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Riven 5.17 patch update: Can someone clarify this for me?

Kouga·9/19/2015, 10:34:03 AM·1 votes·571 views

So, I've never been able to play Riven well, but one of the common things I see about her has to do with her 'animation cancelling' and being able to chain her abilities instantly. I'll admit even though I've been around since the release there are a few champs I am woefully inexperienced with (Oh, hello Rumble didn't see you there). However I saw this in the Patch Notes Update:

ACTUALLY BROKEN WINGS : Fixed a bug where Riven's Q - Broken Wings cooldown was improperly reset at the end if certain actions occurred in between casts

Is this is any way related to this common complaint against Riven, or was this some other minor bug? I'm wondering if this is going to have some significant impact on her high-tier play? I thought her cancelling stuff was deliberate (or at least, allowed by Riot and was a "feature" instead of a bug) but then they bug-fixed it.

Any summoner 13 in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

3 Comments

Ionian9/19/2015, 11:16:48 AM1 votes

This was a random bug and it's not what people mean by "animation cancelling". Note that animation cancelling is just exactly that, and it does not affect ability cooldowns in any way.

Koldheartedjsp9/19/2015, 11:26:36 AM1 votes

the basics of it is (i believe anyway, i don't play riven...)

Most good rivens will attempt to basic you in between their abilities if at all possible

the super pro rivens are attacking you and using an ability at nearly the exact same time, so they can just mash the abilities instead of waiting to attack

they are somehow attacking and using the ability at nearly the same time.