Ryze Quotes

Champion Select

Pick

• "A step ahead of cataclysm."

Ban

• "Fine."

Movement

First Move

• "The things I've seen in the dark corners of Runeterra are better left unseen."
• "If I sound rude, it's because I've got a world to save."
• "I find the runes so they won't be found by someone else... or some thing."
• "Things to do today: find food, build shelter, fix the world."
• "Can we make this quick? I have some place to be!"
• "I sense another rune, but where?"

Moving

• "You know what I miss? Standing still."
• "They know so little of the world they traverse."
• "Consider yourself lucky for the days you have."
• "Some stones are best left unturned."
• "I work alone. Company weighs me down."
• "They have forgotten the fires that forged this world."
• "All this would be so much easier if I didn't give a damn."
• "When I've found them all, I'll fade away."
• "These runes are not for eyes such as yours."
• "No time to talk."
• "Knowledge is a real weapon."
• "They want to read my scroll. It'll be the last thing they read."
• "All that binds this world is will."
• "Roast duck, warm fire... someday."
• "I fight so they don't have to."
• "You know what I could use? An ale."
• "Just once I'd like a good night's sleep."
• "The wise seek to contain power."
• "Power changes everyone."
• "What's on my back? That's not your concern."
• "Everyone is doomed to repeat history. That's where I come in."
• "Every rune I find is another day we live."
• "Everyone wants to chat when you're busy saving the world."
• "The runes decide my path."
• "I've heard entire nations go silent."
• "Fast and lean, that's how I travel."
• "I long for the day when this is all over."
• "I dream in nightmares of the past."
• "Blessing or curse, what's the difference?"
• "I remember when only one world weighed on my shoulders."
• "Take care with this world."
• "If I had a rune for every mile I've run, I'd be done running."
• "I like my tragedy narrowly averted."
• "Do not walk through history. Run."
• "You want to help? Get out of the way."
• "If I fall, the scroll must be destroyed."
• "Ah, civilization. I remember when I was a part of it."
• "Their minds couldn't handle what my eyes have seen."
• "In an instant, all could be gone."
• "I care about these mortals. That's why I keep them at arm's length."
• "Trust no one, especially those who seek power."
• "Ah, Runeterrans. So endearing, so foolish."
• "Quickly but carefully."
• "Magic dooms us... but perhaps it can save us."
• "Terrible things are afoot."
• "I may fail, but I won't quit."
• "My story? That would take ages to tell."
• "One can only hold all this power for so long."
• "I could tell you what's on this scroll, but then I'd have to obliterate you."
• "None are worthy of my task... even me."

First Encounter

First Encounter with Ahri

• "Your charms are impressive, but I'm not into forest creatures."

First Encounter with Annie

• "Run along, child, this tome is not a bedtime story."

First Encounter with Aurelion Sol Both sides

• "Space called, it wants its arrogant jerk back."

First Encounter with Bard

• "I don't suppose you'd want to get off your magical rear and help me save this world."

First Encounter with Dr. Mundo

• "I have a hard time believing you went to medical school."

First Encounter with Graves

• "I would chide you for your idiocy, but you seem pretty proud of it."

First Encounter with Illaoi

• "Nice tattoos, do they conduct runic energy? No? Oh, that's too bad."

First Encounter with Lux Both sides

• "Magic is more than sunshine and rainbows, girl."

First Encounter with Malzahar

• "Hey, you're the one who summons bloodthirsty Void creatures, right? Yeah, brilliant work, good thinking."

First Encounter with Twisted Fate

• "Nice card trick, do you do birthday parties?"

First Encounter with Xerath

• "That remarkable arcane energy doesn't run through your entire body, does it?"

First Encounter with a Noxian

• "You wage your petty war, Noxian, but the real war is yet to come."

First Encounter with a Yordle

• "Even your kind will know death in the cataclysm."

Taunt

• "If I had a tattoo that looked like you, I'd get it removed."
• "Hm. I'm hunted by things far worse than you."
• "There's gonna be two sounds: me hitting you, and you disintegrating."
• "To be ignorant is to be free. You must be very free."
• "I'm no doctor, but I think there's a spell for what you have."

Taunt Response

• "You should read more, expand your vocabulary."
• "So that's what you people do with your spare time."
• "I'm surprised you can string enough words together for that one. You need a break?"
• "Not going to dignify that with a response."
• "We'll see how smart your mouth is when the world collapses."

Joke

• "Okay, fine, here's a magic trick. Tada."
• "What? You want to see a magic trick? Fine... tada."

