User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Item Concept) Revamping Life Steal/@comment-24385282-20150827023542/@comment-1330314-20150829071716

I think the main issue with Riven is that her power is locked behind difficulty that is more dependent on rote memorization than proper interaction with enemies, namely, her animation canceling, which has zero enemy interaction. One possible way to nerf her would be to remove her animation canceling, which would also lower her burst and solve a lot of issues people have with not being able to fight against her when she has high enough amounts of AD.