User blog comment:Ozuar/The Importance of Skill Order in League of Legends/@comment-2112140-20130329225550

I've got to say: Well written post, Ozuar

The idea of skill order is good design. It gives the player a lot of variety, they can choose which ability they max first, when do they level certain abilities. Also giving time to using skill orders can teach you to counterplay your enemies by smart ability distribution. I'll just post an example:

Riven has several paths to level her skills. Against poke champions she can max Valor in order to negate their poke and get in closer for a good initiate. Against squishier targets she can max Ki Strike so she can stun them and do a big portion of their health while they're stunned.