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Recommended Items
Spells:
Ignite
Flash
Items
Ability Order
Arcane Mastery (PASSIVE)
Ryze Passive Ability
Introduction
This is an intermediate level guide. I'm not gonna explain every little detail on how you should play the champion, because each person will develop their own playstyle, but I will mention all of the core mechanics that are unique or exclusive to this particular champion. I'm going to assume you've had some League experience and at most you are just new to the champion.
Today I share with you guys a new Ryze build thanks to the new item additions of Season 3 that will not only test your Ryze skills in new ways but show the world what a monster Ryze is now, specifically with

Why is

A few extra tips to those new with Ryze: This is something that a lot of inexperienced players tend of overlook or ignore. Don't forget to move and re-position yourself after every spell cast if possible, especially after using crowd control (W

Because Ryze is casting so many spells and he doesn't have skillshots, it is HIGHLY recommended that you use smart-cast on him. It will make your life MUCH easier. Trust me.
Not much.
However, there are a lot of new subtle things to take into account now with the



In addition, having items that can proc through auto-attacks, such as

So in summary, his skill cap just increased.





Just make sure you get the basic stuff, like






After that, at level 4, you can choose to either get a point in E


You should max R






Start with



When you back, you want to either get



For mid-game, obviously you want to aim for that



Your final late game build should be as shown, although Ryze's build is very flexible, based on your situation.





If the enemies start building a lot of magic resist, it might be preferable to build


Change up your boots if you have the money to whatever necessary.
Now I'm sure by this point a lot of people are asking why I haven't mentioned






Preferably, you want to cycle your skills as such for maximum damage:
Sustained damage:
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(QEQWQ)
(Note that the E



This allows you to do the most amount of sustained damage over time because it drops the cooldowns of your spells as quickly as possible by using the most skills. However, it might be unrealistic to use this combo every time, as it's a bit slow. Here is a combo for burst damage:
Burst (QWE):
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=>
Again, E




However, if that's still not fast enough:
Initiation (W):
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If you can find a good moment to initiate, feel free to open with W

One extra point to mention though. While Ryze's skills are in midair, Ryze's R



Because Ryze doesn't have any AoE skills outside his ultimate, you need to get used to last hitting at your tower. His Q



Watch out for ganks. All you have is

Once you do hit level 6 or so, you can find lanes or the enemy jungler to gank if you can spare some time. If you're not farming creeps, you could be trying to secure some kills.
Try not to get focused down, as even with defensive items, you can still fall pretty fast, and without positioning spells, it's very difficult to run away if you're surrounded. Let your team meatshield for you, and only dive if you know you can get away afterwards.
When there are few people still alive, pretend you're a bruiser. With all of the defensive stats, spell vamp, and damage you have, you can very easily 1v1 or even 1v2 enemy champions.
Pros
- Extremely durable
- High sustain
- Almost instant crowd control
- Extremely high damage
- Flexible item build
Cons
- No positioning spells, making positioning mistakes very punishing, such as lane ganks
- Can run out of mana quickly with improper management, and then becomes extremely difficult to get the mana back without recalling
- Difficult to chase people down without teammates or
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- Laning phase is pretty weak
- Somewhat short range on spells, poke is weak as a result
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