If anyone was to be LoR's Exodia, it had to be a champion notorious for never being balanced and that some players knew how to abuse to the points of the game having to change as a result.
His thematic, his gameplay, his effects, everything is done incredibly well and is extremely exciting. My only problem is with his level up animation. It feels lacklustre and doesn't fit him well enough.
Overall, I love the design. No units all spells sounds like a cool and unique deck, and having a "Perfect Board" to aim for over the course of the game is a fun objective. Not the best level up animation. I also really like that he's basically trying to come out of hiding to fight the Darkin. Very cool combos. The randomized world runes is both thematic and will make each game more unique and interesting. Awesome design. I hope he's good.
@@ferrumoferebus yeah. At any given time you can have up to 6 units and/or landmarks on your board at a time. Ryze wants to be on the field and he wants you to have all 5 world runes out with him, so you don't really want to have other units who can take up space, so you'll wind up making a deck that really wants to stall for time by using stuns, heals, removal and stuff like that, instead of using challenger units to remove things or normal units to block, for example.
Me too. From the releases, this is the one that caught my interest. Kayle is too vainilla and Aatrox is... okay I guess. Just... we can counter Aatrox with that ONE yordle
@@TheNicokapo I mean bring ONE landmark removal and ryze'll be having a hard time as well. Play noxus aggressive and I think that'll be his weakest matchup
I love how somber and almost sad his voice lines are, you can just feel how weighed down he is by his responsibility and how much it’s wearing him out, and yet he keeps going
I think most people are missing the point of his level up animation. Ryze whole goal of collecting the shares was so they were never used again. Him being looking so sombre and defeated even, is because he has to use the very things that almost destroyed his world in the past.
I actually like his level up animation. For most Champions, their level up feels like the best day they ever had. For Ryze, he's just sad he had to go that far.
Lore wise it makes sense and it is so cool but man did they make such a lazy animation there , atleast they could have made the background more alive with darkins fighting
The model makes him look like ps2 model, low res compare to the card's art. The endgame special "cut scene" is just a zoomed in png image with some lightning effect, super low res as well. Riot clearly shown their budget cut from the game
Indeed. He mostly just wants to hide the runes but since he is seeing the destruction the darkin are causing, he feels like he NEEDS to use them. Amazing levelup.
He doesn't do anything flashy but only man up and decide to save the world from this shitshow and that's as far as you get when trying to show Ryze gets "stronger" and level up，not much changes orther than the fact he's willing to use the rune to end his opponet now
I like how playing Ryze means that you have to sacrifice your deck’s structure. It’s not so overpowering this way. Of course in a real game and not a showcase, getting all those landmarks on the board while keeping Ryze alive would be much more difficult. Landmark removal, stuns, recalls, kill spells…there’s so many things that can break his gameplay. The skill curve on Ryze is very steep.
Wait, do you even know his lore? Hes whole thing is literally to collect the runes so they'll never fall into the wrong hands again. The last thing he wants to do, is to make us of it. If you want a good look into his past, read the 'Ruination' novel that Riot released, it is freaking amazing.
Shard of Hope was the last rune needed in Ryze’s “Call of Power” cinematic. Here, it is the featured graphic for Ryze’s alt. win-con. Seems like his journey could come to an end in the LoR canon.
Imagine having the celestials ask you for help cause you're that strong with the world runes. He truly is inevitable. Honestly, if league had a main character, it should be Ryze 🤣.
i love how he still feels like a machine gun of spells that get activated every time he attacks or summons a rune, it really does feel like the relentless battle mage he is meant to be
The fight between the Darkins under the command of Aatrox against Xolaani becomes so destructive and potentially world ending that a targonian army of Celestials descends upon them led by Mihira , the aspect of justice and her daughter Kayle. However they arrive to late as Xolaani already grows to powerful. She kills Mihira and it seems in the end only Kayle remains on the Battlefield against Xolaani. She sends out her Winged Messanger to Ryze, pleading for help. He is unsure if the world deserves to be safed so he uses the world runes to see into mindscapes, it appears that he can see the past in them. He comes to the conclusion that despite their flaws the people of runeterra do not deserve this fate and uses the power of the world runes to destroy Xolaani. It is unsure if the Darkin all together are dead or if they are just sealed away once more.
