going to be getting his next gameplay update really soon, and despite his last one only

being a little while ago it was actually set for release before other expected reworks

such as Yorick’s. This was partly because his current kit wasn’t really healthy for

the game and Riot wanted to find a new direction for him, but also because he actually had

a full visual update & new lore in the works too that was finally finishing up. Now it’s

finally here so it’s time to figure out How Good the New Ryze really is! As always

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Ryze has always been the ability spam mage of League, but the problem was if you didn’t

know his spell combo then he’d be pretty much useless. At the same time, experienced

players were abusing him to completely destroy everyone, and the difference between his skill

floor and skill ceiling was a big part of why he’s been reworked. Riot actually managed

to fix this problem though, by giving him the option to be to use his abilities in different

ways. He can still spam pretty hard though, so he hasn’t really lost his identity in

the change. His old kit really revolved around timing his passive to get a window of power

way you could dominate an enemy, but that ended up being kinda unhealthy because in

the hands of an experienced player, they could use those power timings to destroy people

and then retreat to safety, until they were ready to do it again 10 seconds later. Some

of the aspects of his old passive have been preserved on his new Q, such as the shield

and the ability cooldown reductions, but for the most part that playstyle is a thing of

the past. The other big change is to his ultimate. It used to be mainly to give power in trades

through spell vamp along with letting Ryze deal AoE damage, for waveclear or teamfights.

It also offered him free cooldown reduction and a movement speed buff, essentially it

was just a super buff that he could use to boost his power even further. The Ultimate

has also been partially scrapped in the process - Ryze has totally lost spellvamp and the

free cooldown reduction, but he can use his abilities to give himself a movement speed

buff or to waveclear.

So his new kit takes the focus away from small windows of spam your buttons and kill stuff,

and turned it into a more conventional mage that can use his abilities in different ways

depending on the situation. You definitely have to think about the best way to use his

kit now, but overall it means healthier gameplay and makes him a little bit more fun because

you can actually use strategy to compliment his skills.

His new Passive is Arcane Mastery, and it basically works like a Vladimir passive - but

with mana instead of health. His spells deal bonus damage based on his total mana, and

his maximum mana is increased by 5% for every 100 ability power. This really rewards building

a mix of mana and AP, just like the original Ryze! Way easier to understand than his last

passive, that’s for sure.

Ryze’s reworked Q is still called Overload and it works in a similar way - throwing a

single target nuke in a line, damaging the first enemy it hits. Ryze’s new kit is about

using his abilities together in different ways, so it does come with a few interactions.

First of all, it has a passive saying his W and E will reset Q’s cooldown. Basically

that means that just like the last iteration of Ryze, you can mix a Q between every other

ability cast to spam spells like crazy - kinda nice of them to keep something familiar from

the last kit, even if he is quite different overall now! The passive also states that

casting his W or E will cause Ryze to charge up a Rune for 4 seconds. He can store 2 runes

at the maximum, and casting his Q while he has Runes will discharge them. That doesn’t

do anything if he only has one, but he if has two runes then they Overload Ryze, giving

him a shield and movement speed buff - similar to his old passive and ultimate.

Ryze’s new W is still Rune Prison, and it’s the simplest ability in his kit. It roots

an enemy for 1 second and deals magic damage. That’s it. Well, unless you have have Flux

active. We’ll get into that in a second!

Ryze’s new Spell Flux is the biggest change in his kit and can probably be thought of

as the core of his playstyle. The way you decide to use Spell Flux will change how effective

you will be on Ryze. Casting his E will cause him to apply Flux to an enemy, dealing damage

to them.The enemy is marked with Flux, and Ryze’s abilities will have bonus effects

when casted on an enemy with Flux. I’m actually gonna start with his E’s bonus effect because

it will explain how his Q works. The first time you cast Flux on an enemy, you’ll deal

damage and mark that single enemy with Flux. If you target the same enemy with Flux a second

time, it’ll spread Flux to all nearby enemies, dealing the same damage and marking them all.

You can also spread Flux to nearby enemies by killing a unit affected with Flux. Either

way, you now have an entire group of minions or champions marked with Flux, so what next?

Well, his Q will gain bonus damage against a target marked with Flux, up to 100% at max

rank, and will bounce to all nearby enemies who are also marked with flux. Yeah, you heard

that right. You can mark a whole group of enemies with Flux, and then deal double Q

damage to all of them at once. Pretty insane! This is Ryze’s new wave clear tool, and

also a way to get down some awesome damage in a teamfight against clustered enemies.

Hit E, hit E again to spread Flux to everyone, then follow up with a Q on any of the targets

marked with Flux to spread the Q to all of them. Having played a bit of the reworked

Ryze on PBE, I can tell you it’s just as crazy as it sounds. That’s not the only

way to use Flux though, it also has a bonus effect for his W, although it’s a little

simpler. If you use Rune Prison against a target marked with Flux, the root duration

is doubled to 2 seconds. This means you can quickly E->W a target to snare them for a

long time, letting your team follow up or giving yourself a way to escape. Remember

this will also give you two Rune stacks from your Q, so following up with a Q will give

you the shield and movespeed buff. This is Ryze’s new chase or escape combo, and will

let you lock down targets no matter what kind of sticky situation you find yourself in.

The part of his rework that has me the most excited though is his Ultimate. Pretty much

all of the old Ryze’s playstyle has been preserved in some way in his new kit, except

the power timings, cooldown reduction and spell vamp. This opened up Ryze to get a brand

new Ultimate, and it’s the only part of his kit that has a new name - Realm Warp.

This ability is INSANE. Casting it will open up a portal underneath Ryze. It channels for

two seconds, and then every allied unit - minion or champion - will be teleported to a new

location a short distance away. Yes, Ryze can now teleport his team a short distance.

The Ultimate escape tool, or the ultimate surprise attack? Depends how you decide to

use it. I wasn’t sure if Ryze would see competitive play until I saw this ability,

and I cannot wait to see how the professionals manage to abuse it to create some super awesome

plays in teamfights. An interesting feature of the new Ryze is that his Q has 6 levels,

and his Ultimate only has 2. Riot didn’t want his Ultimate to be gated by allies needing

to know so many different ranges of the spell. This means it’s less useful early game,

but in its second rank it becomes considerably more useful.

The most impressive part of Ryze’s new design is that he’s really well laid out to offer

something to players of all skill levels. The first thing to learn is his Max DPS combo,

which will be familiar for most people that played the last Ryze. His W and E reset his

Q cooldown, so you can Q-W-Q-E-Q really quickly for some insane damage in a short time. This

is pretty much how you’ll trade with squishy targets to burst them out quickly, so it’s

definitely step 1 for a new Ryze player. The next step up is to learn his E combos and

how to use them effectively. E-E-Q for example lets you waveclear or damage a group of enemies,

so poking with an E then following it up with another one once it’s off cooldown is a

sneaky way to push through a ton of damage. You can also quickly E-Q a single target for

the bonus Q damage as a nice harass tool, or E-W if you want to lock down a target long

enough for a teammate to help you deal with them. This is also great for stopping people

tower diving you - a 2 second root is no joke and that’s a lot of tower damage to deal

with! The next level up for a Ryze player is to learn how to choose between using the

max dps combo by alternating spell casts between Qs like we mentioned earlier, or saving his

Q until you have to Runes stacked so that you can grab the shield and movement speed

buff. It’ll take a lot of practice for this to become second nature, but it’s really

cool that you have the option to do it. Of course, using his Ultimate is also gonna be

super core to his playstyle, and deciding whether it should be used to engage or escape

will really come down to your decision at the time.

Ryze’s rework will probably really shine in the same way he did before - dominating

lane with his burst. He’s way more flexible than he was before though, so he’ll hopefully

be able to bring more to a team rather than just being sat on his own, crushing single

targets. Realm Warp especially is going to be a huge tool in Ryze’s arsenal, and we

definitely expect to see some team comps drafted around Ryze’s Ultimate to abuse it as much

as possible. Losing spell vamp really hurt Ryze though, and staying outside of his E

reduces his options in lane down to just pressing Q now and again. This means it’ll hopefully

be easier to counterpick him, using poke champions who can stay outside his combo range. Overall

we’re really excited to see his new rework in action and personally I think Riot did

an amazing job finding a niche for him while preserving everything we love about Ryze.

He does seem a little too powerful at the moment, but it should be a bit easier to balance

him with the new changes without rendering him totally useless, so that’s good.

We’re pretty excited to see the impact the new Ryze is going to have on the game once

he is released. It was pretty expected that he’d keep his trademark mana scaling and

combo playstyle, but that new ultimate is kinda insane so we’re really hyped to see

the awesome plays that people are gonna use it to pull off. As always we’re really interested

to hear your thoughts on new reworks so make sure you leave a comment and let us know what

you think of Ryze’s new design! And it looks like that’s gonna be it from me, if you

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