In League of Legends, Patch 12.10 completely changed the balance. One champion is particularly affected: Ryze has the lowest win rate in League of Legends by far. Ryze is the worst champ in LoL: The mage is 3.5% worse off than the other “loser champions” in the MOBA.
How bad is Ryze doing right now? Really bad. According to the statistics site U.gg, Ryze has a win rate of 41.21% in matches above the Platinum rank since 12.10 (via u.gg).
He only has a “positive” record against 4 other champs in the mid lane: against Corki, Annie, Gangplank, and Talon. Players with Ryze won slightly more often than they lost against these champions. However, against champs like Malzahar, Fizz, or Lux, they lost 2 out of 3 games in the mid lane or more.
With a win rate of 41.21%, Ryze is far behind in last place. Below 45%, there are only two other champs: ADC Aphelios and the jungler Lee Sin.
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Ryze was already considered an absolute loser in LoL a year ago
Why is Ryze doing so poorly? Ryze has struggled to find his footing in the meta of League of Legends for months.
Ryze fans repeatedly complain in posts on Reddit about the miserable state of their champion. A year ago, the video “How bad is the worst champion in League of Legends?” was released (via youtube)
It was concluded there that Ryze is a mix of “burst mage” and “DPS mage,” but doesn’t quite fulfill either role properly from a fundamental standpoint. He needs to get close to the opponent to take them down with a “machine-gun-like spam” of abilities. Additionally, his power scales with his mana.
Something about these ideas just doesn’t work.
EITHER TOO LITTLE DAMAGE OR DEAD TOO FAST
Why does the new patch make Ryze even worse? With the new patch, Ryze should now be able to eliminate “squishy” targets with his abilities within seconds. However, if he sets himself up this way, he becomes an extremely squishy target with no survivability.
If he tries to make himself “tankier,” he can barely deal damage that helps his team.
In SoloQ, he really becomes a weak point, while in professional fights, he can at least prepare flanks or strategic attacks on objectives with his ultimate, believes the US site dotesports.
The strongest champions in LoL are not exactly the most popular
Who is the strongest champion in LoL right now? The counterpart to Ryze right now is Singed with a win rate of 56.61%. He is just under 2% ahead of the other “very strong champions” Zilean and Tahm Kench, both of whom are just below a 55% win rate.
These are all champions that are already considered very “tanky,” but can mainly make an impact with utility abilities. However, these 3 champions are played relatively rarely. Singed, Tahm Kench, and Zilean have appeared in about 4,000 to 6,600 games so far.
The most popular champs in LoL right now are the typical “fun-champs” of SoloQ, Kai’Sa and Ezreal, both of whom look balanced with a win rate of around 49.4%. Both have been seen in about 120,000 games above Platinum with patch 12.10.
It will be interesting to see where Bel’Veth ranks on the list:
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