So, a Riven got roped into support with me today...

Need Gold 4 Tent··4 votes·541 views

And made me think, is there anything that stops a Riven tank from working? 2 AoE CC on fairly short CD, a typical Cleaver tank at max CDR could work perhaps? Of course no more 1 shotting, but I think dashing around and stunning people might be pretty useful.

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Aptest2 votes

in one word: Reach.

riven tank has not got a good enough way to get all that CC to the enemy. compared to, like, Sejuani.

Paroe2 votes

item 3071 item 3156 item 3083 item 3065 item 3047 item 3512 . Tanky, you have damage, you can lay down your CC, and you can chase. Lee sin support is actually quite similar. You do need item 3097 until you finish the lane phase, though.

Spoofghoul2 votes

you need a sightstone

so id upgrade that targons

Paroe1 votes

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you need a sightstone

so id upgrade that targons

thats actually quite true. You can replace warmogs with it i suppose and make up the remaining 10% with runes.

Need Gold 4 Tent1 votes

Ok, never mind. Ended up a duo mid.

TyrekGoldenspear1 votes

Shame, would have had a sexy support.

ScreamPaste1 votes

CCs too short, combined they're less than a second, her base stats are too shit for her to have any legitimate threat beyond said CCs if she goes tank, and since her kit works around her Q she's insanely easy to peel.

So she can't disrupt, do damage, or peel effectively with a tank cleaver build.

Need Gold 4 Tent1 votes

Well, with short CDs she can actually disrupt a fair bit (by reapplying the CC rather than having a single long one). I know for sure her cooldowns are very short on 45% when I duel her, and if she's tanky, she will be more likely to survive to go for another round of cc.

That being said, I don't know much of her base stats so I can't say for sure. I've never seen one though. In fact, doesn't have to be support, what if a top lane Riven goes stupidly tanky using CS/kill gold?

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