Mechanics are Overrated. Says the #1 EUW Riven

[@AloisNL]

Hey man! Thank you so much for making this video together, absolutely lovely result :D

[@boomugo123]

Alois>>>>>>Builteuw anyday

[@marvinpanvan]

Goat

[@SelathTV]

If your mechanics are bad I am a dumpster fire.

[@billcomentmid7343]

okok cool now show me how he play with Pinkward

[@Tomica031]

Riven main here, it is nice to hear from someone much better than me, the same thoughts that go trough my head. Many people can't get over fact that it is not season 2-3, riven is fighter, not assassin, and also fighter/tank items are pretty busted right now. So going tanky will actually allow you to do more damage, because you can be annoying for longer time. Prolonged fights are her biggest strength, you have so much mobility, shield and heals, so going in and trying to one-shot doesn't work anymore (it can, but it is risky and not necessary). Most riven mains struggle with this concept of teasing enemy and using everything mentioned as your advantage. Also, in loading screen you should think about what are you gonna do in game, split push, be the guy who kills adc and apc or just peel for your hyper carry, riven can do all of those, and yes, she is not strongest in any of those categories, but her ability to adapt and to be okay in any case is her biggest strength for me. Also, mechanics are important, but as you said, those few basic combos are all you need, there are some really hard combos that are useful maybe in 5% of the time you play or even less, and more often than not it will make you lose games, not win them. Furthermore, in my head I always have this pressure to win lane until level 3, because if I don't have advantage by then, it is gonna be hard and your only chance left is level 6. All in all, great video about my favorite champ in game

[@DJ_RH]

Impressive, very nice, now let's see the #2 Riven.

[@kokorochacarero8003]

Let's see Paul Allen's Riven

[@ronoronoronorono]

Look at that subtle auto weaving. The tasteful thickness. Oh my god. It even is a D1 player.

[@MantterTV]

On my way 👀

[@fallenpentagon1579]

I actually want to see #317 Riven

[@leoli1589]

@@fallenpentagon1579 boxbox

[@myb701]

I love that even if he isn't a super mechanical player, most outplays in the video are still sick AF and masterfully use Riven's basic mechanics and limits.

[@exodus1055]

Every single video of his has insane mechanics surpassing 80%of the playerbase wdym people he isnt mechanically insane with riven lmfao, what u need to do on riven to be classified as a mechanically god riven? Tf

[@myb701]

top 20% is like platinum elo, yet he is a challenger player. Like another comment said, he is very good at using the champion and knows his limits, yes, but (or even because) he isn't playing full lethality to one tap 5 men with a triple shitcast flash combo into 10km walljump to safety.

[@Denaregi]

4:55 - thats literally Adrian's Riven Double cast combo... So I kinda missed the whole point of this video, I just watched a normal riven guide with wave managment which is cool 'cause lots of players in Gold or lower elos forget that mechanics is like 10-15% of the win condition during the laning phase.

[@myb701]

@@Denaregi there was no auto, it's just a double cast with flash

[@Denaregi]

@@myb701 ur right, but still. It's a combo that can be fucked up. Trust me im used to die 'cause of it a lot while diving.

[@Mason-kd2zr]

Alois: *almost full stacks conqueror in a perfect combo* Alois: *waits a moment for cooldowns, then hits ignite at the last second to stack it up to 12* Alois: *taps an auto at the last second to keep the stacks up* Alois: *combos for the the full stack kill* Also Alois: "Mechanic don't matter on riven, guys."

[@hbrown2flyest]

nothing complicated here + he didn't need conq to finish the kill.

[@sebastit7d]

This is what I've always said, Champions like Riven, the Windshitter bros, Akali and Irelia are all champions whose mains int on them because they outplay themselves. It's like a fancy toolbox full of all sorts of fancy, state-of-the-art tools. Sure, you have everything you'd need to tackle any situation, but if it's too complicated to use and you in your hurry for finishing the job try to rush things, things will break. What Alois does is he knows what his tools do, and he uses them in a way that's consistent and reliable, not trying any fancy tricks. I respect him for that for sure.

