Why would i pick Ryze over some1 else?

Smartness Immune··1 votes·795 views

When i browse the wiki for Ryze and i press the "Ability Details" / "Show" , they show all hes special interaction's that can be made. Something i noticed is on all of these show and say , quote : "This will be nerfed". For some time i noticed that, and it really happened.

Jokes, aside can i get some context why ? Hell, i'd rather play any champion atm instead of Ryze . I can bring more stuff to my team with others than Ryze . A 2 man stun from AurelionSol or just sheer damage with Brand ult it's better pick than Ryze .

Ahri / Anivia / Cassiopeia / Heimerdinger / Karthus / Lissandra / Lux / Malzahar / Orianna / Swain / Syndra / Taliyah / TwistedFate / Veigar / Viktor / Vladimir / Zoe / Zyra

All of the above bring more to a teamfight than Ryze . B-but Ryze can teleport your whole team. I call it bs. 180 sec cooldown (not taking 40% cdr in consideration) it's just straight up bad. Why? : Well, he sacrifices a damaging/cc ult for that 180 cd thing. He's interaction with item 3157 was removed, witch makes him pretty bad . Hell, at this point i'd even pick Azir over him. But i won't since Xerath exists. When other picks are better than him in terms of Damage/CC i'd just take them over him. Nerfing him again will only make him even worse than he already is. He dosen't even bring burst anymore. What does he bring besides a Teleport for hes entire team? Btw don't tell me a 2 sec root because i got Lux for that, witch can root up to 2 enemies witch also brings a shield for the entire team, also a slow/damage and a burst ult. Or Morgana with a 3 sec root / Shield that makes you unstoppable/black shield for magic resist / + a 5 man stun with item 3157 (at least 1 / 2 are getting stunned most of the times).

PS: I love Ryze and hes kit per se, but i'd rather bring something more useful for the team. Long cooldown's don't help either. You either buff some of hes strength back, or rework him for the 6-th time.

4 Comments

Madsin252 votes

His ultimate is a straight utility spell with zero damage. Know what that means?

His damage is spread across his basic abilitys. You have overloaded Q's pumping out 600 dmg every 2 seconds.

Ryze is not weak.

Smartness Immune1 votes

I still have no reason to pick him. I'd rather pick a champion that has more utility spells and damage at the same time. And honestly? I've never seen him do this damage since all the nerfs, because i've never seen him in the first place.

Madsin251 votes

He has the highest skill cap of any champion by a large margin.

A bad ryze is worthless. A good ryze is so oppressive.

Weedlayer1 votes

You shouldn't pick ryze. Nobody below master tier should pick ryze, at least if their primary concern is winning.

The win rate data is clear enough about that.

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