User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Item Concept) Crowd Control/@comment-24501229-20150101104758/@comment-1330314-20150103093229

I'd challenge that statement on Ryze: his point-and-click kit has been causing him an increasing amount of problems. Before Preseason 5 hit, he was extremely oppressive against melee champions in top lane, and that warranted both an anti-spell buff to and a nerf to his bases that went beyond the preseason's stat changes. With a kit as old and reliable as his, it's impossible to give him that much extra power, since he's pretty much guaranteed to land all of his abilities once in range.

It's for this same reason that I think ranged point-and-click suppression ults need to change. You're absolutely right that Nether Grasp and Infinite Duress are death sentences on any squishy right now, and their instant point-and-click nature is what makes them practically impossible to anticipate with spell shields (though spell shields still block them). Both champions I think need to have their kit updated: Warwick's kit is generally very low on decision-making, and cannot function well without his ult. Malzahar's most powerful abilities are point-and-click, like, but unlike Fiddlesticks, he doesn't have to get at a risky distance to damage his opponents.