Temporarily disabled … should be permanent
Our prayers have been answered, at least temporarily.
Riven, the most overpowered champion in League of Legends, and one of two champions that does not belong in the game (the other being Yasuo), has been temporarily disabled. It should obviously be permanent, but I guess the world isn’t perfect.
With four gap closers, two forms of hard crowd control, a defensive ability that scales off of an offensive stat, a basic attack modifier with every skill, a mechanic called animation canceling that makes her look buggy and isn’t described in any tooltip, burst damage equivalent to an assassin, and unlimited sustainability at no strength reduction after purchasing life steal due to no resource limitations – it is as stupid as it sounds.
Xypherous, the designer responsible for giving birth to Riven, seems to really enjoy making changes to the game that piss people off (or at the very least, me).
He’s the creator of Nautilus, the tank with four forms of crowd control and an ultimate that basically crowd controls someone for several seconds as they watch in terror at the advancing depth charge that’s about to throw them airborne. Not to mention most people running away, behind their allies, and screwing over their entire team in the process.
He’s the creator of Lulu, the wildly underrated support that’s just as good as Janna at denying the enemies, but also deals several times more damage than her.
And of course, he’s responsible for reworking Heimerdinger and changing the champion that I loved.
I miss you, pre-rework Heimerdinger.
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