I think it's time Ryze's Q got the Vlad treatment and the CD scaled per level invested heavily. Right now Ryze is supposed to be one of those AOE burst, DPS tanky mages that's god tier in the late game. For this heavy scaling he's too oppressive as a ranged character especially in the early game and his lvl 1 persistant harass potential needs to be toned down.
Thought?
I think this is a very reasonable idea, but I don't think the cooldown should not be too high at early levels because he should not be forced into maxing his core ability first, as opposed to right now where you can max his other abilities for different benefits (stronger snare or more MR reduction and multitarget damage). At the most, it should be no higher than 6-4 seconds.
Also, Overload technically does currently have a cooldown that scales with rank, on the technicality that it gives passive CDR.
I think the base damage could be nerfed, to make his early game less oppressive for such a hyperscaling champ.
IMO, Ryze's hyperscale should start a bit later, right now he gets there far to quickly. In my opinion.
Honestly though he shouldn't just become scary entirely because he leveled 1 ability.
He should become scary through itemization, but when that same itemization that gives him great power is also a tank build you have a huge problem.
The Dorans shield buff is a nerf to Ryze by itself
Yeah, I think that will be a solid adjustment to Ryze.