I mean he wants to keep the world runes so people don't destroy themselves So when threat bigger than world runes arrive he uses them even though he doesn't want to
From different arts it seems like Ryze is stuck in an apocalyptic battle between Kayle, Aatrox and a powered up eldritch form Xolaani! So yeah probably a pretty good reason!
"I cannot stand by in the face of apocalypse!" That is a great quote with some amazing voice acting. I got chills. Also, amazing to see the world runes in action then seeing small tidbits of the aftermath. (From arcane or ryze teaser video)
I hope for some great interactions between him and Pantheon Both Men who wield powers not even Gods can be trusted around through sheer will and want to protect us from it
Ryze is the champion that perfectly represents Runeterra as a whole, using the world runes, the very essence of this world in order to save every being
He's using the very magic that the people almost destroyed the world with. His level up is his ULTIMATE desperation and pray he would let go of the power he holds
Love all of his design except animation he looks so young. But anyway thanks rito to present him early. Cant wait to another interesting card design like xayah and rakan
I like the simplified level up animation. I just wish they emphasized his powering-up (near the end) a little more and polished his model. Simpler animations should be a give and take; the take is the simplicity of the overall level up but the give should be that it’s more polished and dramatic (think Ornn). Still beautifully done and I’m loving the stylized visuals pre-level animation (kayle also has it and it’s so beautiful). Overall most excited for Ryze.
The funniest thing about all of this are all of the people heavily criticizing the level up as "not eventful enough". W-h...What? It's AMAZING, from a storyteller perspective. Ryze is a RELUCTANT SAVIOR. Why would he have a level up animation where he's just slinging magic and killing a bunch of dudes?! I don't understand that, it's not his character at all and he has no reason to be happy about using such a dangerous power to destroy an enemy? That's great writing and stays true to his character for being what he is to the world, and furthermore to the story as well. 10/10 level animation, I like the aspect in the background almost pleading for him to save them from the potential of this world ending darkin? Like come on man, that's crazy good.
Victory Dragon is a little different since it basically wins 2 duels since most matches are best of 3. Fiora is more like phantasm spiral assault since you destroy monsters by battle. But then again how many ygo players know this?
The level up animation was underwhelming so I thought he would have a sick game ending animation (we are collecting world runes so it should be epic). Got a close up of the blue rune. Disappointed, but still excited to play him.
Love the design but honestly I thought after his level up animation being kinda mild that the world rune finale would be more dramatic, I hope it's better
He knows that the hardest choices require the strongest will and when he's done collecting the runes, he rests, watches the sun rise on a greatfull universe.
I LOVE how he needs 5 world runes, meaning to end the game, he has to be alone
EXODIA !
Yuumi can always assist him!
He is inevitable.
@@GFDIAA DESTINY BOARD
@@GFDIAA ITS TIME TO D-D-D-DUEL
Cant wait for the first ryze rework one month after release 😃
Wdym
@@lepouletdemacron7493 Ryze on the MOBA game has an infamous reputation of getting the most reworks in league history
@@lepouletdemacron7493 ryze has had 5 or smth reworks over the years so its kind of a running meme in the league conmunity
@@rabgix8805 ah yeah i remembrr
Rework his lv up animation first, Rito pls
ryze is going to create a whole new wave of nocturne emote users and i'm here for it
Hahahah Yu-Gi-Oh exodia moments
Oh my gosh!! Yessss 👏🏼!!
At least nocturne has a better level up animation
@@NH-hq7ly bro shut up!!!!!!!
IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO CALL HIM!!!!!!!
