Talk:Riven/@comment-15244341-20150117171658/@comment-15244341-20150118112247

I'd say difficulty is actually a way of gating a champion's power. I'm pretty sure that if Riven wouldn't need animation cancelling to do all that Broken Wings combo we'd be seeing a much different champion. Also, a non-cancelled Broken Wings is pretty much not that big of a deal. Not many top laners are going to let a melee champion in range for that champion to do a 2 seconds combo uninterrupted.

Think Cassio. Have you seen Cassio mains play her? It's pretty goddamn insane, almost like a fed Yasuo before the nerfs except almost from the start of the game (speaking of pre-rework Cassio, never really watched anyone play her after her changes). Its insane DPS thanks to animation cancelling and her kiting is just absurd with Rylai's. But is goddamn hard to do. If everyone could do that with no issue I'm pretty sure Riot would have to nerf her to the ground, since that strength is simply overbearing.