Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-4518978-20130120123543/@comment-75.42.208.80-20130203220032

204.11.184.104 wrote: Though I haven't played Riven more than 4-5 times, I noticed that if you go in, you fight. She isn't really good at trading, it is not what she is desgined to do. Riven is best at just straight-up 1v1'ing your opponent. You do immense damage. Trying to poke will easily make you waste health potions. I disagree. Riven's mobility is pretty ridiculous, and she can easily trade with most opponents with little to no damage in return, because of her shield and stun. Saying that she can only straight up 1v1 opponents is kind of silly, and just shows that you, as you admit, aren't very experienced with her. Sure she does immense damage, but there are champs that can beat her in a straight up 1v1 (Darius, Olaf, Garen, Udyr, to name a few), so to beat them in lane she wants to play more of a hit-and-run style. The reason why riot may feel that they need to nerf her is because her kit is kinda broken. Most people don't really use her to her full potential, but there are a few very skilled high elo players who have played hundreds of games on her who can really just abuse her skill set and litterly beat any opponent in a solo lane. She's kind of like Yorick, where she has no true hard counters, but to a lesser extent. I honestly think that for most people the nerf was unnecessary. There just aren't that many people who have played her enough to master her and really abuse her kit. I think that the cd on her ult should be more 85-90 secs and that the hp regen nerf was a little too much.