Attack

Attacking

• "Fine."
• "A fine edge you dance on."
• "Blood will spill."
• "This might burn."
• "I read the runes. You lose."
• "Ah, the hard way."
• "I don't have time for this!"
• "Hands off the runes."
• "You've got nothing."
• "You won't win this."
• "Stay back."
• "Makers guide me!"
• "Time dwindles."
• "By will."
• "They come for the scroll."
• "Leave now."
• "This ends badly."
• "They have no idea."
• "Last chance."
• "Let's have it, then."
• "You know nothing of loss."
• "Away."
• "I am just a vessel."
• "Are you following me?"
• "Keep your distance."
• "If you insist."

Ability Casting

Using Overload

• "There it is."
• "Zap."
• "Right."
• "Compounded!"
• "Like dominoes!"
• "Expand!"
• "Push."
• "Release."
• "Out."
• "Back."

Using Rune Prison

• "Root!"
• "Steadfast!"
• "Gotcha!"
• "Trap!"
• "Catch!"
• "Locked up tight!"
• "Cease!"
• "Hold!"
• "Be still!"

Using Spell Flux

• "Target!"
• "Mark!"
• "There!"
• "Ha!"
• "Ah!"
• "Fix!"

Using Realm Warp

• "Come. The runes beckon."
• "A rune mage must keep moving."
• "Flee if you want to live."
• "Let's go, let's go!"
• "Our fight is elsewhere."

Kills and Objectives

Killing a Champion

• "Learn from your mistakes."
• "One more needless death."
• "Won't be the last."
• "They never learn."
• "Another dead fool."
• "Better you than me."
• "Another joins the energy pool."

Scoring a Triplekill

• "Better a few perish than the entire world."
• "They make the same mistakes again and again."
• "That's what happens when you piss off an archmage!"
• "Too many have met the same fate."

Scoring a Pentakill

• "I tried to warn them. I really did."

Destroying a Turret

• "What is made can be unmade."
• "Another barrier down."
• "Reduced to rubble."
• "One less thing to kill me."
• "Let's move, the path is clear."
• "One less impediment."

Shopping

Buying an Item

• "Great, more things to carry."
• "Provisions purchased."
• "This better work."
• "That's gonna load me down."

Buying Abyssal Mask

• "Many lives it's taken, and many souls."
• "Strange how it beckons."
• "An object of foul origins."

Buying Elixir of Sorcery

• "Now I'll never tire."
• "Sweet rune juice."
• "Fuel for the rune race."

Buying Morellonomicon

• "Such a vile text, but useful."
• "A sordid relic from a brutal time."
• "Not a book for the faint of heart."

Buying Rabadon's Deathcap

• "In case my head gets cold."
• "To cover my bald spot."
• "A hat with a face, huh? Sure, why not?"
• "A potent haberdashery."

Buying Sapphire Crystal

• "Brings out my colour."
• "Fundamental."
• "It's a start."

Buying Tear of the Goddess

• "Even the gods can weep."
• "I remember when such tears were shed."
• "Now we're talking."

Buying Void Staff

• "Such a weapon must be treated with respect."
• "I'd destroy it... if I didn't need it."
• "I can feel its power surging."

Buying Zhonya's Hourglass

• "Their weapons will fail to scratch."
• "Protection from primitive arms."
• "I defy swords and arrows."

Exiting the Shop

• "I thought that guy would never stop talking."

Other Gameplay

Placing a Ward

• "Sight is better than swords."
• "Dark corners made bright."
• "They come for what I know."
• "Watching the watchers."
• "Dark shadows hide dark forces."
• "I'd like to see them try."
• "For whatever lurks behind me."
• "I never liked surprises."
• "If I can see it, I can beat it."
• "Sight makes might."

Leveling Up

• "To the next one."
• "Always learning, always seeking."
• "Those who seek improvement, improve."
• "This power continues to build."

Recall

• "Time to reflect on what we have learned."
• "I'll return stronger. Count on it."
• "Hang on, archmage business."
• "A moment to gather our runes."
• "I'm not running away. I'm running at you the long way around."
• "A pause in the chaos. Let's make it count."

Death

• "They will not... take them... "
• "Hide... them... "
• "The scroll... burn it... "

Respawn

• "Thank the gods, the world's still here."
• "Ugh, being dead wastes precious time!"
• "I still live, but for how much longer?"
• "Let's try again, and this time do it right."
• "A stupid mistake, one I won't make again."