Riven is currently really out of meta

Hey Riot, Recently I've been a bit frustrated whenever I play your game League of Legends. I am a regular summoner on the rift who loves to play with my friends and go against five other champions all on a quest to destroy the enemy nexus. I would like to address something before I get to the point: This is about a champion... a very hated champion in the community.... perhaps the most hated champion in the community. It's about Riven. Now I know you are sick and tired of hearing complaints about this champ from both the haters and the Riven mains. Unfortunately for you (Whoever is reading this) I happen to fall into the category of Riven main. So I wouldn't classify myself as a stereotypical Riven main who watches Box Box all day and then goes into a bronze ranked game and after feeding on the champion flame my team mates and be toxic. In fact, I've never been chat banned or even gotten a notification about being reported. Sometimes, I can let losing as Riven get to my head but I try my absolute hardest to keep the comments out of all chat. It is out of my best interest to not add onto the already terrible reputation for Riven mains.

So the point: I feel that Riven is extremely under powered in this meta. I know... I know... you've probably heard this before already. Just hear me out. The first Riven nerfs you made were regarding her windslash speed. Then her movespeed. Then the one I hated the most... her cooldowns. Riven is a champion that is centered around cooldown reduction. I know, as a Riven player, feel like because of that nerf I am obligated to rush 45% cdr. Another thing that I think is that I feel like you maybe nerfed Riven solely because of the complaints the community made towards her and not actually regarding how strong she was. I will admit Riven was very strong and did a lot of damage. Her AD scaling shield can be frustrating. However, in order to get the full benefit out of this champion requires tons of skill and practice towards animation canceling which I feel I am pretty good at (Canceling q's with movement commands and using e to mask other animations etc.). Her mobility was also a frustrating thing that the community complained about and the fact that her ult was up very often. However, you have to consider this: Riven is a bruiser NOT a tank. The meta for top laners right now is primarily Tank based. Riven's job is to do damage, as much as she can before she dies (because she's so squishy). A lot of tanks now provide the team with a tanky source but also do Riven's job better than her. Many champions can build tank and not put any gold into damage but still out damage Riven (Fiora, Renekton, Nasus, Darius, and Garen). Riven can bully champions like Nasus who try to farm with his Q early game but once he builds Frozen Heart or hits level 6 Riven, even if she is 7-0, can no longer kill him and Nasus can actually solo her. It is frustrating because I've put so much time and effort into this one champion who I feel like gets countered by almost everything top lane in this meta. Even if I do manage to win lane against one of these mega tanks, I do not even provide much for the team considering I am a bruiser and tanks are more beneficial to the team. So even if I win lane, in the long run their enemy top laner will be more useful.

Quickly, I would like to address the statistics. Riven, not surprisingly, has one of the lowest if not the lowest win rate out of all the top laners. Even teemo, who does not provide much CC or even tankiness for his team has a 3% higher win rate than Riven being roughly 49% while Riven's is an abysmal 46%. Other top laners like Garen and Malphite are well into the low 50% range.

It's just frustrating to me that I've put so much time into the only champion I enjoy right now but despite the hours I've put into her and all the effort I've put into making a better name for Riven mains, she feels very useless to me in this meta. And it's especially frustrating to me when I feel like you nerfed her just because the community hates her. I understand, I hate Kennen A LOT but I understand that he is not that nerf worthy. Not to mention, after nerfing Riven into the ground, people still complain about her "OP-ness". A lot of times, it may be the people who hate Riven in my games who are the most toxic.

Thank you for reading this (Whoever did) and I know it was really long but Riven is a champion I feel very passionate about. It's like that game Super Smash Bros Melee. Riven isn't what she seems like on the surface. Like Melee, a 15 year old GameCube game that is still relevant, people took Riven and pushed her limits. They found new ways to make her better and new ways to outplay the opponent. She's become the only reason I have left to play League of Legends and right now I am on the verge of leaving the game behind because of this. I really would like to continue playing with friends and just competing on the rift and feel like I was back when I first started this game. Unfortunately, that isn't the case anymore. Thank you, From just another