Talk:Riven/@comment-180.156.103.243-20120123210507/@comment-124.169.220.44-20120128094041

its that spamability that makes most champions a poor match against her. If you dont happen to be using one of the few champions that are a counter for her shes extremely difficult to stop. She is hard to run from, and hard to chase down effectivly. Theres nothing wrong with a Q that can be fired off in rapid succession, except for the fact that its not just damage but a short leap forward as well as a knockback on 3rd hit. Which would still be bareable if her E wasnt ALSO a dash forward. 3 leaps and a dash? And the summoner probably has a flash too. how is that balanced exactly? And her dash also has a sheild. ( it may not be much use late game, but it certainly is during lane , especially since its unique amongst most defence skills for dps champs in that it actually scales with AD rather then AP ). Which again wouldnt be so bad if it was just that, but shes not a squishy champ , shes mostly played as a tanky dps. High mobility, respectible damage output , and not squishy. Her early lane dominance is still quite high, while she may be a bit easier to harrass at low lvls now all she needs to do is buy hp pots and ride out the first couple lvls and then she will eventually take control of the lane. I cant remember when i last saw a riven do badly and not snowball out of control. If her mobility was cut down somehow then she could at least be effectively ganked in order to keep her under control. Of course the people who play her arent going to agree, but she steamrolls far too easily. Im loathe to call her OP, but i certainly cant call her balanced.