Mages In League

vladmihai·Aug 6, 2017·4 votes·534 views

I've been having this argument with a friend that is a fanatic about lore ( like me) so : is Xerath, Brand or Ryze the most powerful mage? My moneu goes on Xerath since he's pure arcane energy. So what do you think?

11 Comments

EpicurusAug 6, 20179 votes

I don't think Brand counts as a mage. He is not a human using magic, he is a spirit inhabiting a human body. I also suspect Lissandra is on the same power-tier as Ryze.

LankPantsAug 6, 20174 votes

Most powerful: Xerath Most knowledgeable: Ryze Highest potential: Syndra

Brand's more of an elemental spirit than a mage, but even at that he only seems about as powerful as Xerath at best.

DWT12345Aug 6, 20171 votes

I would argue that Velkoz is both the most knowledgeable and has the highest potential. He's visits dimension after dimension, and has probably seen magic and science that the people of Runeterra can't even fathom. Top that off with being able to understand how something works just by disintegrating it, and he is pretty much unbeatable.

Imagine how powerful Vel could be if he deconstructed a world rune, and unlocked the secret to it's power.

LankPantsAug 6, 20173 votes

Vel'koz isn't a mage really. He's an otherworldly being.

Still Syndra's potential is implied to be nearly unlimited in the lore, it's quite possible that she has potential above and beyond Vel'kos anyway. Vel's potential is effectively limited to what already exists if you think about his method of obtaining knowledge. He can absorb knowledge that exists, but he can't create new things, which is something that it's highly likely Syndra is capable of.

Potential knowledge also isn't knowledge. Vel has the potential to know more than Ryze, that doesn't mean he does.

Ebonmaw DragonAug 6, 20172 votes

Veigar

He has a hat and a staff, that makes him an actual mage unlike the others.

And he creates black holes.

Case closed.

Warlord DienekesAug 6, 20172 votes

Xerath is probably the most powerful, in terms of pure magic ability. But honestly, he's kind of an idiot. I get the feeling Ryze is the opposite, he may not have the potential of Xerath, but what magic he does have he uses economically, intelligently.

SancreAug 6, 20171 votes

Right now? Xerath I think. Xerath is an unstable mass of arcane power, born of taking more that was destined to be given out of the Sun Disk

Ryze has lots of experience and probably has 101 tricks under his sleeve, but he is a normal, old archmage, that already speaks tomes about him, but if we are comparing age and magic powers, the winner is clear between these 2.

depends on what Riot do at the end with him, if he is the one that appeared in Nasus 's bio, he is no pushover to have both ascended brothers going for him, but nothing really grave has happened with him being around during the whole time Xerath was imprisoned, so he might be over Ryze in power level, but behind Xerath

FasmodeyAug 6, 20171 votes

Brand was the distraction prepared by human Xerath yes, It is confirmed.

Though I wouldn't say Ryze is the clear winner on magical powers. He is still human in the end, and even he agrees on how remarkable arcane magic Xerath has.

Handy Sandy Aug 6, 20171 votes

if xerath is pure arcane energy ryze could control him

[zombie-brand-mindblown]

FasmodeyAug 6, 20173 votes

I think Xerath understands arcane magic better than Ryze since he is the person become one with arcane. His body is arcane. He wouldn't let him control even if Ryze could, because his understanding of arcane is deeper and more potent.

FasmodeyAug 6, 20171 votes

I would say Xerath. Xerath historically has been far more catastrophic and dangerous than Brand as known.

Brand's sarcophagus was instantly shattered by Xerath when he was sealed, an artifact hold Brand for a millenia (and probably would even more if it wasn't weakened by Xerath).

Latter, Nasus and Renekton has chosen what was happening to Brand, It can be said that it was agreed by them what was going on in capital was far worse than "a vengeful being". If he was thaaaat dangerous, Nasus and Renekton would do anything to stop him, as they did for Xerath.

Lastly, as said by Sancre, Brand being free did not threaten Runeterra as much as Xerath did.