Talk:Riven/@comment-11149612-20140524195546/@comment-25015115-20140605164255

Forgive me for talking out of my ass for a minute here, as I do not main Riven but play frequently with someone who does.

Riven doesn't deal well with poke. Her kit isn't built for poke. Its built for burst. She is meant to excel at finding an appropriete opportunity to just go ham and melt the enemy as much as she can. Thus, that leaves champions like Garen and Pantheon easy counters for her (considering Garen's silience and Pantheons stun + passive).

But overall, against other match ups she should still do well at dashing into the enemy, bursting them, and walking away. Thats just what her kit is meant for. It may suck to feel like shes got horrible regen now, but I think that just allows laners against Riven to do better against her by building the best way to counter riven: Sustain. If she has horribly low sustain, that puts more pressure on to her to try and throw everything on the enemy and get them to recall in order to prevent an elongated farming-oriented laning phase.

Yes, she lacks sustain AND poke. Thats doing pretty much what Riot wants, I'd imagine. Preventing her from being able to stay in lane for too long due to not being able to handle too much poke or harass, and encouraging Rivens to play more aggresively in order to succeed (as her kit aids in doing). If done properly with alernating spells and AA's in your combo, Riven should be able to take minimal damage between her .75 sec stun and her 1.5 sec shield, while still chunking the enemy.