Talk:Ryze/@comment-4900160-20150110015841/@comment-4900160-20150111010023

Well, I agree with both of you, but still, I'd like mana to have a more significant role in league of legends. I mean, the problem does not exist in DotA or smite, since everybody has mana, but in League, I think manaless champions *cough*Riven*cough* benefit way too much of CDR without any of the drawbacks, ie. mana starvation.

I have no real proposition as to how this matter should be adressed, but I have the feeling that using mana is basically a drawback for any champion.

You could argue that mana-based champion often have more powerful/more spammable/longer ranged spells, but there is always an exception in every case. For instance, Rumble can spam his skills and has an obscene range on his ult (yes, I know CDR is not good on him, but still). I think Riven is the best example in the game to illustrate what I mean. Her spells gives her massive AoE damage, CC, survivability and mobility AT NO COST. Even without CDR she's more broken than her sword because of that, and even more so at very high levels of play: Just look at what Faker can do!

I am always in favor of diversity, but i'm a bit sad that manaless champiosn have become so common. I think Gnar is refreshing in the sense that his ressource is actually a limiting factor just like mana is, and I think ALL champions should have some sort of skill required in teh managment of their secondary ressource, unlike YasuOP for instance.

To conclude : I think it's cool that Ryze makes a unique use of mana, and I wish there were more abilities scaling with it, and mechanics related to it, like mana burn in DotA.