Talk:Riven/@comment-155.69.203.1-20120103122912

I personally feel that Guardian Angel is a bit over rated for Riven (or just over-rated in general). I've seen the Bloodthirster-Guardian Angel combo on countless Rivens. I understand the huge bonus it gives, reviving you and preventing a death, but the conditions for the best use are just to limited in my opinion. The fact it only works every 5 minutes is a big loss of use in my opinion. While it's on cooldown, it gives you some decent Armor and Magic Resist, but that's all. 9 out of 10 times you won't be able to escape the enemy team after being revived because of how common CC is. Half of Guardian Angel's viability relies on having a competent team to protect you long enough to escape after reviving, if they're not dead. In team fights, when you do win the fight but die anyways, you prevent your loss of stacks; that's the good situation. In a bad situation, Riven dies again because she has no "real" escape mechanism. For dueling, even if you get your opponent down to 1/10 of his or her health and you revive, the animation takes so long they can escape before you are ready to chase them down. I personally feel building survivability such Warmogs and Banshee's Veil are much better options. Thoughts?