Talk:Ryze/@comment-30074849-20161107153618/@comment-30500751-20161114040701

Perhaps you are missing the true nature of Ryze as a champion. Ryze is not meant to hold an early dominance over his laning opponent in the early game. His mana pool is simply to small and costs are to high to compete with a AoE punishing champion like swain. Instead, try focusing on careful positioning in lane that allows you to farm as efficiently as possible until you gain a few items. Preferably, start boots + potion, farm, get your tear + mercs and make good trades. You mentioend a Q W Q E Q etc combo, which is nice in terms of damage, but horrible for trading / mana to damage efficiency. Try relying more on auto's early game to farm and use W E Q AA for careful harrass and using your shields & movespeed to make the trades worth while. Best of luck!