This spec is misnamed. Ryze only needs 4 basic items to be powerful, anything after heavy mana and the rest is just fill to make him take a few extra hits. It's interesting but I would on no account call Ryze anything similar to a tank, he is inherently squishy and any too many armor items will take away from his abilities. Don't you think the reason you did so well was because Rammus was there to hold your hand? To believe this I would have to see numerous games with different laning heroes.

Additionally, it was painful to read your build. Please use real grammar and sentence structure, thank you.

Wow ? dats alot of question :) awesome :)
Right lets get started..
I go for thronmail instead of Rod Of Ages cause there is a major problems all Ryze face.
1- Once he gets his Kills .. The enemy team will aim him more often
2-He kills a hero, and another pops up and screw Ryze
3-He ***** brick when he see Tryndamere or Caitlynn
My point is simple.
Rod Of Ages
80 AP, Ryze is not ap ? whats the point for this ?
630 Health, 630Hp isnt enough to help me last a few more burst against carry heros
725 Mana. Yeah .. this is probably the only reason i shud get Rod Of Ages. But, I rather last 10 seconds longer in a fight to let loose a few more burst combos. Rather than ambush nuker. I prefer facing my enemies head on.
Passive: Your Champion gains 18 Health, 20 Mana, and 2 Ability Power every 1 min. ( it takes too long to reach optimum output for cash/time spending to build this item)
Yeap dats about it ..

Luckyspec
more hp doesnt mean that the Tank build is succesfull. There is two ways of describing a tank.
1. Fat Tank - Heck ? he has loads of hp
2.Thick Tank - Damn ? my attacks and spell doesnt even tickle him !?
I prefer to be thicker cause Fat Tanks just cant take that much hitting. The superbly nice long bar of hp can disappear in a second when a proper Katarina or Tryndamere appears RIGHT next to you.
*Thornmail cause i prefer to reach a 200-300 armor,
*Guardian Angel cause it helps me revives after gettin killstreaks.
Best Point is , With Guardian Angel.
Ryze can initiate, Take the brunt of the damage, Die .
let The gang come in, Revive. and they have Ryze smack in the middle of their ranks.

I agree with this ... the amount of HP and MP you get from this is insane ... why won't you grab this?

Wow, for a tank, u have no health lol, anyway, he is an offtank in my hands and has more health and hp/5 ...if you are going to say you are a tank, where is your hp/5? 14? lol I end with 105, sometimes 131 hp/5 . Fail

Your lack of Rod of Ages disturbs me....

interesting build, although i don't know if i like the Thornmail, GA at the end.
i personally prefer the more conventional RoA, Archangels.
but +1 given for innovation i suppose!

this is the first ryze build without archangels staff...
Well nice innovation

Thornmail????
Why not Rod Of Ages?
and I guess you upgrade Tear of Goddess into Archangel Staff, right?
just edit it

finally somebody comes with exciting ideas to make this game fun :P
I tried the build and it does work indeed but i must say you can practicly do this with every champ. Love the idea gj (:

Haha its ok ;) thanks . I'll work on my wording and things :) :) really ? u like my idea ?? :) Thanks :)

Hey! I really like this innovative idea and have never seen it before. I am quite interested in using ryze as a tank. I don't play ryze, but my best friend does and I'll refer him to this guide! however, on the down side i think (i know nitpicky) that your spelling and grammer errors, albeit intentional, distracted me from the rest of the guide... I don't even know all the abbreviations you used! Sorry, I'm not trying to be a troll. It's just how I feel. Overall, nice job on your IDEA, but the wording and detail in the guide could use a little work.