If anyone was to be LoR's Exodia, it had to be a champion notorious for never being balanced and that some players knew how to abuse to the points of the game having to change as a result.
Kasa also hits
@@nightcoreinsanity1294 yeah, but in lore Kassa is just some guy corrupted by the void, barely able to even breathe on his own
@@alonnie1919 I wasn't talking about lore , Kassadin was the only champ with 99% ban rate
@@nightcoreinsanity1294 Akali also had a ban rate of 99% in pro play and Aphelios even achieved 223% ban rate in Korean challanger.
@@tarmairon431 how is possible to have 223% ban rate?
His thematic, his gameplay, his effects, everything is done incredibly well and is extremely exciting. My only problem is with his level up animation. It feels lacklustre and doesn't fit him well enough.
and his face look weird too.
@@pongsapaksubpokatorn6138 he looks about 20 years younger in it, its so jarring
I agree completely. The card art for him is excellent, but was really hoping for something a little different for his level up.
He looks way too young in it imo
@@SomniaCE i think its supposed to be a flashback to when he misused the runes and destroyed an entire nation
His story through his card flavor texts and his world rune splash arts are some of the coolest things in this game!!!
Overall, I love the design. No units all spells sounds like a cool and unique deck, and having a "Perfect Board" to aim for over the course of the game is a fun objective. Not the best level up animation. I also really like that he's basically trying to come out of hiding to fight the Darkin. Very cool combos. The randomized world runes is both thematic and will make each game more unique and interesting. Awesome design. I hope he's good.
His level up is so easy to achieve, so I think they wanted to make it simple and quick since you're gonna see it every game.
@@ferrumoferebus yeah. At any given time you can have up to 6 units and/or landmarks on your board at a time. Ryze wants to be on the field and he wants you to have all 5 world runes out with him, so you don't really want to have other units who can take up space, so you'll wind up making a deck that really wants to stall for time by using stuns, heals, removal and stuff like that, instead of using challenger units to remove things or normal units to block, for example.
@@Biffmin the 3d model isn't up to the expectations though
Me too. From the releases, this is the one that caught my interest. Kayle is too vainilla and Aatrox is... okay I guess. Just... we can counter Aatrox with that ONE yordle
@@TheNicokapo I mean bring ONE landmark removal and ryze'll be having a hard time as well. Play noxus aggressive and I think that'll be his weakest matchup
Finally a unique playstyle. I can be Thanos now.
Exodia...
Perfectly unbalanced, as Ryze should be
I love how somber and almost sad his voice lines are, you can just feel how weighed down he is by his responsibility and how much it’s wearing him out, and yet he keeps going
I think most people are missing the point of his level up animation. Ryze whole goal of collecting the shares was so they were never used again. Him being looking so sombre and defeated even, is because he has to use the very things that almost destroyed his world in the past.
It shouldn't need to be read into that deeply.
It feels boring and looks sub par compared to others, man looking like ps3 kratos
@@ryanbarry34 So, you want Runeterra lore to feel like Call of Duty?
I actually like his level up animation.
For most Champions, their level up feels like the best day they ever had.
For Ryze, he's just sad he had to go that far.
Know what? You convinced me, gj
I just wish they used a better model for him
My guy settling for mid💀
@@point7ess646 at least it isn't as bad as Ekko
Mf looks like god of war 1 kratos
Most level ups: exciting epic movements as if it is the best thing to happen to them.
Ryze: just kinda stands there sad
It’s fitting for his character. He would rather not come to this point where he needs to use the world runes
Well, for Ryze it is the worst thing.
The model and effects aint even good
Lore wise it makes sense and it is so cool but man did they make such a lazy animation there , atleast they could have made the background more alive with darkins fighting
The model makes him look like ps2 model, low res compare to the card's art. The endgame special "cut scene" is just a zoomed in png image with some lightning effect, super low res as well. Riot clearly shown their budget cut from the game
Finally Ryze gets some attention outside of proplay.
