Talk:Ryze/@comment-201.165.202.71-20120706063445/@comment-72.220.144.94-20120804000250

Hi, I main Ryze. I play him with 0/21/9, getting all movespeed masteries, magic pen reds, armor yellows, magic resist blues, and movespeed quints (all courtesy of bigfatlp). I have about 200 normals with him and 60 ranked. To counter Ryze, you have to utterly destroy him early game. And this means both killing him while not dying yourself as well as denying him farm/exp. Twisted Fate, Talon, Swain, LeBlanc, and Orianna are probably the onlychamps who can do that reliably, but LeBlanc and Talon tend to fall off late game, unlike the other three who are spectacular. Cassiopeia is a good choice, but Ryze can dodge her skillshots easily and even win trades, and post six can outsustain her. If Anivia can stay alive pre-6, she can just afk farm after that, but Ryze will be able to as well. Galio can simply push the wave all day and deny Ryze farm, but he won't ever be able to kill Ryze. However, Ryze won't be able to kill Galio either. Contrary to some belief, do not pick Kassadin against Ryze. Ryze will beat him all game, and as long as your laners play safe while Kass is mia, you are fine.

TL;DR

Reliable counters: TF, Talon, Swain, LB, Orianna (LB and Talon fall off late, Talon to lesser extent)

Good picks: Galio, Cassiopeia, Anivia