For a millennium, the archmage Ryze scoured the world, seeking out ancient runes and storing their power in his arcane scroll. Though Ryze cares deeply for his fellow men, he must forever remain apart from them—this often causes him to seem curt and temperamental to those he protects. The world may have forgotten the horrors unleashed by runic power, but Ryze remains vigilant.
Behold the Ryze VGU!
Hi Im Laudon24 votesHi there, (over 750 games with ryze ) This is all I need to know : +Why all these changes, when Ryze's problem was ALWAYS keyboard key W ? +This year ryze's passive rework (capped for 5 spells), why couldn't be nerfed the way that people would be happy ? // Our suggestion was to have something like rek'sai W (Rek'Sai bursts out of the ground, dealing physical damage to surrounding enemies and Airborne icon knocking them up for up to 1 second, based on their proximity to her upon emerging. Enemies cannot be affected again by Unburrow for a few seconds.) This would force ryze players to use abilities wisely = (1 use of root and %pene, then ryze would just combo enemies without special effect)? //We were suggesting this on PBE, but we got kinda rekt. This would make ryze "balanced" and with his passive... It's too late anyway +Can we get any " high skill cap " champions ? //Actually there are no champions that are hard to play - ehm just overnerfed
This is not aimed in offense: As active player I have to say one something... Our EUNE server losses It's regular player base. There are main reasons of players that decided to end: +Flaming (Kinda fixed, well done) +Trolling/AFK(Fixed) +Game's balance is based on professional players. (It's truth, regular players have too low value to change anything. Same with us 50 people on PBE wanting to suggest normal sollutions for ryze. | 50people on PBE is something crazy you can't even imagine) +REWORKS(Over-nerfs): Ryze, Veigar, Nidalee(spear),Master Yi(Tho It was crazy), Aatrox, singed, Kassadin these changes made most of my old friends change game
Suggestion: +We are members of your community that keep your game alive, show respect and let us vote/submit possible changes (We even support you by spending money for your "skins", It's not like we need them... though we want them :D but mostly we want to support your work) +Don't rework champions drastically +We need more items, there can't be that low number of builds...(we kinda missing QSS for mages)
Love you all
Get_Ryzed
MrRazzleDazzle12 votessigh Might as well just rename Zombie Ryze to "Green Ryze" as there is nothing remotely zombie-like about him.
RiotReav331 votesZombie and Dark Crystal will also have fully recolored VFX as well as some unique VFX
I LAV IT MATE3 votesPirate ryze should have some unique VFX, you know it costs 975 rp and ...... he is a PIRATE !!
RiotReav314 votesWe will be doing a unique Q VFX for pirate Ryze, as well as unique Q anim and a Unique Joke anim. The unique Q VFX won't be on PBE today but it will be there later this week.
DwarvenGiant3 votesPlease tell me you also kept the Q cannonshot animation with Pirate Ryze.
RiotReav325 votesWe did! It looks pretty sweet too. He actually pulls the cannon off his back and fires it for his Q
DwarvenGiant4 votesGreat to hear! :D
Shacophobic4 votesZombie and Dark Crystal will also have fully recolored VFX as well as some unique VFX
Yeah IGNORE his actual question, why Zombie ryze doesnt LOOK like a zombie anymore.
Sukishoo5 votesHe's always been the least Zombie of the Zombie skins, though the new Splash at least shows some Zombie action.
RiotReav315 votesHe's actually teleporting a horde of zombies on you with his new Ult!
DwarvenGiant4 votesWait, what? I mean, do the minions he teleports become zombies or something? Because if so, that's cool as hell.
EROTIC RAID BOSS1 votesThe real mystery for me is whats going on in his base splash? He has some kind of rune covered tooth? He's being attacked by ink? I can't really tell tbh
RiotReav310 votesYou will have to wait for his new lore..... :)
DwarvenGiant4 votesA splash based of a specific moment in the lore? Sounds awesome, can't wait to read his color text. :d
Sharjo3 votesI'm very eager for that new lore. VERY EAGER.
Quort2 votesHello! :D
If you don't mind my asking, I was wondering how Ryze's new ultimate ability fits him. It just doesn't seem very Ryze-y considering that, previously, he was all about dealing damage and his ultimate ability was a tool to help him spread that damage and relish in it!
My understanding from another of your posts is that the team utility was added as a balance lever, but how does it thematically tie in to classical interpretations of Ryze?
Thank you!
RiotReav39 votesSure.
Ryze was always called the Rogue Mage, and was kind of implied to travel all around Runeterra and was allied to no faction. The lore isn't out yet but you will see when it is that he is very much a world traveler and travels all around Runeterra on his quest. A Powerful Mage that needs to travel all around probably doesn't need to do that all on foot, so he learned to teleport around Runeterra to get around quicker.
