Talk:Riven/@comment-24090792-20131222044754/@comment-12314620-20131224090334

All the mages I mentioned are actually much safer picks for toplane than many of the popular toplaners at the moment solely for the reason that they have ranged aa:s and can farm without trading so if you get behind in lane you are not forced to trade while farming even when they aren't under their turret. Phreak has admitted in his stream that melee champion matchup top lane are pretty much most snowbally thing in the game at the moment; If one of you kills the other without gank coming back without getting good gank from jungle is pretty much impossible if your opponent knows how to play the lane.. Mages mentioned also have some form of hard CC or/and reliable escape; if you can't kite properly, use bushes etc. then ofc picking anything ranged for toplane isn't worth the while.

Secondly I've seen Riven who lost his lane dive Leona who was doing well for the whole game and had Randuins + Sunfire + (sightstone) and Locket under her inhibitor turret with 2 cooldown rotations (obviously not tanking the turret for whole time) and come out full health. I can't think of any other champions that are able to do that. Secondly, I think Riven greatly outdamages Jax post early game while Jax is easier to kite, peel, has less Aoe and longer cooldown on his major defensive tool.