Talk:Riven/@comment-4834593-20150113202601/@comment-3466579-20150115162941

We first should define the meaning of 'difficult'. What's difficult? Is hitting a long range Morgana's Dark Binding difficult? Well i say it's not easy. You have to factor in things like the projectile speed and width, you have to forsee your opponent's movements and adjust your skillshot. Is it difficult to land a perfect Janna's Monsoon? Indeed it is, if you're not going to use it just to randomly push opponents away. Is it difficult to farm with Orianna? not really! Is it difficult to play support Lulu? Well i'd say it is, considering for example that two of her skills do different things if used on enemies or allies - you've got to think how to use them in the best way.

I think a champion may be called difficult if: 1) it has unusual mechanics - Orianna is more difficult to play than Annie; 2) it has skills that may turn out to actually help the opponents if used in the wrong way - Janna, Gragas, Alistar may screw a fight, Olaf or Braum can't really; 3) has some issues in certain aspects of the game basics - Kog'Maw lacks mobility if you compare him to Vayne, Poppy may have a harder time farming than Nasus and Anivia definitely has more mana management issues than Ziggs; 4) it has certain skills that do something really, really effectively - Braum's shield only needs to face the right direction, it then blocks an absurd amount of damage, Malzahar's Malefic Vision is a 'shoot and forget' farming tool.

Talking about Riven, i would call her a rather easy champion to play, if you're not facing certain particular champions (but then, everyone has counters). I mean, Riven has super mobility, an aoe stun, a shield, no resource to worry about, a rather plain build path and a ranged nuke in her ulti. It's rather easy to overcome an opponent just by mashing your skills, honestly.