[@18skeltor]

This is why I play Singed and Yorick 😂

[@knitz]

super well put lol

[@xjnpng]

lmao the windshitter bros But yeah well said

[@joonapukarinen1153]

@@18skeltor The greatest two champions. Well atleast Yorick I have no idea what the hell singed does

[@olifyne6761]

Gotta agree with you. Even tho i ve played a shit ton of riven i still find my self inting a lot, and many times playing worse than i did before, in the beggining. Outplaying ourselfs is really the word xD

[@leschopinesns100]

I don't know what you guys look at in term of Riven, but I've mained Riven for some time and all the people I used to look at were all challenger, and mastered the basics unlike said in the video. Also, it is said that AloisNL only masters 3 combo and doesn't use flashy plays, but we see him land a perfect or near perfect E 3rd Q F on 3 ennemies at some point in the video. Moreover, it is emphasized that AloisNL thinks about Riven as a "reset" champion, which honeslty all challenger Riven player think about her. The real difficulty about Riven always have been spacing and using your kit over and over while opponents run out of cds. I get the point of the video, which is that Riven isn't about mechanics only, she's about mastering the basics and enough mechanics to make her work (i.e necessaries combos), but I feel like the video is lying to us to a certain extent. Riven is maybe more mechanical than described (and not shown !) here, and I feel like people that are good at her know about her basics a lot more than the video make it seem.

[@titon7608]

I think his message is that He has the mechanics of a challenger player. Not of a riven one trick. Cuz his micro is still absurdly clean.

[@sr.365]

Can we just stop and witness for a second the shen at 2:34 absolutely WHIFFING his dash on not only 1, but two Champs who both didn't have their dash ability activated.

[@Reverie_xo]

To be fair, he was clearly trying to hit both of them with his E so he aimed between them, and it meant that both of them just had to sidestep in opposite directions, a bit greedy from the Shen, and well played by the Riven and Graves since realistically speaking if only one of them gets hit by the taunt, Viktor still dies there

[@jackspinner4727]

Hahaha that was impressive missing both

[@melio6768]

Every single clip is an insane outplay where he flashes or uses zhonyas in the perfect moment and cancels animations

[@jacopodam184]

True and he says "I have no mechanics" . This guy is more mechanical than 99% of riven players

[@darkin1484]

Nah, thats what it looks like to all lower elo players. In reality its just 3 4spells with 2 to 3 autos in between. Hes not pressing 20 buttons very fast. He's just calculated and executes the basics consistently.

[@mmorkinism]

@@darkin1484 3-4 spells is literally how many champion has in total in league.

[@rmada1234]

​@@darkin1484 Your reasoning is pretty bad. There is no champ that requires 20 buttons in the game. He just calculated and "executes basic consistently" for sure man. I'm sure you can do the same on Annie or Vex or Kassadin. No. You can't. It takes more to do those on Riven. This isn't a lower elo player thing. Those plays are still more more mechanically harder then most champions in the entire game lol. Hence it's still very mechanic intensive even though he says "mechanics isn't important". When it is. That's why East teams always beat West teams in pro in laning phase. These mechanics to matter. Just because he isn't playing Riven at the absolute top of the top tier mechanically wise doesn't change that he is still playing it mechanically at a level better then 99.9 of the player base. What he says is just pure fucking cap.

[@daMCcookie]

Using flash for a good engage in teamfights or zhonyas at the perfect time has nothing to do with mechanics tho. It's game knowledge no? Or do you want to tell me ur unable to flash Q as Alistar in a teamfight? Because it's pretty much the same with flash+Q3 on Riven since holding your cursor on the target auto aims Q for Riven. Don't get me wrong, Alois isn't mechanically bad but comparing to say oldschool Boxbox hes just "boring" to watch since he won't go for the fun flashy outplay.

