Talk:Riven/@comment-5077844-20141102214444/@comment-1330314-20141114205253

With his three autoattack steroids, Master Yi would be the very last champion I'd pick as an example of an AD caster. Better examples would be, or , who are all heavily spell-focused AD champions. However, Riven's low-cooldown abilities and constant spell flow means she's the only AD champion out there who casts spells more frequently than she autoattacks. I also completely disagree that Riven's early game is weak: even though it's been nerfed over time, her early game is one of the strongest among that of any AD champion, if only because the animation cancel on her Q grants her the equivalent of three autoattack resets. She is good in teamfights because she has two forms of hard AoE crowd control on a short cooldown, and if given the opportunity can easily reach the back line and burst down the squishies.

While I don't think Riven needs a resource, you shouldn't downplay her strengths either. The raw power her kit gives her through its mobility and animation cancelling already makes her extremely strong, and on top of that she has both top-tier burst and mobility, and counts as both a great duelist and an amazing group fighter. She does have pretty pronounced weaknesses too (her early sustain, hard CC, armor), and I don't giving her a resource would be the best solution to curbing her power issues, if any.