Talk:Riven/@comment-26177260-20160804152510/@comment-24496127-20160819024355

Her kit theoretically has the burst and mobility to play as an assassin, and it can sometimes work, but beyond that, it's her only real potential contribution. Peeling will likely get her killed by the backline, her splitting isn' really a threat to most comps, and her initiation is synonomous with suicide in most cases. Lets not even mention tank. So all that's left is playing the role of a diver, but she lacks the durability to do it like a hecarim, and lacks the quickness and slipperiness to manage it like Fizz, instead having this weird combination of both that can either feel useless or opressive. If the only thing that really works is bursting squishies like an assassin(The class of diver that uses high burst), then even if she's relatively shit at it, she's an assassin, if not by design then by necessity to function.

Attacking squishies isn't done with impunity, that's why you need either enough durability to tank some stuff and enough damage to be an actual threat, or enough mobility and damage that they can't really react in time. Riven is just really awkward with everything, and I believe honestly needs to be retuned.