[@givemethree2463]

I think it's really funny how much emphasis you put on him not caring about mechanics that much yet show dozens of clips where he executes rather difficult mechanics with ease xD

[@ajarofdirt3830]

it's like a billionaire saying money doesn't buy happiness

[@exodus1055]

@@ajarofdirt3830 +

[@Tomica031]

He said in video mechanics are important, but only few basic combos. All he wants to say that there are a lot of mechanicly better riven mains who struggle with everything else and at the end of the day are lower rank than him. Of course he is still has better mechanics than majority of riven mains, but he is not highest rank because of that

[@stagaries1696]

It's much easier to master mechanics, if you only have to practice 3. Most riven players just practice way more and end up having to spent more time on unnecessary skills

[@Nisenziart]

cars dont need wheels

[@francofouche8639]

Alois is honestly such a beast he's made me go for being the worst on my team when i play riven to being a constant carry,this guys game knowledge is worth gold

[@fahedmbarek6376]

Love you man, I love how in-depth you go into this game you are like Vsauce of league lol

[@atsukki]

2:35 THAT SHEN I CANT

[@locm4294]

like how the hell do u say this guy has no mechanics and its not needed and you are talking about wave management and then he just insta doublecast cvombo into poppy that was freezing his wave xD. min 5:00

[@Oslo-v3w]

Thought built was the best riven on euw

[@DavidDinant]

Only cause Alois was busy smashing people in competitive

[@1wxshenron]

built was rank 3 last season too, kinda weird

[@Antoine-du5qo]

He is

[@amidsid3482]

isn't built usually higher up in the ladder?

[@ticklingmonster7194]

Ye i was also wondering, didnt built got like rly Close to rank 1?

[@misipee3277]

@@ticklingmonster7194 i think built has hit rank 1 before, and im pretty sure built is consistently the highest rated riven on the planet

[@ste9240]

@@misipee3277 Ye Built reached rank 1 last season

[@ticklingmonster7194]

@@ste9240 So why the fuck is some random dutch kid named rank 1 riven euw

[@ste9240]

@@ticklingmonster7194 I guess it just give views

[@kaydegarde]

Please keep going these champion master interviews, really amazing.

[@kokorochacarero8003]

Macro gets you a victory screen Mechanics get you clips for your montage and fuel for your ego

[@Giant-Enemy-Crab]

Most of Riven's fancy mechanics are useless nowadays. The days of stylish one shot flash combos are over, she just doesn't have the damage anymore. She's locked into a single viable build almost every game (the only real question is whether or not you build maw). Hard wall hops have always been super niche use cases anyways.

[@JOHNRED663]

0:06 I really thought Dong was gonna drop the fattest verse when he started talking.

[@NiklasNeo]

lol never thought to see Alois on your Channel! :D Great Job as always!

[@taurusking_1997]

Donghua just wanted to say that your content is great. Keep it going! 😎

[@tobiasfunke8967]

Aged well 😂

[@Kasdog]

His mechanics are really good! I like the mindset he has though! All learning rivens should watch this vid!

[@SAINT_SPYRO]

"Mechanics are overrated" Proceed to flash ashe arrow on prediction at melee range. I understand thought and idea behind this video problem is he and probably me too since i m GM every season...we simply lost track of what is and is not mechanic. Some predictions for me are not even impressive anymore cuz i seen them and done them many times and its habit now. Seen his Shen E insta sidestep when he chased enemy with graves to blue ? Some people would not probably do even this and this is for them still mechanic. Mechanics are deffinitely not overrated. Maybe champion mechanics and champion ceilings... But not mechanics overall. There been many fights in this video where he played mechanicaly good and correct and clicked goredrinker or E at good timing. He also did multiple Q R cancel animations which is not for someone easy to do. I dont think this video make any sense deeper and deeper i look ngl...

[@Mumenz]

While you were studying mechanics, I was studying the wave

[@Test-iv4pm]

Item Information is out of date in upcoming patch, with Ability Haste reduced and removed on several of Riven's items

[@Topunito]

Absolutely true that Rivens need to be aggressive level 1. Never played Riven and even I understand this, every time I go against a Riven and they're weirdly passive from the beginning, they lose.

[@emerrinsytchannel1214]

It's funny how this was released immediately after deaths dance got completely gutted

[@DiegoGarcia-uf1uk]

2:35 lol shen

[@trulsarnes8277]

I laughed so hard

[@gianniskarageorgos4047]

i play lol for 7 years i dont think i ve ever watched if my adc has flash before a teamfight xd

[@Thejustincredible500]

I love your content. I will keep consuming until i am no more!

