Talk:Riven/@comment-24427750-20140116022102/@comment-9048637-20140116025155

Riven was always meant to be a fighter, she was just a fighter released in the days when fighters were built straight tank because their offensive choices for itemization were so weak; so, Riot made a champion that would play as a fighter but that would have a strong incentive to actually buy AD. Then fighter itemization in general became a lot more balanced, and suddenly Riven's huge returns on AD were... well, kind of OP. Thankfully, Riot finally noticed this and started tweaking her to bring her back in line. Don't worry, though, I don't think there's ever going to be a day when Riven is going to be anything short of the offensive side of fighter. It's just that now she's going to have to choose between dealing enough damage to make anyone blow up in a few seconds (assassin) and surviving in the thick of a teamfight to put her damage out (bruiser). The fact that she could do both before was rather problematic and led to many of the complaints about her.