Talk:Riven/@comment-79.107.3.0-20111123124024/@comment-4617970-20111123212600

To be honest, they both are team players. In team fights, Riven needs someone (most likely the tank) to soak up a bunch of CC and burst damage for her, otherwise she'll be killed rather quickly. However, she does farm really fast, and has a strong early game, so if you get enough feed and farm you can just rush in and kill everyone because they'll be dead before they even break your shield.

Yorick is a strong laner too, using his ghouls to keep enemy champions on a distance without having to draw minion agro. Being a tanky dps helps in solo queue. Also, he has a real sustain (unlike Riven who only has high hp5 and a shield). However, he also has mana.

I'd say the main difference is that Yorick doesn't need to get into melee range to do damage, because he can use his ghouls. This makes him not as weak versus teams with a lot of ranged or CC champions, making it easier to harass. That, and he can take more damage before dying (and can keep fighting after dying if there is nobody else to ult on :P).

But in the end, it's really just what you prefer. They both are really fun champions.