Here's An Easy Solution To Help Balance Riven's Mobility.

King Odin··8 votes·448 views

http://grabilla.com/05915-6ab6ed78-ac6f-4b8c-9a66-4fbf668dfaf6.png Current Move Speed : 340 New Move Speed : 330

As one of the most mobile champions in the game she should not have a base movement speed equivalent or greater than the majority of top laners. I think reducing her move speed will punish her for using her kit to engage in laning phase, making it harder for her to escape after using her Q and E. I don't actually consider Riven a very strong champion over all but she can be infuriating to play against when you catch her out and she hops and dashes away like it's nothing(it literally costs nothing). A good Riven tends to always win lane due to her ability to engage and dis engage easily. I just want that if she uses her entire kit to trade then I should be able to use that she has no CD's to bash her face in, but I can't since she can just walk away and wait for CDs then she's gone. I don't mind her having amazing mobility after buying item 3158/item 3071 but atleast allow us to punish her for her mistakes during laning phase before she buys CDR. Below is a list of a couple top laners base MS.

Garen - 340 MS Darius - 340 MS Irelia - 345 MS Shen - 335 MS Aatrox - 345 MS Gnar - 325 MS (He's ranged it's only fair) Maokai - 335 MS Olaf - 350 MS Nasus - 350 MS Sion - 345 MS MonkeyKing - 345 MS

7 Comments

dangopee2 votes

I think she should have energy

The Sword Saint2 votes

You want her movespeed to be 10-15 lower then then the average top laner? I'll trade that for getting a proportional heal when she successfully shields damage.

She's already murdered by A) melee tanky lane bullies like darius and B) ranged top laners in general, so if you make it even harder for her to avoid getting all in'd / harassed to death when every time she wants a cs by lowering her movespeed you need to give her some other way to have staying power in lane.

BIG BAD AXE MAN2 votes

just stop.

riven is balanced.

it's not funny anymore.

Carnage1 votes

she can go 0-5 and come back in lane

Agidyne1 votes

A) I think she shouldn't be able to use keep casting her Broken Wings if she misses one of her charges on any enemy.

This will allow the enemies to play around her Q and punish her with a well timed flash during a fight.


B) Or it should simply just go on cooldown at the end of the third cast rather than on the first.

Which would give her a window of weakness that can be easily exploited.


One of those 2 should fix it.

Although the first suggestion is a lot more extreme as it also neglects her from jumping over walls.

360D3GR3SS1 votes

10 movement speed nerf is HUGE. I think 5 is reasonable with additional changes.

Subject 51 votes

Giving her energy sounds good to me! Make sure she doesn't just button mash 24/7, base move speed of 10 is nothing. Unless if you are playing in high levels of professional play, but that isn't the same game as what 99% of the community is playing.

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