Board Thread:League of Legends discussion/@comment-25203022-20140720103152/@comment-25213440-20140722223057

Thats the problem with Riven they messed with to many nerfs and they wouldn't be able to do that change unless they took her to her pre-nerfed state then done that. Her lane depends on who you are playing so, Riot didn't like Riven snowballing out fo control due to her insane level 2 so they did some damaging nerfs to her early, she is a lane bully so her main goal is to punish the person for mistakes and knock them out of lane. Riot wanted her to have a retarded weakness .... which is low hp regen so you see the only way you can kill her which high CDR is all in her with the RIGHT champion or you need to pick something with good SUSTAIN so you can trade her FREQUENTLY and even if she outdamaged you in the trade she will still loose cause you will regen the damage she has done and she won't. Even if you don't kill her you keep her from snowballing(aka shutting her down by yourself) this way and you win the lane. The best option to play against Riven is pick a champion whos build has armour in it or have range. So personaly I like the either play Shyvana or Jayce. Shyvana is a good choice cause she will outscale Riven so even if you don'y kill her in the lane you 100% have to advantage and Jayce with the right build can just 1 shot Riven if she even tries to get close( the infinity edge build). Basicly if you are having trouble against a Riven you are probably playing a unviable champion or just not a mobile one. Riven's late game is so bad if all 10 people are full builds cause the META is very anti-assassin atm so just pick a good scaling top or something with sustain and you will not have any problems vs her. If you deny her to snowball you insta win and you don't even need to kill her to let this happen just outscale and cs.