After the Legendary Legend trailer was released, Faker fans also asked Riot Games to revive a general who made a name for the Demon King in the past.
Like any fan League of Legends Everyone knows, it's in the trailer Hall of Legends the latest Riot Games has teased two skins exclusively for Faker, that is Ahri and LeBlanc. These are all champions that make up Faker's brand but have never had the opportunity to own the skin World Championshipso maybe this is the reason why Riot Games decided to put Ahri and Leblanc into the Hall of Legends as a way to express gratitude to Faker's contributions to professional League of Legends.
And after the trailer's Great Legend was released, the community quickly remembered Faker's other iconic champions. If Zed or Syndra are still cards that gamers use in the ranked environment, then Ryze completely “disappeared”. Even in a statistic from the website Gol.gg, Ryze was only selected 21 times and banned 5 times at regional League of Legends tournaments in the past Spring.
If calculated separately at LCK Spring 2024 then Ryze Only appeared once when used by KDF player Karis.
Looking back to the past, in Riot Games' media products, Ryze is a champion that is often associated with the image of Faker. Remember Ryze appeared in the MV Ignite to blow away KOO Tiger, or the encounter with Ambition in the MV Rise. With all those powerful images, Ryze's current condition is truly alarming. This has caused the gaming community to voice their hope that Riot Games can once again revive the Ancient Wizard before Faker retires.
A recent post received many sympathetic responses from the gaming community with the content:
“Can Riot Games revive Ryze once again before Faker retires? I really want to see Faker use this champion again. Even if BLG bans 5 Mid Lane champions, Faker won't intending to use Ryze at MSI 2024. This is a strange thing for a champion that can teleport allies, minions, and Rift Herald. What's going on now? unforgettable is the image of Faker transforming into the “final boss” with Ryze in MV Rise”
Since season 14 of League of Legends was updated and Mythical items were removed, Ryze's strength has also been severely affected. The reason is because the Staff of Longevity has its power reduced too much, the bonus movement speed is also completely erased. Not to mention this Mythical equipment can increase skill recovery points, but removing the Mythical effect also makes it clearly weaker, as a result, even if Faker uses it, Ryze cannot be as strong as expected.
But when looking at Faker's career after more than 10 years of professional competition, we can see that Ryze is a champion with an extremely important mark. Not to mention the fact that Ryze is not in a stable position in both strength and gameplay, it is completely reasonable for Riot Games to once again edit this champion.
If Ryze is truly revised in the future, this will definitely be an extremely important gift of gratitude for Faker.