When is this years annual Ryze rework?

If they keep trying to change Ryze's buttons but retain his "machine gun turret" playstyle, this will always be the case. Ryze has historically performed much better at a pro level than at the pub level and is the underlying reason why he's so difficult to get "right."

Granted I don't think it's a problem when some champs are better suited to professional play while others are better suited to pub play, but I'm not in charge.

He used to have all abilities point click If i remember correctly. So. The formula is every 3rd rework removes one point-click and replaces it with something more counterable in terms of direct counter. We need to wait two more.

The targeted snare is needed to deal with hypermobility.

It makes mobile champs tolerable, but really stinks for immobile champs, which is the majority of the top lane roster.

I think a bigger problem is that he's supposed to be burst+dps

Didn't people bitch and moan like the world was ending when Riot started removing instant point-and-click CC because "how else can you counter the hyper mobility creep"?

the real question is who is first? or ?

only a few times though, not to the degree that he was previously.

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You don't compensate nerfs.

Unless it's or

Yeah you do. Jinx for example, nerfed the early game attack speed she could get from q but buffed the late game attack speed from it. Or we have azir, after the several nerfs they gave him, they then made it easier for him to do the shurima shuffle as well as removing the cdr=attack speed part of his kit which was wonky. There are plenty of examples of compensation buffs during or following nerfs.

I mean if they made his snare a skillshot it would be reasonable enough to give him some damage buffs and increased snare duration since he would lose some reliability.

the Problem with his snare is that it is point and click and the Skill with the biggest range in his kit. even if 0.75 that is enough for a ryze to shoot out his entire full dps combo. The reason it is so hard to balance since 3 reworks is his snare. an instant cast, point and click hard CC spell with an 600 cast range (is the same as a cait AA range) you can nerf him all you want he will still find a way to become broken in Terms of power because of that spell, we see it as of right now, his winrate may lie really fking low but that is also mostly because he is now pretty difficult to Play AND even more lategame reliant than his last version. If it was for Terms of powers alone we can be pretty sure ryze would have his current winrate +10% at least.

as much as i like his design right now, no rework ever will make him balanced if they make his snare a point and click or an instant cast. at least give it an animation!

as Cheesyjoe said, make it a skillshot but make it maybe more rewarding to land it

{quoted} and I hardly think a .75 instant snare is oppressive. Without it, how will he ever hit enemies?

The same way Ezreal lands his.

I know Annie doesn't have an instant root, but isn't her ultimate and W practically instant? It's incredibly hard to actually miss it, unless the user misclicks. Just position your cursor over the enemy champion and they'll be stunned (arguably better than a root). Even better is that it can afflict multiple targets. She has the ability to 100-0 too.

There's no way Ryze can 100-0 unless he's already fed. Don't believe me, play some games of Ryze yourself. Countless times Lux's tried to trade with Ryze, trying to auto him for that bonus damage. Don't walk to Ryze, that's what he wants. Use your range to your advantage. It's a massive one. You can effectively poke him out of lane and build up a CS lead.

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Which one?

This one, it was his acctual VGU

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/champion-update-ryze-rune-mage