Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-190.51.79.189-20130114195109/@comment-5980521-20130115154453

No.

Riven is an AD off tank that scales with AD to allow her to be even more tanky with her shield, has a stun and two (or four if you count each Q seperate) relatively short CD gap closers, an execute and a stun.

Vayne is an ADC that is easily killed, does true dmg if she can get three hits off, but otherwise is (in my opinion and experince) useless without being fed, and any ADC can be great being fed so that's a moot point.

Vi is an off tank or heavy AD bruiser that gets tankier from tank items, has a health percent dmg and armor percent shred that deals physical damage (I.E. reduced by armor, which this will never get to 0 due to the way it is applied) and increases attack speed, she has two relatively long CD gap closers, no execute, an AoE cone punch, a knock back, and a knock back that suppresses.

She's got some similarities, but she isn't a combination of the two. Her W actually is more like Varus's in practice, as a tank (should you play her as a tank, she is quite sub optimal for the role) she's more like Malphite in usage, as a bruiser she's similar to Jax in progression (crappy early game and epic late game), as a jungler she's a Lee Sin that requires total cooperation and communication with the team, and as a whole she feels unique and fun, but requires skill, wits and a good team behind you.

I hope this assists those who were on the fence about playing her understand what she is made for and thusly help them decide on such.

P.S. I would like to clear up that progression statement; she isn't a hybrid like Jax and does only physical damage. Later in the game she can take both a carry and support role similtainiusly though because of this, as with BC she can eleminate a majority of their armor quickly with her W and E and her Q and R can disable high priority targets. She is, in my experince, best suited for a BC and FM then pretty much straight melee ADC with a bit of a affinity for attack speed, similer to Xin Zhao, but with more sustainability in mind.

P.P.S. I appologise for any spelling mistakes as I am a very weak speller. I also appologise for my long ass post as I tend to rattle on quite a bit, which is something less easily discussed and would surely double the already increasingly daunting task of reading this post.