He will get reworks too
I find it interesting how somber his level up is, perhaps it's because he never wanted to use this power
Indeed. He mostly just wants to hide the runes but since he is seeing the destruction the darkin are causing, he feels like he NEEDS to use them. Amazing levelup.
He knows what it's capable of. And he knows what can happen if he gets consumed by it.
He doesn't do anything flashy but only man up and decide to save the world from this shitshow and that's as far as you get when trying to show Ryze gets "stronger" and level up，not much changes orther than the fact he's willing to use the rune to end his opponet now
@@phoenixflamegames1 wdym amazing the guy feels like he just came out of PS2
@@ninjin8048 true, visually it looks pretty awful
'I pray you will not need me again' is such a cool line especially knowing his lore.
It is time to realm warm into the enemy nexus
Hope he has a interaction with Zilean after saying “ we don’t have enough time”
He also needs an interaction with Kalista and Viego, want to see if he still blames himself after all this time
@@aetriandimitri190 was Ryze involved in the Ruination somehow?
@@northwind6199 he's pretty much the entire reason it happened by unintentionally enabling the events. He fully blamed himself.
@@aetriandimitri190 may you explain me how it happened? 🙃
@@aetriandimitri190 I thought this was the interaction for viego ( 1:52 ) but they played it here with Aatrox.
Precision, Domination, Sorcery, Resolve, and Inspiration
phase rush eqeqeqeqeqeqeqeqeq
His levelup animation is very simple yet it fits him so well.
Low cost Level Up animation
Kind of boring... yeah that's why it fill
If only said the same for Teemo's walking sperm. It needs an upgrade!
the ending is just a zoom-in of an image though... oh well
man idk.. feels very cheap to me (specifically the 3d model).
I like how playing Ryze means that you have to sacrifice your deck’s structure. It’s not so overpowering this way. Of course in a real game and not a showcase, getting all those landmarks on the board while keeping Ryze alive would be much more difficult. Landmark removal, stuns, recalls, kill spells…there’s so many things that can break his gameplay. The skill curve on Ryze is very steep.
The original purple man who collects stone that ends the world when he succeeds
Ryze is blue and Thanos was created in the 70s
Wait, do you even know his lore?
Hes whole thing is literally to collect the runes so they'll never fall into the wrong hands again. The last thing he wants to do, is to make us of it.
If you want a good look into his past, read the 'Ruination' novel that Riot released, it is freaking amazing.
@@katiequeen7225 you're welcome
Shard of Hope was the last rune needed in Ryze’s “Call of Power” cinematic. Here, it is the featured graphic for Ryze’s alt. win-con. Seems like his journey could come to an end in the LoR canon.
thanos is here!
thanos is here!
Lol😂
You beat me to it XD
@@JohnPaul-EruRainon Im too fast :)
Ryze should have a gauntlet equipment
I'm glad LoR has captured the most essential part of Ryzes design, which is him being a balancing nightmare
Wouldn't really say so. To me this just seems like a mechanic that Fiora and Soraka have as well, a (if not completely original) refreshing playstyle.
My only problem with this is that he can just summon the world runes that is to his ability to get delve into the past to summon them every round.
Ryze in lol: Rito plz, dont nerf me again ;-;
Ryze in lor: I am inevitable
Imagine having the celestials ask you for help cause you're that strong with the world runes. He truly is inevitable. Honestly, if league had a main character, it should be Ryze 🤣.
Deckbuilding and playing with ryze looks very interesting and unique. Both animations could definitly use some work.
yeah, the 3d model for ryze looks odd
It's very hard not to compare his animations with the ones for Kayle and Aatrox in terms of quality
@@K3kskri3g3r aatrox is weak too, I feel the artwork has stepped down from jarven and sivir. A bit too cartoony. Hope the mmo isn't like that 😬.
i love how he still feels like a machine gun of spells that get activated every time he attacks or summons a rune, it really does feel like the relentless battle mage he is meant to be
I'm hoping for the story behind as to Ryze deciding to start using the world runes, after centuries of fearing their power.
