Can we bring Riven up to par with your other bruisers?

TS Media·6/17/2018, 6:10:21 PM·2 votes·1,270 views

All bruisers have one or more of the following:

-Decent/Solid Sustain -Armor Pen -Good base damage and resistances -Decent/Solid Health Regen

Riven has absolutely NONE of these. Even trade with a Darius/Renekton/Garen/Fiora etc? Too bad, they get to heal up while you take the brunt of it. Whenever you're damaged, it STICKS as Riven. If you wait 1-2mins between trades of any of the aforementioned, they'll be back to full health in no time. In this time frame, Riven will still be trending around the same health pool as that time.

Riven is probably one of the champs that got hit the HARDEST with these rune changes and no compensation buffs were given. It feels like ass playing the champ. You get absolutely crushed in lane and get outscaled. It's terrible. You have no winning points in the game. And the sad thing? ALL matchups vs Riven use to be skill matchups. What wasn't skill, was simply soft-counters. Riven has not hard countered any champ from season 5 (where she was the most balanced).

Lets not even talk about the HORRIBLE build path you have to take on Riven for the that 40% cdr as early as possible. Some defensive/sustain buffs is a must for Riven right now. I'm not even talking about damage. But I wouldn't even mind added armor pen or something. Riven's niche has been stripped so far away from her that she's practically useless in all shapes and forms and picking her is akin to trolling.

I can't have fun in this game the way it's currently set up and I can't have fun because my favorite champ is garbage. Really a turn off at this point.

15 Comments

PhDs Nuts6/17/2018, 6:46:40 PM4 votes

Can bruisers be brought up to par with Riven? Riven has all of the following:

-4 dashes -Spammable shield -Instant AoE stun -AoE ranged execute -AA damage buff for casting spells

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Critmaster Garen6/18/2018, 3:56:06 PM3 votes

you have a shield on a very low cooldown. youre supposed to use that as your sustain mechanic.

darius and garens kits look a lot stronger than rivens on the surface, until you factor in rivens mobility.

redniwediS6/17/2018, 6:37:10 PM2 votes

"Bruiser" is too wide of a term. You can't talk balance effectively while using it anymore.

Riven cannot be realistically compared to a Juggernaut, and should be compared to other members of her actual class instead.

Jinzo Torrance6/18/2018, 5:17:43 PM2 votes

Terrible champion but has more than 14 people maining her in Master/Challenger, aight

Gay 4 Varus UwU6/17/2018, 6:20:41 PM1 votes

Don't worry they gave her 5 damage to her q shes too overpowered now right?