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