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Gets a +1 from me.
To respond to your points:
If you play enough Riven, you'd have faced off against a considerable number of other ranged champions top lane like Ryze/ Elise/ Kayle/ Vladimir/ Jayce. Playing her mid is not that different from playing against a ranged champion top lane.
Also hopefully with the Doran's Blade start winning the Best Riven NA tournament people will stop ****ting on it.
I did read your guide, so don't make assumptions. I wouldn't vote, leave such a lengthy comment, and contest the viability of your guide without first reading it. Perseverance is a first tier mastery and isn't all that great. Even at maximum effectiveness, it only offers 1.2 health regen per second, and that's if you're at less than 30% health.
Excluding Ryze, I have played against all of the champions you listed top lane as Riven and more. Each one of them worth their salt used their range to their advantage and presented a considerable challenge. I think taking Riven mid is essentially taking her out of her element, and she'll be countered more often than not. You take a champion to a lane to fulfill a role in which they will excel at, not to fulfill a role in which they can potentially do well at under certain circumstances possibly maybe.
Now, I will concede one thing. If someone were to be dead set on taking Riven mid, they should follow your guide.
I understand that I'm not going to change your mind, I mean you wrote an entire guide. You're obviously very passionate about this and I commend you for defending your opinions. I still disagree with you though, so lets agree to disagree.
I never said anything against starting with Doran's Blade as Riven. I'm not sure if you're telling me that or just tacking it on as a general announcement.
If you play enough Riven, you'd have faced off against a considerable number of other ranged champions top lane like Ryze/ Elise/ Kayle/ Vladimir/ Jayce. Playing her mid is not that different from playing against a ranged champion top lane.
Also hopefully with the Doran's Blade start winning the Best Riven NA tournament people will stop ****ting on it.
I respect your opinion, but why do you feel this way? IMO Riven's kit is very good for mid lane due to the following reasons:
What is your rationale for stating that Riven shouldn't be played mid lane? I'm interested in hearing it.
I personally do not think Riven belongs in the middle lane. It would take a very specific scenario for her to be viable, such as going up against another AD mid.
All of your other points could be said for Riven in any other lane and/or other resourceless champs. They are not strengths that are specific to Riven or specific to mid lane.
Tried Rejuvenation Bead start with 5 pots and 1 ward, didn't like it. The only good item it builds into for Riven is Tiamat which I do not rush, and losing 1 inventory slot to a 180 gold item for half of the game isn't exactly a sweet deal.
Content:
Cheat Sheet
Consider adding various types of starts (9 pots 2 wards, ur dorans start) etc cause people might not look at the notes.
Don't see how 15 seconds of reduced cooldown is better than extra survivability, but I suppose it's a question that will be answered later.
Masteries
You could justify your choice of 8-1 Defensive-Utility Masteries, cause it's a bit odd not considering expanding to tier 3 of the defensive tree.
Items
You could go more in-depth of certain item pickups and uses such as Randuin's Omen and Guardian Angel. Newbies who view your guide might be unsure of when to pickup such items.
Skill tips
If you say that Broken Wings is Riven's bread and butter then why do you max it second?
Other than that your content is sound.
4.5/6
Appearance:
In general, it is really good. I like your use of pictures to demonstrate certain parts of the guide.
However, most parts of the guide seems really close together, which makes your guide a bit unpleasant to the eye.
There are significant "walls of text" in certain parts your guide(especially the laning section).
2.5/3
Does it bring anything new to the table?
Mid lane Riven is great! I tried your build and tips and I went 8-3-5 in a high elo normal match (though I forgot to screenshot :/)
1/1
Overall:8/10
UPVOTED.
Overall, this guide is really good, just take note of certain things that I have mentioned.
Like what I say to all other guide, you do not have to follow everything I say. Just take what you think will be useful to the guide.
With a bit more recognition and work, this guide can easily become the top Riven guide out there!
Lane freezing added as a small tip.
Exceptionally hard in mid-lane, nevertheless a good tip.