The fight between the Darkins under the command of Aatrox against Xolaani becomes so destructive and potentially world ending that a targonian army of Celestials descends upon them led by Mihira , the aspect of justice and her daughter Kayle. However they arrive to late as Xolaani already grows to powerful. She kills Mihira and it seems in the end only Kayle remains on the Battlefield against Xolaani. She sends out her Winged Messanger to Ryze, pleading for help. He is unsure if the world deserves to be safed so he uses the world runes to see into mindscapes, it appears that he can see the past in them. He comes to the conclusion that despite their flaws the people of runeterra do not deserve this fate and uses the power of the world runes to destroy Xolaani. It is unsure if the Darkin all together are dead or if they are just sealed away once more.
I mean he wants to keep the world runes so people don't destroy themselves
So when threat bigger than world runes arrive he uses them even though he doesn't want to
From different arts it seems like Ryze is stuck in an apocalyptic battle between Kayle, Aatrox and a powered up eldritch form Xolaani! So yeah probably a pretty good reason!
if he uses the runes he can destroy the world. how do you write that without ending the lore ..
@@blackfrostangel9436 See, that's the other part I don't understand. Wasn't Mihira dead?
"I cannot stand by in the face of apocalypse!"
That is a great quote with some amazing voice acting. I got chills.
Also, amazing to see the world runes in action then seeing small tidbits of the aftermath. (From arcane or ryze teaser video)
arcane didn't have world runes in it? it had hex crystals.
@@tree7114 They showed the destruction the world runes made in Heimerdinger's flashbacks
THAT AATROX INTERACTION IS SICK
Always has been
@@aatroxtheworldender933 No!
Im always happy to see and hear champions' original voice actors and actresses
Aatrox: "Come to watch your world die?"
Ryze: "No."
*proceeds to activate the world runes and causes the end of the world*
Ryze is the main character of the Runeterra universe. Glory to the plan EQEQEQEQ
Realm Warp to mill 3! EQEQEQEQEQ!
"You know what I miss? Standing still."
HOW DID THEY PERFECTLY SYNCH BOTH THE LEVEL UP AND THE WIN TO THE RYZE SONG WITH THE 2 BALD DJS
YEEEES BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ALL DAY
I hope for some great interactions between him and Pantheon
Both Men who wield powers not even Gods can be trusted around through sheer will and want to protect us from it
I've never been this excited for a champion before
This is actually quite close to how I envisioned Ryze a while back, very pleased with this direction for him.
As a Ryze main, I feel happy.
this is really spicy. i like the art, the flavor and the lore in his package. i am really happy with this!
Ryze is the champion that perfectly represents Runeterra as a whole, using the world runes, the very essence of this world in order to save every being
He's using the very magic that the people almost destroyed the world with. His level up is his ULTIMATE desperation and pray he would let go of the power he holds
bro honestly so excited for this update now
Love all of his design except animation he looks so young. But anyway thanks rito to present him early. Cant wait to another interesting card design like xayah and rakan
I like the simplified level up animation. I just wish they emphasized his powering-up (near the end) a little more and polished his model.
Simpler animations should be a give and take; the take is the simplicity of the overall level up but the give should be that it’s more polished and dramatic (think Ornn). Still beautifully done and I’m loving the stylized visuals pre-level animation (kayle also has it and it’s so beautiful).
Overall most excited for Ryze.
She Who Wanders:You're already dead.
I'm glad they did recarst the VA from Ryze's Ruination
i expected more from the level up animation, but the win condition animation is rly cool
I can't wait to see the rework!
lmao underrated comment right here
Every expansion I'm in awe how the devs consistently come up with new mechanics without rehashing old ones
its crazy to see how much the creators of the games love ryze
Because its the name of an original developer. Almost like a self insert minus the personality
"Create 2 in your deck."
