How to properly nerf Riven's obnoxious escapes without touching her ability to fight or jungle
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TL;DR
- TRIPLE the cooldown of her dash from 6 to 18 seconds @ rank 5 (3.6 sec to 11 sec with 40% CDR)
- Attacking a champion/minion/monster after dash reduces the dash cooldown back to live numbers (like Gnar boomerang)
>IT'S CALLED "VALOR," NOT "COWARDICE"
Riven's shield provides her with good trade and outplay power. Though many people consider an AD-scaling shield OP and BS, I feel that it fits her kit.
I am mediocre at Riven and hate facing her, but I do not think that her ability to fight is too strong.
**My main complaint with Riven is her ability to escape a coordinated gank with spammable dashes, many times when she doesnt even have boots and enemies have boots 2**
>How to nerf her cheesy escapes without touching her ability to fight champs or jungle mobs
1. TRIPLE the cooldown of her dash (from 6 to 18 seconds @ rank 5)
2. Using Valor puts a single charge of "VALOR" buff on Riven that does not stack.
3. If Riven hits a champion, minion, or monster with auto attack, immediately consume VALOR buff to refund 66% of the CDR-modified cooldown of the dash, restoring it to current baseline CD (possibly instantly refreshing it)
>Illustration
**Riven NOW:**
Case 1: Riven uses Valor to fight her enemy. She goes all-in and gets to use it every 3.6 seconds (40% CDR) in a fight to shield damage and dodge spells, etc
Case 2: Riven uses Valor to escape a gank. She gets to dash 375 units every 3.6 seconds, essentially giving her more movespeed than Swiftness boots would, and negating slows.
**Riven WITH THE CHANGE**
Case 1: Riven uses Valor to fight her enemy. She goes all-in and gets to use it every 3.6 seconds (40% CDR) because she is fighting and the scaling CD restore means she can use it as often as before as long as she is committed to fighting.
Case 2: Riven uses Valor to escape a gank. She dashes once, but since she is running away like Brave Sir Robin, she cannot consume the VALOR buff and thus can only dash once per 11 seconds (40% CDR)
>I am ready for your downvotes
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