Riot tried to make Rift Herald a viable objective but...

...It's not.

I like the idea of Rift Herald being a tower-sieging monstrosity but it gets taken down too quickly. It can't even battle a minion without taking 10 or 30 seconds of auto'ing.

Rift Herald is a waste of time and movement. It is not viable unless you aced the enemy team and want one quick tower down. In addition, Rift Herald's life interval[time it is obtainable in the game] is really early so players have low death timers. Thus, they can get to lane quicker.

I understand Riot doesn't want the Rift Herald to be broken or abused. However, if you want it to be viable in an actual game, it'd be better to make it avoid targeting minions all together and just go for towers only. It's way too easy to take down and it truly isn't worth the roam.

Rift Herald's current state is difficult to balance around because having a Herald that's not broken and viable is hard. I would actually like the Rift Herald to still be a tower-sieging monster but please don't make it so easy to kill. A bit more survivability would be better.