User blog comment:Care Level/RE: PBE Riven Nerf/@comment-9674344-20131219171224/@comment-5331854-20131220095313

Problem is that the game would become stale. LoL is not like Unreal, Quake or Samurai Gunn where the joy lies within lightning-fast reflexes and outmaneuvering your opponent, but in tactical approaches.

This may be perfectly balanced, yes, but in such a game, perfect balance will make the game absolutely boring. "Perfect Imbalance" is a thing and pretty well-done at Riot overall.

And I say it again: Drink a tea and calm yourself, as long as it's not release, it will be no problem. Riot has cancelled many buffs and nerfs that were in PBE WHILE they were in PBE. PBE is the place to experiment with different solutions. This will most likely be true for this Riven nerf, because Riot needs much data input for such bold changes.