Ooooh... so this is the reason all the noob Sivirs in ARAM rush Essence Reaver and IE... Was wondering what it was. Personally, if I have to defend a turret single handed with Sivir vs 5 enemy champs (as often happens in ARAM), I'm taking Statik Shiv and IE everytime. This might be a great build in SR but I don't rate it for ARAM.

-TL;DR I came expecting one thing, experienced another...was pleasantly surprised

For me works fine, great guide to inform someone with her kit as well as some pros and cons. I've only ever played Sivir in Arams and am looking for an excuse to try a new ADC. Good for more in-depth researches for those just picking up the champ (combine this guide with another Sivir guide for knowledge bomb optimizing). I created a moba-fire account finally after quickly browsing this guide.

Thank you for addressing this point. To be fairly honest, It comes all down to the very deep detail, which I do not 100% know. (That is why I relied on the graph linked in my guide) Where he did his study, I did mine on Sivir.

But, rest asured, the tide of battle will not rely on a few more HP or armor. Nevertheless, you are correct on this matter.

I shall have to compare with other ADC guides to be more in-line, and be more sure of a collective agreement on what is THE best combination. For now I feel comfortable with the balance, as I do not really feel the "nerf" and "buff" of the respectable runes in my overal game experience.

Also, going full on HP will make it less effective and will take you more time to regen/lifesteal it back early game. On the other hand going full on Armor will make you weak vs magic. But with more effective HP. (as far as I can see) So stick to the balance for now until I found something better.

Thanks again! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!

Thanks for creating this guide! Before reading this, I've only played Sivir a handful of times, despite having almost 3,000 games in League. After this guide, I started practicing Sivir and I'm starting to love her! This is really detailed and helped me understand how to play her.

I have a question regarding the balance of flat HP and armor runes. I already have both types of seals (a rune page I own for my favorite supports use flat HP seals), and I was wondering if I should make my auto attacking ADC rune page have the same seals as you do. The balance between HP and armor makes a lot of sense to me, and I was right about to change it, before I realized that the source is outdated. Since the graphs were made before the armor seal nerfs and flat HP seal buffs, do you still consider 4 armor and 5 flat HP seals a good balance? And if so, how much more effective is it compared to using flat armor seals?

SUPER glad that you're still updating this guide. I thought it was dead and so I was sad because it's super cool. I still die a lot, but I think I could prevent that by selling shiv late game - did little more for me than kill minions, and I had 350 cs. If you're still making edits, I'd request that you put full item names in the "itemization" part. It made it hard to follow for me. Otherwise, I have been amazed by your incredible guide!

Thank you for the guide :)
Got 3 games, won 3, all fed :)

Cool comeback! Though weird the opponent Sivir went for Pickaxe after gotten FB and won early laning phase. Her fault, your win! Good you kept a cool head and came out on top!

I shall get the per level runes and give them a twirl and see if I feel a difference and update according to playstyle (if that's the edge which to pick)

Thanks for the support and feedback about your experience.
Keep it up!

Ughh... the grammar. I have been looking into this many times. Though I try my best, I'm not native english. I think after the many attempts, I either gone blind to the remaining mistakes or just reached my limits of writting correctly in some situations.

Please PM me with the mistakes you find obvious and I shall correct them.
As for the missing champion pool in the spell shield section. /shame on me I will work on them this coming week as we have many national holidays.

Thanks for your support!

This is an AMAZING guide. While I would recommend per level runes at higher elos, at lower elos, where more mistakes are made, this Sivir is absolutely BRUTAL.

My support and I accidentally got caught in a 3 enemy trap when warding at level 1, and we gave away first blood and a double kill to the opponent Sivir ADC. I initially thought we were screwed. However, I bought a Long Sword, and slowly but steadily, outplayed the opponents. With a LOT of help from my Morgana Support and the opponent jungler, Sion, and his terrible ultimate aiming, I was able to come back, win lane, and eventually win the game for my team.

I noted this one situation, although this guide has carried me through many other games, because their initial gold buff (Sivir had a Pickaxe and Doran's Blade when we finally got back to lane, versus my Long Sword and Doran's Blade) should've had them win lane. But they didn't, and that is in part thanks to this guide.

Again, this is an AMAZING guide, upvoted, will be using this guide as long as I can.

As to items and strategy, this guide is one of the best I have ever seen. The only things I would criticise are grammar mistakes (not too bad but notable) and out-of-date champion abilities. Half of the abilities in spellshield block items were renamed and the links don't work anymore.

Dude this is a perfect guide :) It would be the best if every guide is that perfect like this absolutely a + keep up the good work ;) and thanks for the great guide

It was in the cheatsheet under 'early game - core items' and you were advocating rushing enchanted boots by mid-game as well, but you've changed it now, so no problems there.