Not pussyness. Grant her increased shield when dashing towards/through champions, and decreased shield when dashing away. That would also make her kinda more healthy since it's more rewarding to go in balls deep and not keep her escape, than to go for a short trade and shield out.
When I say increased shield, I don't necessarily mean higher values than live. I just mean, her shield should be more rewarding when dashing towards a champion than dashing away.
Lugg56 votesIf you are going by the name, then you should take away the shield and give her a stupid bird.
ElJanitorFrank15 votesIf you are going by the name, you should remove her kit and give her a different one.
Hello I am Bird10 votes
: "A sword mirrors it's owner"
Goodest Gamer2 voteshad to log in to post this.
The Oasis1 votesIn my defense, all those games were before Sated Devourer and teams would have 3 tanks every game.
Sulghunter5 votesEver get 100-0 by a "stupid bird" before?
Gunslinger7445 votesYes.
Mistress Madoka6 votesYes
Lockenster14 votesyes, by this one
I Main Swain3 votesdont forget these 
Tiffany Kim1 votesQuinn
iamleburk1 votesjust make it an AOE blind with a huge MS boost
Yordle Xayah29 votesRiven's E is called what???? http://i.imgur.com/8CAtm6A.png
Shosuko25 votesOR make the shield scale on maximum mana.
BattleBalladeer1 votesThis actually makes a lot of sense in that it might encourage more interesting builds for Riven than full AD. It would offer her the use of items like 
or 
which also provide CDR for her kit.
woobee7 votes....you don't get it.
Singing Lark1 votesMana OP. This is my build for Riven every game since I started playing Ryze:
Kappa.
sp4413 votes
:"Get the fuck out of my property, boy."
Catastrop13 votesI saw a similar thread like this before and laughed because they were like "It's called Valor, not Coward." But yeah I see where you're coming from.
ModAcademy Kayn6 votes"COOOOOWWWWAAARRRRRDDDDDSSSS"
As Sion proceeds to use his ult to run away from a gank.
TheDogIsOut8 votesI think we could make a directional shield, though that's harder to implement. She can only block (shield) damage coming from the direction she shielded to. That would also add much needed counterplay.
The Sword Saint5 votesI think we could make a directional shield, though that's harder to implement. She can only block (shield) damage coming from the direction she shielded to. That would also add much needed counterplay.
Oh please with the 'much needed counterplay'. Her kit has ton's of counterplay already, such as no innate sustain, cooldown weaknesses, melee range, 3 skillshots, and only doing physical damage.
She isn't someone like vlad, old mord, akali, etc. where there actually is extremely little counterplay other than "all in them if you have enough stats to, otherwise poke them from range if you out range them, otherwise never go near them".
A directional shield would be interesting only if it was a complete damage block in that direction, otherwise it would need to be 4 times as strong to not constitute a massive ass nerf - whether thats 4x more hp, 4x the duration, 4x shorter cooldown, or some mixture.
ChaosThief18 votesI wouldn't exactly say she has 3 skillshots. I would say her ult's 2nd cast is the only skillshot.
Abyssphere4 votesI wouldn't exactly say she has 3 skillshots. I would say her ult's 2nd cast is the only skillshot.
It is admittedly quite rare for a melee champion to not have a single targeted ability, though. She doesn't have any abilities that are remotely difficult to land because all of them just involve throwing herself at enemies/standing beside them, but still. Nice design IMO.
Gorgannan4 votesCalling Riven's skills skillshots is like saying Darius has 2 skillshots.
The Sword Saint3 votesCalling Riven's skills skillshots is like saying Darius has 2 skillshots.
... but he does. Skillshot refers to any ability that you have to use timing to hit or it will miss. It's not just generic line nukes or whatever.
Gorgannan8 votesEh, the word "skill" implies it's actually possible to miss without someone actively baiting it.
Urgonnalearn2day3 votesEh, the word "skill" implies it's actually possible to miss without someone actively baiting it.
You can miss or miss use Darius's skill shots.
KevinDelMarr3 votesFiora's passive has a direction, Braum E has a direction. It wouldn't be hard to code either (well mentally anyway, I'm not really a coder). A certain part of her hitbox gains a marker (where the shield is), when an enemy object that deals damage makes contact with the marker, it factors in her shield strength.
