Talk:Ryze/@comment-4900160-20150110015841

I wish there were more Mana-scaling champion in the game. It's one of the reasons I love Ryze so much : this mechanic is very unique and provides variety to the game, since :

1) It makes sense to go down the utility tree.

2) It allows building tanky items as a carry.

3) It makes Buying flat mana over regen relevant.

4) If you have mana as a resource, you can go OOM. That allows counterplay, contrary to manaless champions who can always do something provided their CDs are up. IMHO, this ressource, depsite being the most common, is the most skill based, more so than energy, Isince you need to plan your actions (and your enemy's) way in advance. Spotting a manaless enemy and taking advantage of it also separates average players from good ones.

5) It limits your pushing power against structures compared to building raw AP, which is an noteworthy downside.

6) Mana is cool. Period.