Talk:Riven/@comment-24201437-20131122150308/@comment-5209745-20131122163005

1. Item dependency. If you don't snowball, you're pretty much done, 'cause you won't be able to build the BONUS ad she needs. But of course, some won't take into account that "If you don't snowball you're done".

2. Her dash move speed is around 475 MS, but you're not taking into account that unlike your common AD character she doesn't builds percentual MS. Anybody with the same base MS, and the anti-kiting combo (Boots of swiftness+Alacrity enchantment and a Zephyr) will have more overall MS.

3. She has that because she's squishy, and her survivality has been nerfed before. Diana's shield, per example, can last longer, with lesser cooldown in comparison, and can be way bigger. Janna and Karma's shields have longer cooldowns too, but also scale harder and become way bigger. So at best she's fourth in the "shield ranking".

4. Might be true, but it's also avoidable with a dash or flash.

I don't consider myself a pro neither, but if you find her hard to counter, play her during a freeweek. Learning how to play her shows you how to counter her with almost any champ.