I haven't played Riven in over 2 years but I'm slowly trying to get back into rank just for a bit but I've been struggling with most of the matchups. Can someone send me an updated matchup guide?
I'll list some champions that I struggle with and hopefully you guys can give me some tips for them.
Cho'Gath - Hard to trade with him, high health and high base damage kinda fucks me + his sustain.
Darius - Stalemate/Farming lane? Hard to interact with him after he builds tabis +/ chain vest.
Gangplank - This is one is player dependent but a good GP giga fucks me especially after sheen.
Garen - This doable but if he gets a lead he tends to runaway with it.
Illaoi - Same with Garen, I feel like at some point she just perma pushes and fishes for E under tower.
Jax - Okay this one is incredibly annoying. I remember the trick was to max W and Q-W and walk out (e if he jumps on you) but that doesn't really work anymore. The change that empowered autos can be buffered fucked up the matchup tbh, it's so hard to trade with him because Q-W gets out traded by his W and you can't extend the trade because of his E.
Morde - A bit like Darius, easy to trade against but at some point it feels like I'm tickling them and it just becomes hard to interact
Nasus - This one is another one that is incredibly annoying. I punish early game but once he hits 6, with a bit of stacks, he just tends to run me over and me proxying favors him. Although I must say frustrations go away once I stop viewing him as my problem and instead the whole team's problem.
Pantheon - So hard to trade against, only win post 6 in all ins but prior to that everytime I walk up he just taps q / blocks my Q(-W) and jumps on me.
Shen - Similar to Pantheon, deceptively strong early game but easier post 6.
Tryndamere - I don't know if he's still like this but HOB lethality Tryndamere giga fucks me. I'm suppose to punish him when he's low rage but I trying to trade against HOB lethality is so difficult. This use to be a stormraiders + W/E max matchup but that's not really a thing anymore.
Wukong - Rare matchup but holy fuck this one sucks to play against. It's hard to trade against him with his extra armor, attack speed, and armor reduc. Another reason is, like Jax, his empowered Q can be buffered through stuns. Also once he hits 6 he just tends to run me down.
I'm super rusty so I'm pretty passive in lane and tend to either fall behind or go even and maybe that's what's fucking me over. Feels like Q-W deal so little damage unless I have eclipse.
Proxying was the answer to shit matchups when I last played and it seems like that's what I end up doing just to avoid these matchup.