Talk:Riven/@comment-24212263-20131129073727

Riven is not overpowered. There is a huge increase of Riven players currently but this FotM movement is extremely flawed. The only reason why people started returning to Riven is because of Faker's performance on the NA solo queue and a few games during worlds. Disregarding all the trends and stats, there are many conditions in the reasoning behind the competative Riven pick.

1. Mid lane Riven... not top lane. Riven was performed mid rather then the usual top lane. The reason behind this is ganks and roam. Riven isn't viable top lane competativly. She will get ganked and won't be able to affect the game much due to jungle pressure and the devotion to hold the isolated top lane. Mid lane riven however has more breathing space in ganking pressure. Plus mid lane puts Riven directly in the action of roaming, jungle security, and dragon. With a kit meant for mobility and murder, Riven is a lot of useful mid lane.

2. Competition and Solo Queue... Faker only picked Riven because of low competition. In the NA solo queue, there is no one there that is able to match Faker's competition. Even in the KR servers, solo queue is solo queue. Stakes are low and teams aren't the most coordinated. That is when Faker's Riven pick at worlds brought lots of drama. Despite picking a once deemed solo queue champion, all of his Riven games were against low competition mid laners. Riven was never picked in the later games and (god forbid) during the finals.

3. Matchup... Faker picked Riven mid just to counter Zed too...

Riven is not overpowered. If you are getting destroyed, opt to improve your mechanics and trade smartly. If the Riven is playing super aggressive and zones you away from your own creeps, blame the jungler for not choosing to camp top more often (or just buy runes)... Also for junglers, if they have a riven top laner it is optimal to camp that lane for most Rivens will play aggressive and blow cooldowns to engage. If top lane is on the verge of snowball, go 2v1 the lane and zone the riven in exchange for shared cs and exp with your top laner.