User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Nerf Worthy Champs + Your Thoughts/@comment-3466579-20130707103118/@comment-5763148-20130710072516

Rather than the CDR and the CD Reset, I think the main problem with Ryze is his gearing options. Most AP types have 2 choices for building items: Raw AP items like the Deathcap; or Defensive AP Items like RoA.

The problem with Ryze is that he just needs to spam buy Defensive gears and items that give MP rather than AP cos his MP gives him more power. He just has to go and build Catalyst and Tear and he's set. Not only does he have access to 2 Root Items which will build into like 3 Items that make him ridiculously hard to kill, he has a near infinite MP reserve that can save his asss from gettin killed and is literally already on a road to carnage.