ChaosThief5 votesOr no shield when running away.
Yes...yesssss...
Fadedpf4 votesGive it the same value when going toward a champ and half when not or removed completely.
Rivvy3 votesThat is very clever, and sounds very rewarding. Thank you for bringing a more positive approach to Riven in terms of tweaks on abilities and what she needs.
3sTbGoP7ES2 votesIt is a 1.5 seconds shield which scales with 100% Bonus AD.
Sasogwa18 votes[{quoted}](name=Hi im Dovahkiin,realm=EUW,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=UF9yMyeq,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2015-08-08T01:10:13.535+0000)
It is a 1.5 seconds shield which scales with 100% Bonus AD.
And?? How is that... relevant to the thread? We could make that a straight nerf (same value if dashing forward/ lower value if dashing out) as well as a buff/nerf (10% increased from live when dashing forward, sthg like 50% decreased when dashing out)
Actually, screw that. It's just the concept of having a lower shield when dashing out, I'm not discussing about her ratios/ potential ratios if we make that change.
3sTbGoP7ES3 votesWhy would we need such a mechanic on a shield that lasts only 1.5 seconds? Riven's shield is big because it lasts only 1.5 seconds. Tho yeah nice concept.
MohawkBird18 votesA shield that also gets as low as a 3.6 second cooldown.
O Fallen Scholar3 votesA shield that also gets as low as a 3.6 second cooldown.
It's necessary. Late game Riven has to be hyper mobile or she'll get dumpstered in team fights.
MohawkBird4 votesThing is that "much needed" mobility also functions as an AD scaling shield.
PerishSoftly1 votesWhich, at 250 bonus AD and 40% CDR gives Riven 1000 effective HP every 10 seconds.
EDIT: From another thread I posted in.
Math incoming:
The issue with Riven building "glass cannon" is that she has anywhere from 25% (0%CDR, max level) - 41.6666% (40% CDR, max level) uptime on her shield that scales 100% with her glass canon stat.
That's a refreshing 90-210(+AD) shield with negative cost (given that it also gives mobility and grants up to a 50% AD bonus to her next attack).
Example: at 250 bonus AD (which I've seen a lot of Riven players get) and 40% CDR, Riven's effective HP increases by 460 every 3.6 seconds. That's 1000 effective HP every 10 seconds.
+ 15 AD and 5% CDR from Runes & Masteries, and a slot for a defensive item. There you go, 1000 shield per 10 seconds
(Plus 30%+35% armor shred, 32% lifesteal, self-shield with lifesteal, and Rage passive)
MohawkBird2 votesI tend to see a lot of Riven's build a Randuin's as well as their last item, so they sit at around 2.5-3k HP, tons of lifesteal, tons of armor/tankiness, and can still burst and 2v1 people.
warpenguin5552 votes Valor to me
fck you too
TheFirstGokun2 votesActual feedback instead of straight up nerfs that actually benefit her gameplay and thematic? Sure, next you'll see threads trying to stop the shitstorm on the Mordekaiser feedback thread.
KnighRrider2 votesIdk I think its fine the way it is, I mean either way she would end up more "op" since shes already very effective at trading, she would only be better at it, while if we made it work the opposite way, she would still be good at engages and just get better at running away too. Since we already have too many losers, who dont know how to counter pick, complaining about how shes too op already I just dont think its a great idea. I'm open to reworking Riven and ill continue to play her even if it makes her suck, so long as Riot is able to keep her identity as a champion ...which they dont seem very capable of doing right now(well the Fiora rework was good, but she just got more op af).
Tentacle Love2 votes"The better part of valor" - Retreat.
That is the joke that they made in the name of that ability. It might be a very old and obscure term but I'm sure you can find more via google.
I Main Swain1 votesno clue if this would be balanced, just popped into my head and wanted to see what everyone else thought about it, but i thought of a few potential q changes:
increase her q cooldown by a ton and have the cooldown reduced for each time she hits an enemy champ with it (doesn't stack with multiple champs)
make it so her q can only be cast twice if it doesn't hit an enemy champ
remove the knockup
note: not saying all of them, just 1 of them. id like to know what yall think about it
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