Talk:Ryze/@comment-219.77.82.224-20120427055802/@comment-219.77.82.224-20120427072732

Hardly.

The so-called 'mana nerf' is not a nerf at all. Take Q for example. Sacrificing 1% max mana dmg for an extra base 20 damage? That means that as long as you have under 2000 mana, your Q actually does more damage now.

That's a buff.

E is getting a mana ratio now.

That's a buff too.

Your mindset of 'mana ryze = nerf' and 'ap ryze = buff' is way too shallow, you have to consider base damage buffs, mana cost nerfs, the movement speed from the ulti, etc...

It's definitely an overall buff. Ryze will still be built with mana items, the better AP scaling just means that the archangel staff upgrade will scale far better.