[@Piromysl359]

I would love to see Hashinshin reacting to this video.

[@aidanthomas250]

I like how you say the guy doesn't do any fancy mechanical outplay while in the background he has a smooth flash dodge kill on the ksante I'm the intro vid

[@RocoPwnage]

Riven is not an "I just have good fundamentals" champion, like the video premise fundamentally doesn't work. Guy's talking about how he doesn't care about mechanics while every single clip is him Q flashing, canceling every single animation, casting 2 spells at once and avoiding every single bit of damage thrown at him with the 4 dashes his kit has at 600 average APM. You already made a video about riste 4 years ago, the Garen onetrick who got to challenger. That's someone who can brag about not caring about mechanics because he mastered fundamentals and beats everyone on game knowledge.

[@Gallade36639]

oh this is where the subscription quote came from

[@God_of_Art]

8:16 no AA after 3rd Q cost F

[@casparinolol]

I read number 1 riven and thought he was gonna make a video on Built

[@OleksandrSlepnov]

what's the song at around 7:28?

[@soulsemblance3163]

Hashinshin be screaming at the intro of this video right about now

[@kokorochacarero8003]

RRRRRRRRRIGHT THROUGH THE COUNTERSTRIKE I FUCKING LOVE IT

[@vekinijebitno]

Nah hes too busy rawring on discord at 16yr olds

[@FlexLuther123]

8:13 healthiest yummi interaction

[@SoM3KiK]

Music is very loud donghua

[@moutainman2334]

I enjoy your videos! Any thoughts on interviewing Yamikaze Talon?

[@kevinfranco927]

Yamikaze is done with League of Legends

[@RiggedSam]

With all due respect, the background music can be quite loud. Other than that, great video and explanation!

[@localhobo5362]

the fun part about my experience playing riven couple seasons ago, is that when I started to execute a lot of different combos on Riven w/o putting to much thought, doing fast Q with my eyes closed and all that, I hated this champ, it became so boring to play her, and I dont know why. Learning her was so much more fun than actually playing her on my main account

[@VaderPepe]

Half a million points later I haven't touched her in ages and ended up picking up Elite500's playstyle on a simple champ. Weird.

[@joaodiasconde]

"does not rely on mechanics" man is being placed in 1v2 1v3 situations and killing them all xD

[@johnnymac6242]

I play no mythic shen jg. Posted about it on reddit and got flamed to no end.

[@Insanityltself]

Its Reddit

[@johnnymac6242]

@@Insanityltself the hivemind on reddit is disturbing. If you arent playing current meta u deserve banned

[@AC6PILOT]

Alois has taught me a lot bout not just the game and lane control but little things that make a huge diff, and his mechanics are good don't let this humble piggy trick you

[@battler_zz]

Mechanics ≠ Flashy Plays Glad to hear mechanics are overrated when they are the sole reason Riven can delay the enemy jungler's clear from the very first level, be a lane bully and one of the best midgame champions without any major repercussions lategame. Taking the right decision with Riven won't net you a good outcome unless you know which keys to press and when.

[@bradyrewell6130]

Mechanics are a very basic part of league. Even silver players have very good mechanics. It's macro, decision making, game knowledge, and awareness that divide players more often.

[@battler_zz]

@@bradyrewell6130 I disagree, silver players barely know how to kite

[@bradyrewell6130]

@@battler_zz If you look at Korean silver or gold, the onetricks actually can play their champs efficiently. Mechanics in League are much more basic than other parts of the game.

[@battler_zz]

@@bradyrewell6130I don't know, never watched any korean silver game that wasn't a streamer playing SmurfQ

[@luceafarul777]

Isn t BuiltEuw the rank 1 riven that also got rank 1 on euw ? Like they are both really good players but built is just kinda better imo

[@Ybo111]

AloisNL is ranked higher than Built so the title is correct

[@Smakey]

just had 3-9 days of ranked....but this vid makin me wanna try out riven in my ranked games. cant lose anymore LP right? :D

[@TheFlamingPig]

where is the picture in the thumbnail from?

