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Lugg7 votes

Less Riven=better game.

Saianna5 votes

No Riven=best game

Meep Man3 votes

It all makes sense now. Riot thinks Riven is healthy because her counters were just never picked usually. There you go, get back in place Riven. Garen will bring down the villains that are overpowered characters.

NemeBro2 votes

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Literally BLEED Darius Garen

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/08/gameplay-update-juggernauts.html#more

Garen's early game is being pretty significantly nerfed. His ability to stick with Judgment is being nerfed, his base damages on it are being nerfed, his silence duration is being nerfed, he no longer gets the bonus armour from his W to help him tank her damage by starting cloth/5 (which might become a nonviable start for him now, due to the nerfing of the aforementioned base damages), he doesn't get free tenacity anymore, and literally the only way to make use of his most significant buffs (the true damage) will be through Riven getting kills. Most of the changes to Garen are actually nerfs, and the biggest buff won't apply unless Riven is already killing you in lane, lol.

So no, Garen's ability to beat the shit out of Riven is either seriously diminished or gone. Coupled with the fact that armour is being nerfed, and it's not looking good for him.

Crowe Stalker1 votes

They won't give a crap because Arcade Riven...

Six skins on the PBE and not one damn thing about Swain is depressing to me but I do love the Darius Buff.

KnighRrider1 votes

Its funny, like half the ppl I see complaining about Riven on these forums have a Teemo summoner icon xD Also Darius has always been difficult for me to lane against with Riven and so has Garen actually(since he can trade for days). But I wont complain xD if it makes ppl happy idc, its yall's fault u aint play'n Riven's counters anyway!

Captain Aishi1 votes

those darius changes make him incapable of approaching a minion wave with a riven in the same lane starting level1... she can dodge the outer part of his Q with hers and then all in kill him before he gets to 5 stacks of his passive

Vistha Kai1 votes

Too bad both Darius and Garen will be reduced into a bloody pulp by Riven once those changes hit live.

Only Play Darius1 votes

Both their early games got gutted, and a good Riven already just outjukes both of them and wins lane anyway (especially Darius, since he doesn't have a silence and no mobility to catch up with her.)

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