Talk:Riven/@comment-6301771-20130415200148/@comment-6109369-20130416031914

Well, they buffed Riven's shield slightly in the same patch. So, looking at the fact that her early game health regen was cut by about 5 HP/5 seconds, this is equal to 1 HP/1 sec or 10 HP/10 sec, and the shield has a 10 second cooldown and was increased by 10 in the patch.

So overall, in terms of damage mitigation, there is approximately no net change. They removed 10 and added 10 somewhere else; the damage mitigation was just shifted from Riven's health regen to her shield instead. This is a logical change, since Riot's stated goal was that, if you harass Riven and hurt her, that damage should stick better.

But smart use of the shield will still block the harass in the first place.