How about just making it a 50-70% slow like what Nasus's wither does? No one seems to have a problem with Nasus's slow, and it's not like Ryze is mobile or anything. The root is the thing most people have a problem with.
Variks the Loyal2 votesRune Prison is pretty iconic to Ryze, though. I don't think they should have nerfed it at all, and instead nerfed him in other areas.
For example, they could make his bonus movement speed from Q decay over the duration, so it's a fast sprint but wears off quickly.
They could give Rune Prison a percentage-based Mana cost, so it drains his mana if he uses it overly often, no matter how much mana he builds.
AstroFerrari 1 votesYeah I like all those ideas too. Sometimes I really don't think this game should be balanced directly around LCS so much, especially considering that Ryze doesn't do that well outside of those who are diehard players.
Fawkes041 votesWell, I think the E nerf on PBE should actually be enough - he will still be a monster lategame, but he gets to a state where he is like the GP of midlane: Smaller spike at Level 9, then he gets really strong at Level 13.
At the moment he is able to use 3 E-Q combos between 2 W's with his usual build. After the nerf he will get to like 2 combos (not quite sure, I have no PBE-Acc so I can only guess from the numbers instead of actaully testing). So I guess the W nerf would not even be necessary at all.
Chaos Milk Tea1 votesPoppy's old ult was iconic. It was her main thing. It was also her biggest problem. It's gone now.
Variks the Loyal1 votesI'd argue her wall tackle was much more iconic (And was preserved).
DragonShea1 votesYou WHAT!!!!!!!
[zombie-brand-facepalm] [zombie-brand-mindblown]
Kukan Seishin1 votes*Joker walks in
"It is simple, we remove the Ryze"