Talk:Ryze/@comment-95.180.13.121-20120210154351/@comment-3546228-20120210215321

He's been reworked several times, but he was always very binary, he either kills a whole team in a single burst or can't do anything. He also relied on lucky "E" bounces to deal his damage. And most of all, he relied on the combination of a retarded "E" damage and his ultimate to instagib people when they are surrounded by minions. That was pretty boring gameplay. By reworking him into a mana stacking bruiser mage Riot attempted to give him uniqueness and to make him less binary.