Talk:Ryze/@comment-4012115-20121201115845/@comment-83.11.41.81-20121202205753

The point is, you don't buy the two Tears right away, you start with one, stack it steadily and build a Rod of Ages or a Frozen Heart (or the Gauntlet) in the meantime, you get tankier, while the Tear is completed and you can get your Muramana and another Tear. You now have some survivability and damage and you can start kicking butt, slowly building towards your full build.

Even if you (for some reason) decide to go for two Tears at a time, you only pay 1400 for them, so you can easily get them when you go back to the base for the first time and then proceed to continue with the rest of the build while those bad girls get slowly stacked.

Ryze has a hard time farming but he's by no means weak early game.

PS. This works against good players if you're a good player yourself.