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@Riot: Riven buffs in 6.1 had barely an effect

Füzzerich·1/25/2016, 8:47:31 PM·3 votes·926 views

Hello,

You stated that Riven is currently not as strong as she ought to be, especially considering that she has one of the highest average games played per player ( = slightly higher winrate because there are many experienced Riven players.) She is currently hovering around at 48.5% winrate and the "buff" had less than 0.2% effect. I'm aware that there are currently still quite a few strong champions which need to be slightly toned down (Malphite, Fiora, mundo, graves, some mids..) which might slightly help Riven. However I think she needs a bit more and should sit at 50% in order to be balanced.

Suggestions:

  • Base MS back to 345 (allows to play around hard matchups by roaming more effectively or getting back to lane faster
  • When using Ult, W dmg is slightly amplified (strong lvl 6 to turn around bad matchups like malphite, fiora)

If I can think of more I'll edit it :)

Edit: Reduce lvl1 E- cd : Encourages people to start E which makes farming against rough matchups easier

Let W- Autoattack cancel the same way Q-AA does --> skilled riven players can smoothly trade without getting interrupted by the auto delay after using w

3 Comments

xl Kirito lx1/25/2016, 9:04:01 PM2 votes

It's not the champion, it's the meta. Ok, it's partially the champion. Riven's been low tier, even before they gutted her itemization. Back to the point, there's not reason to take a fighter top lane, when a tank does the job better.

Cloud2731/25/2016, 9:05:19 PM1 votes

OP is correct though. Riven is still a very weak champion. Honestly, if Teemo can have buffs (of all champions, they buff Teemo), why can't Riven?

Füzzerich1/25/2016, 9:11:30 PM1 votes

I agree with both of you, you are right. Level 6 Malphite all in is approximately equally strong as Riven's but he is a tank. Therefore fine tuning her lvl 6 / ult activation might be exactly what is required. If you check the op.gg stats, you see that her lategame is perfectly fine (50%+ after 30min) but her early is a bit to weak. Having a bit more dmg on W (when ultimate is activated) can force a flash or even get a kill, which will help out her early but won't affect her late too much!