This is not a shitpost

I began LoL in the winter of 2012, in an small, dirty Internet Cafe. My friend said it was a free to play game already installed. We wanted to rush into a PvP game real fast, so I skipped over Basic Tutorial and went into Battle Training. There, I was told to select a champion to play, and I chose Ryze, my first champion ever. I ran through it in a half hour. I was already familiar with Ryze, so I played him in the next game too, because my friend was incredibly aggressive and did not like me to feed, even against AI. I thought Ryze was weak at first, but the blue dude began growing on me.

So, I played Ryze again and again and again. I had his range, his base stats at every level, scalings on every ability, his cooldowns, cooldown resets, animation times, all imprinted into my mind. Going mid? Got Ryze. Top lane? Ryze works. Jungle? Why not Ryze. Support? Ryze got that snare. ADC? Ryze. Had a dream where Ryze was running in the Olympics with MS quints and Mobi boots.

I went on Hiatus during the spring, because the weather seemed just lovely after a hurricane, and the flowers smelled nice. Then by the fall I was very busy. I played LoL some months, sometimes I did not. The amount I played began decreasing with each subsequent week. I forgot my username and password, forgot about the game. Then I stopped going to IC's altogether until

"oh sht ryze is getting a rwork" I received this from a text from that very friend who introduced me to LoL. It's been 2 years since we last communicated. I immediately downloaded LoL onto my computer, made a new account, and began grinding to Level 30, day and night. You can guess what champion I was using most of the time. There was this new class called Juggernauts, and they were pretty strong. But I kept using the reworked Ryze in the toplane. By the end of Season 5, I made it to Silver 3.

Come Season 6, I hear Ryze is getting yet another update. I pay no attention to this and build him the same: RoA, RoA, Rylai's, Spirit, Deadman's, WotA. The midyear mage update came, and the only difference was replacing WotA with Abyssal. Started in Bronze 2, but I climbed to Silver 3 again, and stayed there. My win rate was a solid 50%, and it looked like I was a true Silver for life.

----But then comes the Ryze update. It was a real big one, and his new animations looked beautiful. I played some ranked games on him. Because I was in ranked, I began using stat sites. Looked on op.gg for last 20 Ryze ranked games: 55% win rate. Pretty good. I thought it was just a short trend, but as the months pass, it began going up. 58%, 63%, 68%, 74%. I was dominating my lane every game. Even supposed counters like Cassiopeia were beat down. Soon, I made it into Gold! The funny thing was, most games, I did not even touch my ultimate. Not once.

I am not bragging. I am not a good player. Go onto op,gg or lolking or similar sites and see how I do with other champions. What I think is that Ryze is a bit too powerful at this moment. Please listen to me. I wrote a detailed post before, about how he should be toned down, but that got disliked with no comments at all, and probably won't be seen ever again. I've kept up with this VGU. Rioters and YouTubers said he was powerful, and that he should be getting nerfs. I wrote a post few months back http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/Mus1LWrm-do-not-buff-ryze-yet, and lots of people agreed.

Well, Ryze got buffed.

http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/gameplay/data-and-champion-balance-part-1 This link describes Riot's policy on balancing champions. A main point is that they balance around high level play. Take a look at faker's Challenger smurf: http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=mid+fekar That's a whopping Ryze 86% win rate with 22 games played.

But not only faker, but a low gold like me can use Ryze. I am a bad player, mid silver level. While my Ryze is good, it's ridiculous that I'm carrying games without even using my ultimate the whole game. I know now that I don't play Ryze to win. I play Ryze to improve from previous games. This is my most sincere plea: nerf ryze. This is coming from a Ryze main since S2.

Even if you do not play Ryze, I want to hear your opinion. If you disagree, tell me why. Call me stupid, agree with me. I've become attached to the Rune Mage, I say to nerf him, just slightly, because I care for this champion.

I think Ryze feels the same way http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/2/21/Ryze.move22.ogg/revision/latest?cb=20160709141136