[@woahtherebuddy5175]

A bit misleading. Not being the best mechanical riven player does not mean that you are not a more mechanical player than a jax sion darius cho urgot etc player. Riven takes mechanics period and also a ton of knowledge about matchups etc. She is one of the most demanding champs to learn in game.

[@uctunguyen3396]

Can you make a video on cait support she is driving me crazy

[@assault410]

mechanics are over rated says man with amazing mechanics

[@welkeen273]

I really don't understand of this statement that keep saying: "How is he do that without extreme mechanics" when literally wave management, time management, rune management, and champ skills timing management LITERALLY the whole mechanics of this game?

[@Jooohnm]

I love this new type of content

[@Nih1l__]

Ezreal, safe champ >> best ezreal plays him aggro Riven, flashy aggro champ >> best riven plays her safe I'm starting to sense a pattern...

[@wonthangsoop]

Moral of the story: Don't be obvious. Never let them know your next move. Gotta confuse the brain cells right?

[@baptistecochennec5956]

Idk in that video I saw the "safe riven player" going for solokill left and right while leading the team in teamfight don't look that safe too me?

[@Echteryon]

Him: I dont play mechanically based. Also him: Outplays with flash every single game between 1-4 lvls and probably even more later.

[@alexceltareplay3463]

If I have to play methodically just to be higher rank then I don't want to be higher ranked

[@daniellambeth6769]

the last outplay was probably the best but we couldnt even see it because the next video suggestion.........

[@geniuscarrot6021]

Riven is the reason goredrinker got its mythic passive reduced to 3%, most bruisers playing urf in normal games with how much cdr they get, and riven is on top of that. she doesn't need mechanics to be good, she just needs to be able to spam her abilities.

[@xNFR]

there are just champs where outplays are so statisfying lee sin riven vayne

[@Pixctvsff]

wait, does he look like young Dyrus with those glasses tho?

[@iReinTV]

can we raise the music more i can steal hear his voice at the start. xD

[@baIec]

Oh I see... This video is the reason why i've been seeing so many inting rivens in gold elo EUW

[@kadiea8664]

Vainglory being on the sponsor game list even if its a dead game.. I will always miss that game sighh

[@TheMehkey]

Clickbait title. He says mechanics on riven are VERY important.

[@Nezuko-fc4oe]

I thought this was gonna be about Built

[@yoinkling]

Alois! I've seen him play with yamato a few times I think. cool.

[@manuelgutierrez9675]

I dont outplay while he dodges veigars skill shots in his cage while also getting jumped by an attrox and another teamate dodges attrox last q and smacks the shit outa veigar forcing him back than proceeds to destroy the entire team line up by himself

[@volcanicviper5984]

so basically baus without the inting

[@anthonyotero4613]

Awesome!! Can you do #1 Kayle?? :)))

[@mohamedlaminekhireddine2992]

bets riven euw is BUILT no this man actualy

[@koanzx1]

Yea and by faaaar

[@GRproductionEnt]

mic is so low compared to rest of audio

[@Lyokalita]

"low deaths as possible." Baus: that's impossible

[@Luctiel]

my dude flash double casts and kills the poppy the exact moment when the video's sayin how unmechanical alois is.

[@raffaelbuchberger4261]

him: low mechanics also him: e+ult+flash+3rd q+ 2nd ult combo, flashing enemy skillshots while q hoping onto them. etc

[@reynergavrila250]

I thought the rank 1 riven euw is built

[@kubax8897]

Didn't age well with the build as DD got it's haste removed other that that cool video as always!

[@detergente0926]

Id say that in euw the best riven was rueven, but he quit like 2 years ago. He has the same playstyle of alois, and his prio were minion and timing

[@anieshuli]

Did he explain the riven fast q combo wrong? It was AA-Q-Movement command right?

[@eleos_22]

the movement is implied

[@pasf4118]

dont think u can do that now, after they removed cdr from DD maw ecc u can go eclipse black cleaver hydra tho eclipse now has cdr

[@icietla46]

But no omnivamp 😢

[@christopher-johnkoopman5333]

The way he explains it, sounds like WW top would be a hard counter to Riven. No?

