Talk:Riven/@comment-10977589-20131125231347/@comment-24073465-20131128041445

@Leyrann Actually, the shields of most of those champs are larger than Riven's only conditionally...

Considering a Riven with 210 Bonus AD(We know she gets more but this way I can round the shield to flat 400)

Rumble: regular shield is bigger only if Rumble gets 575 AP, which isn't always possible (yes, he can get Rabadons for it, but Rumbles can't always build that)..the enhanced shield requires 375 AP (More possible, but you won't have the enhanced shield up always...) Also, his shield time is 2 seconds, which is less than that of Riven's...

Morgana: Her shield DOES have a greater HP and Duration...HOWEVER, it's a conditional shield that protects only against cc and magic damage....there is NOTHING in that shield which will stop me from going up there and whacking her face in with my axe/lance/sword/fist/arrows/bullets/(insert AA material or physical damage material here)...also, while the duration is great, the cd is MUCH greater...5 sec shield, 15 second cd...

Lux, Diana and Janna: Their Shields are conditional compared to Riven's...Lux needs about 630 AP to get an equivalent shield...Diana needs 323 AP and her orbs to hit something...otherwise, her shield will never match Riven's...Janna has the potential for creating an equal shield, since she requires 228 AP, however, since she is mostly played as support, getting that value is challenging in and of itself...

in fact, going one step further,

Vi: gets a blast shield equal to 10% of her max health...the cd on that is static and longer than Riven's, and she need 4k health for that...building tanky like that SEVERELY limits her offensive capabilities....

Nautilus: Gains a shield which IS MORE THAN RIVEN'S (300+10% max Health)...however, the problem with that is that compared to Riven's, his cd is MUCH MUCH HIGHER...and with or without cd, Riven's total shield (by shield spam) is double his...

Lulu:Another one with a shield that COULD beat Riven's but doesn't, since she needs 267 AP for that, and as stated before, building support doesn't really get you the AP you want...

Along with those stats, consider that about 90% of those shields have a higher cd, those guys don't regualarly build 40% cd like Riven, and that most of the shields run on mana as a resource (so if you run out, you're pretty much boned), and it'll show that overall, Riven's shield is actually comparitively more powerful compared to those...