Talk:Ryze/@comment-84.111.140.23-20120402091150/@comment-4743916-20120410184041

RoA is what I build on Ryze. He's one of the easiest people to farm up while still retaining a decent threat level in early laning after level 4 so it's not surprising to get RoA and tear pre 15 minutes. After you get those two you're immovable from lane because of the damage and bulk you dish out. The passive from ROA is also extremely helpful and the growth that the item has makes it great as scaling toward later in the game. Viel on the other hand doesn't scale, gives roughly half the mana ROA can give, and only pays off if you are hyper aggressive as Ryze every time the shield is up since it doesn't give any better laning control that RoA in terms of effective HP from the magic resistance.