Runes Reforged is terrible for Riven.

Apocalypsic··2 votes·1,480 views

The only real viable option now for her is play as an assassin and run electrocute.

Trying to play bruiser/slayer style riven is nigh impossible now without having fervor.

If you go into the defensive tree and build bruiser you do negative damage and if you go offensive tree bruiser you also do negative damage and are also squishy as hell.

Press the attack doesn't work with her unique combo based playstyle as by the time you proc it you can't take advantage of it and have to back off.

Losing out on the common runepage of 10% starting CD-R feels terrible and laning as her is equally bad now too.

The matchups you lost before you lose even harder and matchups you won before you have zero kill pressure on now. (Unless you cheese with aerie, but that doesn't scale well.)

I know it's just first impressions but the difference is immense compared to before and not in a positive way.

3 Comments

abca981 votes

95% of the times I saw Riven in the old system she went full lethality (with maybe item 3026 item 3071 ) and lord of thunder. So... she is building pretty much the same.

0NeonTesticles01 votes

Believe me, take http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Press_the_Attack and item 3071 and you'll be an unkillable god with insane damage

Šternberg1 votes

Oh yea? I had a riven few games ago who one shotted my whole team with 2-3 aa.

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