Talk:Riven/@comment-6061249-20140414205027/@comment-4834593-20140417153842

To be honest I don't really like her top anymore, because most of the strong top laners are even or better with her.

At mid lane, however, she still wrecks, if you can dodge skillshots. From the point you reach level 5, if you are (close to) full health, you can kill any equally leveled and equally or lesser farmed mid laner in a 1v1, if you can get a stun from EQW. Alternative: If you manage to make the enemy mid flash while you do not have to, you can flash-W as initiation. Be careful of cc though. You may be very strong against Lux, but you're not going to kill her if she snares you whenever you attempt to go in.

Another reason to play her mid, is so that you can gank bot lane. Often, a good gank at bot lane (this means coming from behind, so it doesn't work when your team is pushing except if you can safely dive them) is two kills for you. It is, in my experience, the easiest way to start snowballing with someone like Riven or old AP Yi.