Ryze:Some will say I have to much power
Others say I can't be trusted
Maybe they right
The only power truly have is strength to let it go
The funniest thing about all of this are all of the people heavily criticizing the level up as "not eventful enough". W-h...What? It's AMAZING, from a storyteller perspective. Ryze is a RELUCTANT SAVIOR. Why would he have a level up animation where he's just slinging magic and killing a bunch of dudes?! I don't understand that, it's not his character at all and he has no reason to be happy about using such a dangerous power to destroy an enemy? That's great writing and stays true to his character for being what he is to the world, and furthermore to the story as well. 10/10 level animation, I like the aspect in the background almost pleading for him to save them from the potential of this world ending darkin? Like come on man, that's crazy good.
I've been waiting for a champ with this kind of solo design. I thought before Riven came out she was probably the best candidate but this is awesome.
Fiora is victory dragon, star spring is final countdown, bandle tree is exodia, ryze is destiny board.
Victory Dragon is a little different since it basically wins 2 duels since most matches are best of 3. Fiora is more like phantasm spiral assault since you destroy monsters by battle. But then again how many ygo players know this?
Or F.A. winners
Thanos of Runeterra
I just love how they still use his "lets go lets go"
I've been waiting for this
The level up animation was underwhelming so I thought he would have a sick game ending animation (we are collecting world runes so it should be epic). Got a close up of the blue rune. Disappointed, but still excited to play him.
He's collecting it, so no one can actually use it, even him. So it's sad he got to the point he had to do it.
Now for the brand reveal next year fingers crossed 🤞
Ryze is my favorite champion so far, hes lore its sooo dope.
i like that he's all alone, very on theme
Love the design but honestly I thought after his level up animation being kinda mild that the world rune finale would be more dramatic, I hope it's better
i don't really mind the underwhelming level up animation, but the victory animation should have been more like fiora's imo
YO first ever league animation ryze is back!!!
I think we can all agree that this is the best Ryze rework so far.
I would totally play this game if it had a mode where it tells you the story behind its champions as the Path of Champions had before the rework..
Those aren't canon. You can always read stories.
why he look kinda different when level up
The return of "Let's go, let's go!"
The ryze rework saga continues!
They did Ryze dirty
Can't wait for Sol interaction!
Cant wait to use him in PoC. Been waiting for him so long
Woah I hope there will be some interactions between him and Brand in the future
THE LORE IM FREAKING OUT!
They really recreate classic exodia concept in an interesting way
Ryze Shurima Deck gone be itttt.
Ok after a long time a super excellent champion design😭❤️❤️
The Exodia deck (Runeterra edition). Love it
HE said it! Lets go Lets go!
He's like a cross between Thanos and exodia
The voice acting is amazing
He knows that the hardest choices require the strongest will and when he's done collecting the runes, he rests, watches the sun rise on a greatfull universe.
Finally a new member to Loner of Runeterra beside Anivia
Oh good all the tellstones in one deck
A purple man, searching for powerful stones, in hopes of achieving an absolution only he could bare
Make a emote of him fliping a card with a rune in front of his while smiling. The foe is legally bound to nocturne emote.
The Rune Mage: You may put a Catalyst of Aeons into your deck during deck building.
i knew the lvlup animation was lacking cause the true sauce would for sure be in the alternate win con animation
The exodia animation should’ve been longer than all the cut scenes of the ascendants of shurima combined.
his gameplay is perfect for his lore
can't wait to see then implement The Plan here in LoR
Another unique way to play landmarks
The OnlySpell deck is finally complete
guess this is the sign to come back to this game, :>
Level form: When I’m summoned or round start, create 2 in your deck. Thanks for that information.
LETS GOOOOO, THE NOMADIC RUNE MAGE
Exodia finally made it to Runeterra let's go!