Diana or Riven?
I've got enough for only one. Also, I mainly play jungle or bot lane (due to long queue times in teambuilder) Which is better at jungle atm? Which scales better late game? Which is less op and less likely to get nerfed?
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Diana jungle is very viable atm, whether built as a tank or full ap assassin (which is better). Diana late game will still be useful in terms of damage. Chance of being nerfed 1/10. Diana escapes are usually pretty nonexistent, but when jungling you can use your 20 second cd ulti to jump to creeps! She is somewhat kitable when she misses her crescent strike which giver her free cd of her ulti. Chance of outplaying enemy is dependant on landing your q. Riven is more of a top possible melee counter mid. She can be built full ad, or offtank. Jungle is okay, but not the best, their are just better junglers that do her job. Riven relies on a decent snowball, but if she gets any kind of lead to abuse, she'll carry the game almost solo. When behind, you feel very behind. Compare her to a draven, either a monster, or jut kinda meh. Chance of being nerfed 5/10. Riven is the type of playstyle to wade through a fight. her q allows her to dash through enemy teams straight to their backline. Riven isn't necessarily kitable, but she does have a decent chance of escaping a lot. She can outplay most anyone, a lot like a zed could, but vastly more tanky with her dash giving her a free shield that scales with ad.
Diana jungle is a lot more common than Riven jungle. I play the former and essentially never see the latter, so I would think Diana would be the better of the two at jungling. Both need to snowball to be really threatening late game, since they are both all-in champions without much escape potential. I don't play Riven, so I can't properly compare the two, but I believe she is a little more snowball dependent than Diana is. Of the two, Diana is much less likely to be nerfed, since she was Olafed a while back. Riven is generally stronger and a safer pick for top lane, with a significantly stronger early game, but she is gold hungry enough that she doesn't make a terribly good jungler. If you've played both, I would recommend deciding based on which is more fun to play.
Diana ftw
diana is definetly a better pick in the jungle. She's almost like an akali in the jungle with her dashes and AP burst. I feel like riven excels at being a lane bully especailly in top lane where she shines instead of having her in the jungle where a jarvin or diana player who are better in the jungle cant fill the role riven does. I also think diana and her ganks and small team fight really shine post six. She also forces people on the enemy team to build MR or die otherwise because of her crazy burst. I also think the jungle item doesn't really help riven scale as much as a timat or a hydra would in lane.