[@christopher-johnkoopman5333]

Maybe even Trundle, because of his passive- but he'd probably have to itemize accordingly against those 3 pots?

[@schlemmes]

As a fellow Riven Main, even though I stopped otping her, I see 1 Problem with his fundamental gameplay. At least 1 aspect of his gameplay is a problem. He expects to be a menace so his team can capitalize on him when he splits or plays for teamfights for adcs. Problem in low elo is, that doesnt work. You have to basically 1v9 every game up until Master or even Grandmaster since people will ego int the game. At least thats my opinion

[@AcVinicious]

dude says '' huh he doesent mechanically outplays '' whilest showing 2 instances or even 3 in the intro where the player just MOLESTED the enemies outplaying them x-D

[@scrappl9e410]

he is very good, but the rank 1 riven EUW is built, he is often even rank 1 entire europe xd

[@dankevan5675]

With meta shift she is broken, because they nerfed the shit out of top laner with the meta change top laner used to be tanky and hard hit as fk at start of s13, now they loss their tanky, dmg, and healing. but riven still have her broken ass shield and no meta champion can out run her

[@stanfordchen1152]

Hey donghua can you perhaps do a video on a high ranked yasuo player? Much love on your videos they are very entertaining and informational thank you!

[@linaz.6694]

the rank 1 euw riven is built, i like alois but hes not close to the skill that built has, and built reached rank 1 during s12

[@ilovegame1712]

Can I ask u for interview of best Graves player?

[@houseatreides7331]

Literally using fast combo constantly with massive animation cancels and flash outplays " i dOnT pLaY mEcHaNiCaLlY."

[@Bighomer5]

whats up with the volume

[@Test-iv4pm]

It makes me wonder, how good would this guy be if he took the time to practice the more complicated combos?

[@senshy290]

meh this works for high elo gameplay but low elos dont gank top and dont think like this at all so its only useful for dia+

[@conkomcbonk]

The title is misleading. He's very mechanically skilled. He just states that it's not the most important thing

[@kyarthnohktiss]

Man it sure is a shame the emphasis placed on death's dance as an ability haste item in this video coming out some weeks after they removed ability haste from deaths dance lmao

[@acecopper2046]

"mechanics are overrated" as hes flashing literally every ability that could stop him

[@MrJacqques]

I am not sure how this guy can say mechanix doesn't matter, when almost every clip is showing very high mechanics. This guy is just saying it because he is so used to it and has played at such a high level that his "it doesn't need mechanics" is far from the "no mechanics" of your average player. Kogmaw hardly required mechanics compared to Riven.

[@notyourbusiness4254]

Kogmaw requires perfect movement and spacing to function

[@superjeroeno]

the point isn't that mechanics don't matter, the point is that mechanics are overrated/not the most important skill to have necessarily. A lot of the advantages he gets, and you can get, in lane are accomplished through smart gameplay like wave managment. Anyone in high elo is going to have good mechanics, but he can still beat mechanically superior players through different means.

[@mohamedelnaggar2688]

@@superjeroeno i'm bad new league player, os i really don't see how mechanical this game is. I mean it feels point and click game for me.

[@cheewana.7343]

What he meant was you don’t need to learn all the hard riven combos. Just learn the basic fast combos one and know that you could play around your E are enough to play her in high Elo. Do you expect to see that he could get a challenger without any combo? 😂

[@superjeroeno]

@@mohamedelnaggar2688 Go look at Irelking and try replicate his gameplay, you will see how truly mechanical LoL can be

[@kabloom6776]

Your commentary on this video doesn’t make sense to me and I feel like you got the wrong idea out of this. Just because he says mechanics aren’t important doesn’t mean he has sub-par mechanics. Just based on this play at 0:27 he clearly has great mechanics, he played that perfectly and flashed Ashe’s ult and Heimer’s E. Not to mention every other play in the video. What is “extreme mechanics” supposed to look like? I’m pretty sure every riven player fails wall-hops so idk what that even means.

[@manzimiliano2674]

Letertaly get here after an alois video lmao