I believe it's not much like glass cannon putting 9 points in defense. When I play Ryze, i prefer killing everyone with 1-2 spell waves, which means people don't actually have time to break the glass. ^^ Defense is a waste of Mastery points. Ryze is a cannon, an attacker, so putting points in attack sounds much more logical for me. Anyway, it's a great build indeed. :) +1 No doubt.

nice build 7/3/6

Right.. then just get to level 20 and beyond ^ ^'

As I am lvl 15 I do not have any rune at all

Maybe that's because you have those seals, otherwise you could go for AP Seals.
You should be using your spells whenever you can if you don't have mana issues, try it and see what happens.

Another question: you recommend seal of clarity, but when playing ryze i never have mana problems, only in early game. Is there really no better seal to choose?

Hi :)
By all means, sometimes I would have done the same 2-4 stacks isn't all that much, it depends on your self confindence :P Do not rely on miss calls, the best thing you can do is say miss yourself and have map awereness. I strongly recommend buying wards for stronger play, just buy them when you have 90-180 gold to spare.


If that is the case, go 9 offense, then put the rest in utility. Going defense is just a practical joke that seems to work out in terms of health regeneration.

No, you should only buy overall recommended Tier 3 runes.

Marks: Insight, Desolation.
Seals: Clarity, Evasion
Glyphs: Force, Shielding, Focus.
Quintessence: Fortitude, Potency, Desolation.

You could also get spesifics like all out Crit Chance / Damage.

I have thought about it, I mean he seems like my type of caster right :D
Sadly I am somehow a terrible Vlad player D:

very nice guide!

Hi Alahric,
I play your Ryze Build with a little diffrent. When I notice, that my team is not full of brainddeads I buy Mejais as before I buy Shoes. This works quite fine, as most time I have 2-4 charges on Mejais, when I get the money for the Shoes. This makes me more dangerous in early game, but it also needs me to be careful, and I need a team that says miss :) As I am only lvl 13 by now, it's not normal to say miss :/

Now it comes to my questions: I mentioned that I'm lvl 13. I decided to get the full 9 points in Offence, and now I'm growing the Utility-Tree. I already got Haste and Perseverance. Which Masteries would you advise?

And my other question: Does it make any sense to buy lvl 2 Runes?


Ähm and what about a Vlad build ^^

In a none homosexual way right? Or.. it's kewl, it's kewl.. except for the fact that he is a fictional character.

Ryze is great champ, and from this guide I learned how I should play, and now I fell in love Ryze :)

24/10/22, 600 AP and just tearing tanks apart, that was fun :D
Thanks for making me remember why I bought Ryze!:P