From a gameplay perspective rather then lore, Ryze was always a Mage that wanted to get in close and be in the center of the battle rather then on the outskirts so a tool for him to engage made sense.
Quort3 votesThat's sound reasoning! Thank you for the response; I appreciate it and eagerly await the lore!
Chromatic Eagle1 votesDoes he still keep his relationship with that one girl? Does he use thorn magic? I'm not too attached to his old lore.
RiotReav32 votesYou will have to wait and see. I will say that his new color text (The short stories at the end of the bio) is probably one of my favorite color texts in the game.
turkeyBACON1 votesAgree completely here. I could understand taking away the exposed bones for the more sensitive markets but for pete's sake don't make him a recolor. They could have at least given him some molted decaying skin but nope zombies have pristine baby smooth skin apparently.
RiotReav34 votesThe scars on his body will also light up green when he casts spells. It's pretty cool looking
SomethingUnknown12 votesCan't wait for his rework next year!
Moonboy6511 votesbefore you ask, the model for Human Ryze is the old one, he should look like this in-game: https://twitter.com/Ququroon/status/747856234275999744/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
EROTIC RAID BOSS5 votesShame I can't get it
kitcat30011 votesI know they said hes the next one, but dam, that was faster than I ever anticipated.
Sukishoo1 votesWell has been a bit of time since Taric who was back in April. Now we're slowly nearing July. So almost 3 months between the two.
MrBuffington3 votesYea, but I recall Meddler saying he'd be out "sometime before 6.18", which I'm sure most people, including myself, thought meant that he'd be out in 6.19. It's only 6.13/6.14.
Skelenth6 votesI feel like his model and spell effects aside from his ult are a little underwhelming
PrinceBedazzled4 votesI really like this! I've always hated ryze but this makes him look really interesting and fun to play. That ult is awesome. Also why did you have to make human ryze his best skin ;-; we can't buy it
RiotReav34 votesWe don't prioritize skins based on how many people own it, we try to make them all equally awesome.
Solideus2 votesOh, hey! Could you say what Human Ryze's design is based on? Is he supposed to be wearing ancient Shuriman clothes, or perhaps there's a thematic link to some other faction? :)
Arkken4 votesI just feel like this ult doesn't gel well. Ryze has always been a combo mage. This ult doesn't really fit with him. You have 3 damage abilities that works together and then you have this ult. Like what was the design team thinking?
Weathered3 votesIf you didn't make him say "Lets go, lets go!" when he ults this rework is a fail.
RiotReav37 votesThat is one of his Ult lines! He has a couple different Ult lines.
nosafterburn3 votesdoes it make the loony tunes fade to black BEEOOOP noise as well? Cuz that would make me spend money on a new ryze skin if it did.
Solidair32 votesso where does this rework succeed where the last did not? Are we sure this won't get out of hand?
RiotReav38 votesIn general it is easier to balance a champion with utility on there kit. Previous Ryze was all about doing damage, and thats about it. Since every champion in the game does damage, if that's all you bring to the table then you have the do the most damage to be viable.
Giving Ryze a unique ability means that we can buff/nerf the rest of his kit and he will still have something unique and interesting to bring to the table.
kaltenashes2 votesToo bad his utility it's just a copy-paste, but better (for teams) tf ult
Battlecast Sona5 votesyes, it's a copypaste of an ability but it doesn't work the same way at all.
Kappa
SeargentAnus2 votesWhat is with most of your new reworks/champions having utility ults over damage ults? I like the change but I was wondering why the change occurred.
Lovely Pants3 votesI suspect there's just more new ground to work with exploring high-impact utility abilities. Earlier champion designs tend to be heavy on either stat boost or huge damage ults.
Also, I reckon that we're seeing more of a clarification between champions that do burst/fast damage and those that do constant damage. With the later, they tend to be naturally lower on strategic ability use already, so giving them greater "burst utility" gives them some additional thought around playing around windows of time while also letting their constant damage feel more impactful without need to worry about some huge burst ability eating into their potential budget there.
At least that's how I would rationalize it.
Battlecast Sona2 votesI think this hits the nail on the head. Morello said above that since everyone does damage, a champion who only does damage has to do more than everyone else to be viable. I think they're trying to shy away from this into a more sustained damage archetype for most mages, with utility. This makes it easier to balance (because nerfing numbers won't necessarily destroy the champ, because their kit no longer relies solely on dealing damage) and also makes the champion less frustrating to play against (there is counterplay involved that isn't static "do I have enough HP to tank his damage and kill him before he kills me?")
Valor Air Force2 votesWhy didn't you change his W ? This skill is the symbol of the lack of counterplay and it feels old designed.
Rico Nasty2 votesThat ult looks problematic af
sp4412 votesThat's... a really odd ult.
Also, I was off by two patches. That was faster than expected.
Hige2 votesI like the whole thing but... he does look a bit weird, can't pinpoint on what end though.
Oh his running animation :S