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Riot Repertoir lies about how broken Riven is.

AirKingNeo·3/12/2019, 3:55:40 PM·70 votes·26,696 views
David Capurro on Twitter

"Riven is powerful right now, but she really doesn't seem to be near the strongest option in the game. Frustration over her current state seems to be an especially western phenomenon. When considering power level, we look for trends that are consistent across regions."

It's past the year 2010. Everyone can look up statistics online. There's absolutely no reason for him to look at the stats himself, lie on Twitter that it is a "western phenomenon" and that he wants "trends that are more consistent across regions" when anyone with a brain could use the internet, the same thing people use to view what he said, to look at the statistics for themselves and see:

https://lolalytics.com/ranked/worldwide/diamond/plus/champion/Riven/Top/

For ranks Diamond and above, in all regions (globally):

Riven's Winrate: 54.75% Riven's Pickrate: 14.22%

https://lolalytics.com/ranked/worldwide/master/plus/champion/Riven/Top/

For ranks Master and above, in all regions (globally):

Riven's Winrate: 57.89% Riven's Pickrate: 13.71%.

Rioters should not willfully lie to the playerbase and should be held accountable.

184 Comments

RiotRiotRepertoir3/12/2019, 7:15:25 PM79 votes

Rioters should not willfully lie to the playerbase and should be held accountable.

Agree.

lie on Twitter that it is a "western phenomenon"

I said that her frustration is a western phenomenon. She is banned 60% more often in NA than her global average. Ban rate is a readily available statistic that we believe can be correlated to frustration. I also said on Twitter that Riven is a strong champion right now. Somehow that didn't make this post.

There are good justifications to be made for nerfing Riven. I personally think some are pretty compelling. Good arguments can be constructed to nerf many things, however, and we want to be sure we're applying consistent measures in our approach to balance. I think we've not been great at this over the years, really.

Some champion will always be the strongest one that does not get nerfed in a patch. This patch Riven's pretty darn close to that. If she picks up any more, she's probably due, but we don't think she's crossing that line right now.

For those that are actually seeking a discussion, what is the criteria we should be using to justify a nerf to Riven this patch that we'd be 100% happy with applying to champions in the future (NOT the past, as I've already stated we haven't been consistent)?

nm10103/12/2019, 4:04:59 PM17 votes

Riot lying

This is a totally new occurrence and has never happened before.

Fisher No Chains3/12/2019, 4:14:34 PM13 votes

It’s also interesting to see how they’re nerfing champions that are okay/average in SoloQ (LB, Zoe and Jayce for instance, all of them have sub-50% WR) while leaving Riven and Vayne untouched.

Both of them are incredibly broken right now but I guess pro play > SoloQ, as always.

Boltonator3/12/2019, 4:04:53 PM7 votes

I can’t really say with certainty how oppressive Riven top is to face, since I don’t play ranked, though the forums have been abuzz with threads on her strength for quite awhile now. She may be due for some tweaking but calling the balance team and developers of the game liars is not the best approach if you want to get you’re point across...

I fully expect to get downvoted for this comment so have at it.

[sg-lulu]