Equal Treatment for Diana

K54··1 votes·539 views

I personally feel like Diana should get the same nerf for her W that Riven got for her E awhile ago.

RIOT concluded that Riven's Valor was overpowered because it's duration was too long at 2.5 seconds, so they nerfed it to 1.5 seconds, increased it's base shield health to 210 with 1.0 bonus AD scaling. The reason behind the nerf was that full AD could shield herself out of any situation, which is what led to a lot of Riven pentakills because she was basically "invincible." The whole entire point of nerf was THE SHIELD LASTED TOO LONG!

Then we have Diana's Pale Cascade 100 base shield with 0.3 AP scaling at... 5 SECONDS!!!!! In comparison to a full AD build, 30% AP scaling still swamps 100% bonus AD, especially at 5 seconds.

My glass cannon AD build for Riven is item 3072 (80) item 3074 (75)item 3031 (80)item 3035 (40) then I take item 1306 item 3026 making Riven's shield absorb 485 damage for just over a second at level 18.

My glass cannon AP build for Diana is item 3100 (80) item 3115 (80) item 3089 (120) item 3135 (80) item 3165 (80) with item 1311 (I don't need Guardian Angel with Diana because her shield last long enough for me to pick up easy triples and sometimes quadras). This gives Diana a shield that absorbs 556.4 damage over 5 seconds!

Even if I throw out the item 3026 for item 3071 (40) that makes Riven 's shield 525 for 1.5 seconds.

How about a little equality RIOT.

6 Comments

venomous frost2 votes

if she gets the same cooldown on it with a dash. #equality#bullshit#comparison

Cheeseyoger2 votes

I think the main difference is that Riven has a tremendous amount of life steal coming in from hydra and blood thirster, which the low-cooldown AD scaling shield synergizes with very, very well. Since Diana doesn't have the same health sustain, it's accepted that she can have a much longer shield and not reach the same level of combat sustainability the old Riven had

K542 votes

I love you, very few people make relevant points to back up their reasoning or teams of disagreement. The world needs more people like you, seriously. People who elaborate on their opinion in detail so that I can understand your perspective, while not directly challenging the person so they don't feel the need to defend their point. Now... if only we could imbed your mentality in the other millions of players.

That's a factor I didn't think about at all and I totally agree. If Riven wins a 2+ engagement, she can stay in lane and get back to full health with like 1 or 2 minion waves, as for Diana, I have to recall after surviving an enemy engagement of 2 or more. I think I could honestly replace item 3165 with item 3146, but unless I had blue buff, I'd still need to recall for mana.

Riven really is more OP, even though Diana would rape her in a 1v1, Riven is a monster.

SnugglePuggle941 votes

Her shield is her major part of her kit, so no, that won't do.

LeBraum James GG1 votes

Diana has to use mana.

The HeraId1 votes

Diana's shield is not noticeable until late game as it is....

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