General
- Ryze used to be playable in the Summoner's Rift Battle Training tutorial, together with and .
- Ryze was the first champion to have 9 skins.
- He was also the first to have 2 Harrowing ones ( in 2010, in 2012).
- His giant scroll can be seen behind an overturned chair in the trailer for the game's Mac version.
- While the scroll is supposedly indestructible
- Yet later on the scroll is whole again but whether it is capable of self-repairing is uncertain.
rips it apart it in 'A Twist of Fate'.
- While the scroll is supposedly indestructible
- Ryze has appeared in every cinematic trailer except for 'A New Dawn'.
- Ryze was deemed as having next to no counterplay in Ultra Rapid Fire (2014 edition) and was disabled in non-custom games.
- His name comes from Riot's CEO Brandon 'Ryze' Beck's alias.
Development
- Ryze is voiced by Adam Harrington.
- Pre-rework , , and are also voiced by the same voice actor.
- Ryze is voiced by Sean Schemmel.
- Since release, Ryze has gone through four reworks.
Quotes
- Ryze and "Zap!" share the quote
- Ryze and share the quote "Keep your distance."
Skins
- As one of the four Collector's Edition skins, he was only be obtainable through digital or retail Collector's Edition packs.[1]
- He himself was obtainable through pre-ordering the Retail Collector's Edition pack.
- The others are:
- (Pre-ordered Digital Collector's Pack)
- (Digital Collector's Pack)
- (Retail Collector's Edition)
- He was named 'Human Ryze' prior to Ryze's Visual and Gameplay Update in 2016.
- Pre-fall Shurima can be seen in the background.
- He references Uncle Sam and his posters.
- This is also the first splash to not show the actual champion.
- 's blade can be seen shoved in the wall where the poster is placed.
- A drawing of 's cards can be seen on the top left side of the poster.
- When using a red-tailed hawk screeches (just like when dances), parodying real-life dubbing for the bald eagle's smoother, higher-pitched cheeps & tweets. ,
- He shares this theme with:
- A creature resembling can be seen in the background.
- He might be referencing Zeus.
- He shares this theme with:
- He features in the game client's Tutorial menu.
- He shares this theme with:
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- Pictures of all of them (except ) can be seen in the background.
- He was released in celebration of Harrowing 2010 along with:
- He shares this theme with:
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- He is only available to those who win official competition matches.
- He used to be called 'Champion Ryze' and later 'Trophy Ryze'.
- He is fighting Noxian soldiers.
- His magic attack on the soldier might be referencing Cole MacGrath from Infamous using Bio Leech.
- He was inspired by the Eredar from Warcraft.
- He was released in celebration of Harrowing 2012 along with:
- He casts by firing his cannon.
- The features several other champions that share the pirate theme. From left to right, these champions are: , , , and .
- He shares this theme with:
- He references a traditional tabletop role-playing game.
- He references Elminster Aumar from Dungeons & Dragons.
- He has a strapped to his belt, tugged inside his giant scroll, is holding the in his hand, and wrapped around his giant scroll is an equally giant staff crowned by what appears to be the .
- He references Elminster Aumar from Dungeons & Dragons.
- Rejected names for this skin include 'Ryze the Azure Conjurer', 'Ryze the Ageless Conjurer' and 'Wizard Ryze'.[2]
- He shares this theme with:
- He was released in celebration of SKT T1 winning the Season 5 World Championship along with:
- He represents Faker and is the second World Championship victory skin for him.
- It was preceded by .
- It was succeeded by .
- It was preceded by .
- His
- The tumble roll he performs at the end references the same tumble Faker performed upon his introduction at the Season 5 World Championship Grand Finals.
- The laptop held by Ryze shows an image of broccoli on the screen during his . This references a fan that stated that Faker's hair resembles broccoli. Faker responded by saying that he would eat a head of broccoli if SKT T1 won the Season 5 Championship Grand Finals. He would follow through with this promise by eating a piece of broccoli on stage immediately after SKT T1's victory.
animation references some aspects of Faker.
- His scroll is replaced with the Summoner's Cup.
- He shares this theme with: