Will Riven receive a nerf sometime this millenia?

Mike Teavee··7 votes·1,177 views

I can definitely say I am tired of seeing Riven literally every game. And literally every game, Riven facerolls her lane and gets first blood around level 2. And then she snowballs and can dive her lane under their turret, two shot you, then ult execute and dash away with over half hp. Not only that, but the fact that even if you miss your first spell rotation, your Q has such a low cooldown that you can just spam it again and kill the enemy in two hits. She is the most fucking retarded champion with the most retarded scaling. She falls off at literally no point in the game, as she can easily change the game with one rotation of spells by acing the entire team. When will she get a nerf? She got one ages ago that people complained about, though she can still snowball just as hard and all-in at level 2 with almost 100% success at securing a kill. I am beyond tired of being mocked and laughed at when I ask for the FP to ban Riven. I get flamed for it. Then the enemy team picks Riven and our top laner goes 1/9 within the first 15 minutes. I've lost 4 games in a row tonight due to a Riven snowballing off of top lane and steamrolling our entire team. No matter if mid or bot wins lane, she will always win duels and kill even your most fed teammates. Can this ridiculous piece of shit get a nerf for once? Or will it be season 9 before she sees a nerf? (which will probably be like a .01 AD ratio reduction on her shield).

18 Comments

Mike Teavee3 votes

And of course, I will probably either get flamed or downvoted because Riven mains don't want to see their freelo go the way of the dodo

ToLazyTbh3 votes

lol what? its people like this is why all champions are soo nerfed the game is shit now riven isn't op just learn to fight againts it

OperationDEEZ12 votes

If she forces 70% of top laners to sit their asses down on tower for the whole lane phase, something is wrong.

Mike Teavee2 votes

Exactly my point, man. Well-said

ToLazyTbh1 votes

never had to do that againts a riven?

Rico Nasty2 votes

i agree 100% honestly, and this is coming from someone who plays riven very frequently (not exactly a main tho). her kit is just overloaded. all escapes, a shield, a stun, and crazy high damage ouput? she is just not balanced whatsoever

Mike Teavee1 votes

Even talking to my diamond friends, they say that Riven is one of those red flag champs that gives them trouble. Even Foxdrop says Riven is a shit champ and completely broken. Like, it's at all levels of play

Fadedpf2 votes

At least riven is targetable. Fiora

Mike Teavee1 votes

Fiora is powerful but extremely squishy and a one-trick pony. Riven has insanely high burst with steroids and an escape with a shield that scales REALLY WELL off AD

Fadedpf2 votes

Fiora is easier to play and snowballs harder, unless the riven is REALLY good. I hate both but would rather have Fiora nerfed.

Trash MammaI1 votes

Build thornmail first vs Fiora. Watch her suffer

IcyPepper1 votes

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At least riven is targetable. Fiora

Fiora doesn't have an aoe stun (or any), a damage passive aa steroid, or an escape.

Two different champions, two different kits.

Trash MammaI2 votes

I remember making a thread about Riven needing nerfs and got flamed by nothing but Riven mains. "she already lost her hp per 5 what more do you want!??!"

In all honesty her issue is in her mobility and shield. Her shield needs to scale with ap and her mobility needs to be toned down. She does exactly what renekton did back in his fotm era. When he goes in to trade he leaves out without a scratch because he prevented them from doing damage with his stun.

She has an AoE knockup on her 3rd Q and an AoE stun on her W while also having a shield to soak up anything they can dish back out. Something needs to give

Mike Teavee1 votes

Exactly. Renekton got nerfed hard because, in Riot's words, he was an oppressive lane bully. Riven is the same and she just gets some HP per level taken off? Wow. That makes sense. Kind of like nerfing Nidalee's traps when that's not even what makes her so powerful

ABlueQuaker2 votes

tbh Riven is pretty balanced.

I can't even remember the last time I lost lane to a Riven.

Her strength is pretty proportionate to champion mastery and she has plenty of counterplay considering all of her mobility is dashes rather than blinks and they're tied to her damage and defence.

Mike Teavee1 votes

Can't tell if you're trolling or talking from experience of playing against bots.

Mike Teavee1 votes

I am willing to bet money Riot will not nerf her at any time within the next 5 or so patches.

Edge of Daybreak1 votes

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I can definitely say I am tired of seeing Riven literally every game.

Do you actually know what literally means or are you just using it because you see it a lot? You have faced riven 3 times in your recent games.

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