Old League of Legends Thread

**Rivero** · 2011-09-10 07:40

Lore:

In Noxus, any citizen may rise to power regardless of race, gender, or social standing – strength is all that matters. It was with committed faith in this ideal that Riven strove to greatness. She showed early potential as a soldier, forcing herself to master the weight of a long sword when she was barely its height. She was ruthless and efficient as a warrior, but her true strength lay in her conviction. She entered battles without any trace of doubt in her mind: no ethical pause, no fear of death. Riven became a leader amongst her peers, poster child of the Noxian spirit. So exceptional was her passion that the High Command recognized her with a black stone rune sword forged and enchanted with Noxian sorcery. The weapon was heavier than a kite shield and nearly as broad – perfectly suited to her tastes. Soon after, she was deployed to Ionia as part of the Noxian invasion.

What began as war quickly became extermination. Noxian soldiers followed the terrifying Zaunite war machines across fields of death. It wasn’t the glorious combat for which Riven trained. She carried out the orders of her superiors, terminating the remnants of a beaten and fractured enemy with extreme prejudice. As the invasion continued, it became clear that the Ionian society would not be reformed, merely eliminated. During one bitter engagement, Riven’s unit became surrounded by Ionian forces. They called for support as the enemy closed in around them. What they received instead was a barrage of biochemical terror launched by Singed. Riven watched as around her Ionian and Noxian alike fell victim to an unspeakably gruesome fate. She managed to escape the bombardment, though she could not erase the memory. Counted dead by Noxus, she saw an opportunity to start anew. She shattered her sword – severing ties with the past – and wandered in self-imposed exile. Now she seeks atonement and her own way to serve the pure Noxian vision in which she believed.

“There is a place between war and murder / in which our demons lurk.”
- Excerpted from the poem, “Scarlet Shon-Xan”

Abilities:

* Passive - Runic Blade: Riven's abilities charge her blade, causing her to do bonus damage on her next autoattack. Riven can store up to 3 charges, but only expends one at a time.
* Broken Wings: Riven steps forward and lashes out in a series of powerful sword slashes. This ability can be reactivated up to 3 times in a short period.
o 1st Use/2nd Use: Deals damage to a small area in front of her.
o 3rd Use: Jumps into the air and slams downward, causing a larger impact nova that deals damage and knocks nearby enemies back.
* Ki Shout: Riven damages and stuns nearby enemies.
* Valor: Riven dashes forward and gains a shield for a short duration.
* Blade of the Exile (Ultimate): Riven's sword reforms, giving her a percentage multiplier on her total attack damage, extended range on her damaging abilities and basic attacks and the ability to use Wind Slash once.
o Wind Slash: While Blade of the Exile is active, Riven can reactivate the ability to emit a large shockwave that deals damage to all units hit based on their missing life.

Seems pretty cool.

**Fallyn** · 2011-09-10 09:00

im liking the sound of her

**Qeomash** · 2011-09-10 14:50

I may have to give her a try. I'm sure everyone would rage, but I'd love it if she was AP based.

**Tyrath** · 2011-09-10 14:51

Based on her passive and ult bonus I doubt she is gonna be AP.

**Meian** · 2011-09-10 15:09

reds make it sound like its all AD including the shield~

**Tyrath** · 2011-09-10 15:14

Yeah, from the designer.

She has no mana, no AP ratios and has lower base damage scaling than the rest of the fighter crowd.

So definitely no AP.

**Meian** · 2011-09-10 16:38

whoa no mana? augh hate having to deal with those kind of characters ;_; had hoped that "charges" thing would've been a new bar of sorts kind of like rage but for abilities :\

**The_OG_Nelta** · 2011-09-10 17:46

Max out the shield, and build super tanky. AOE STUNS ALL DAY

**Meian** · 2011-09-11 08:29

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/...0#post14215150

Apprently, the unchained alistar skin will be free~ not sure if this means you need the champion before its free or what

**Rivero** · 2011-09-11 11:25

Kind of disappointed but at the same time sort of happy. It's an amazing looking skin but I'm sort of afraid it'll lose it's flair once everyone is walking around with it. :/

**Lebzile** · 2011-09-11 12:28

Might be something to do with the Golden Joystick awards.

tol · 2011-09-11 13:18

its awesome, i was excited about the skin and now it's free? double win

**Meian** · 2011-09-11 18:28

Guinsoo

I checked the patch notes and it looks like we are applying a small nerf to her W (same at all ranks), but not a whole lot. Hopefully I can get whoever worked on her for a more detailed explanation.

;_; leave her alone already lol Irelia may end up like Jarvan at this rate... She needs a new skin instead of more nerfs~

tol · 2011-09-11 19:06

fml.. .moar irelia nerfs wryyy

**Tyrath** · 2011-09-11 19:09

Spoiler: show

**Rivero** · 2011-09-11 19:28

Rofl @ the last panel.

**Meian** · 2011-09-11 22:58

and yet
Caitlyn will likely remain untouched by the nerf hammer (some old red post mentioned possibly lowering Q early damage zzz)

**Bweigelt** · 2011-09-11 23:08

Originally Posted by Meian

and yet
Caitlyn will likely remain untouched by the nerf hammer (some old red post mentioned possibly lowering Q early damage zzz)

Why would Cait be nerfed? The only thing she has going for her is range. Everything else she can do is done better by someone else. Her Q is slow and easy to dodge and doesn't do as much damage as say Ezreal's Q.

**Aero** · 2011-09-12 03:08

The real only thing OP about cait is the Taric cait combo. Build up a head shot; Taric stun > drop a cupcake underneath stunned person = 4 second snare with cait doing a shitload of damage.

**Meian** · 2011-09-12 09:26

Originally Posted by Bweigelt

Why would Cait be nerfed? The only thing she has going for her is range. Everything else she can do is done better by someone else. Her Q is slow and easy to dodge and doesn't do as much damage as say Ezreal's Q.

Cait Q: Physical Damage: 20 / 65 / 110 / 155 / 200 (+1.3 per attack damage) -- goes through minions
Ezreal Q: Physical Damage: 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 (+1.0 per attack damage) (+0.2 per ability power) -- does not go through minions

Range is a bigger deal than you can imagine. You can poke and farm in safety with LITTLE fear and have an escape ability which works through walls + slow. I could go on about the wall of traps at your turrent with their huge grab range (not sure if this was part of the aoe bug that has been going around with mordekaiser's E and galio ult etc) but I am more focused on the range, which is the real issue to me. Sure, Cait wasn't too great before her series of buffs but now it seems to be a bit too much. Corki's nerfs particularly his Q hurt him. His range is small and is reliant on Exhaust to take advantage of his passive and E (not to mention survive without the blind on Q). Tristana gets really good late game because of her passive (hi range) + Q, otherwise she requires a lot more skill to play right early on.

When I start to see high elo play Cait a lot (even more than Ashe and Corki) it also brings suspicions... she's just so safe to play allowing her to farm well to be ahead of other ranged carries. Not having a ranged at bot to farm safely (or strong burster gap closure like Akali) against her is fairly difficult on "relatively" similar level of skill between the players (that support will have to be pretty above average to turn the tide). If I win bot against Cait without ganks, chances were it was a really bad Cait, otherwise we have to be too careful.

Not asking for a significant nerf, tweak Q maybe or the passive. I'd love the range to be shorter but that isn't going to happen, hence compromising with the passive.

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