Talk:Riven/@comment-220.255.1.40-20121117022401/@comment-4834593-20121117070010

Because of two things:

1) Armor is really strong against her, if she plays against a good player, the only way to deal some real damage is by rushing Last Whisper, which, at the same time, means she has less damage overall.

2) Pros can focus. You're a squishy melee (well, you can build tanky, but then they can just ignore you) who's "burst" takes up to 3 seconds to use. In tournament play, that's too long. She'll be focused down.

One thing though. This might not be as big a problem as I think, and in that case we might see her sometime... Don't forget that other good champions (best example: Malphite) were also considered bad until a pro started playing them.