Hey there,

I've been playing ryze l8ly and noticed something interesting!
In my opinion you get more from maxing out your "W" first. It gives you a higher lane control since the cage time is increased by lvl.

About your itens, i like them i dont get the revolver i prefer to bet on a diferent tipe of survival itens but that is each one choice right? ;)

Gratz for the guide!

ok..never get rabadons. terrible item for ryze. when you do the math it just doesnt do nearly enough. you need to get void staff earlier too, anyone worth their salt will be getting a negatron about when youre finishing your frozen heart. and if theyre not good enough to know this you could just stack 5 roas and win like that.

also, unless your team has no cc and you know there's going to be a lvl 1 fight, get q. its dps is so much higher and you cant poke with your w because its range isnt long enough to avoid being counterpoked.

strength of spirit is a great mastery for ryze, you should really pick it up. it might not seem like much but the 10 or so hp/5 at early levels really helps you out. make up for the lost cdr with runes.

transmutation quints are so much better than swiftness.

ghost is alright. wouldnt recommend but ok

endgame roa is invariably a bad idea. either get it early or not at all

if you get transmutation quints and mastery it eliminates any desire for a hextech revolver - its only use is for sustain in lane and getting hp back after a fight, during a fight your ult is going to be the main source of spell vamp and the extra vamp from hextech wont be noticeable. and then 9% from transmutation is more than enough for those purposes.

very nice explanation, taught me one new but important thing; guide needs more thumbs up. and I agree, RoD is kinda wasted in Ryze, especially if you consider that it takes 10min for the maximum of additional mana and HP to build up. and getting RoD very early on results in significantly less dmg in late game.

Wait. I didn't mean to not take your other items. Just to buy AA earlier rather then later and its more for the faster increasing mana pool and mana regen then the AP boost.

After reading what you said I tried a few things and I take back what I said earlier Rabadon's Deathcap should not be rush, infact I wouldn't buy it anymore on Ryze. In fact I no longer get any AP items other then RoA, WotE and AA.

I know i have ....(apropriate conjugation of ''to read'') your mastery section I was just saying that 1 AD doesn't help.

I've added your suggestion to my notes on Archangel's Staff. Also, I noted in the section on Masteries that taking 1 or even 3 points in Mental Force is perfectly alright. These points are pure filler as the bonuses offered are quite insignificant, so consider it a matter of personal preference.

lol BTW why 1 point in AD rather then AP? I mean 1 AD won't allow you to last hit more properly. You need to learn your timming thats all.

:D Very Good! But to be exact you only refuted Rabadon's Deathcap. You didn't explain why you wait so long to get Archangel's Staff. Keeping in mind your explanation I would still buy AA earlier but not as early as I suggested above. Try buying AA inbetween your Banshee's Veil and your Hextech Revolver and then tell me what are your conclutions.

I have updated the guide with a more detailed discussion of my item build. Nighthawk and Golleitrian, I have also tried to answer some of the questions you have raised in a new section called "Questions and Answers".

Here my opinion on your item over all:

You don't have enought early game AP. Your a AP carry you need to hit hard early game, it's your job to carry your team from mid game until you can pass the torch to the AD carry. You need to rush at least 1 AP item. In Ryze's case I would either rush Rabadon's Deathcap or Archangel's Staff.

Here is one thing you might not know:
Ever since this summer there isn't a reason to keep Tear of the Goddess anymore. Tear's passive is now concidered the same as AA's so keeping tear until its maxed doesn't increase your mana pool more after you upgrade it. Also upgrading it faster will actually allow you to reach the maximum mana boost a lot faster since AA's mana pool increase can proc more often then tear's.

Good guide :)

And yes, Archangel's Staff is the #1 item for him, he scales with mana remember Jai? :P