). I was a little stunned by the fact that none of her abilities use mana...

Anyway, by the look of things, I suppose +attack speed is not too useful on her.

Yeah the not having mana is amazing I use her and katarina because I love having no mana
Is it weird that I play most of my online games at work? And that it's a pizza place??
MindBreaker
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States574 Posts
March 03 2012 04:36 GMT
#478
How does one lose top lane as riven?
Is it weird that I play most of my online games at work? And that it's a pizza place??
iCanada
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada10660 Posts
March 03 2012 06:25 GMT
#479
On February 29 2012 10:56 MindBreaker wrote:
Ugh riven free week is like the worst thing since cass free week. SO MANY IDIOTS STEALIN MY RIVEN!!!


Haha, pretty much... worst part is that they alll are terrible at her...

I saw one guy rush a warmogs on her. I was speechless. Nothing quite like seeing a Riven with Boots and a 10 minute Warmogs. Apparently solo queue was running out of ways to piss away leads. The amount of times I've heard "Wow, Riven is absolute trash in the late game..." kind of makes me want to cry.

Same with the held down Q button, for the love of god please auto attack... please.
Requizen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States33802 Posts
March 03 2012 08:32 GMT
#480
Rawr, had to go against an Irelia top. Crapped on her levels 1~3, but after she got a couple items it just turned into a stalemate. How the hell is this matchup supposed to go? We just both ended up getting items as we pleased, but Irelia felt stronger later on than I did, since she just never fucking died and I was kind of squish until I got my GA.
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