Talk:Ryze/@comment-74.198.150.160-20120324214535/@comment-4770458-20120325013247

Well, it might look OP on paper, but it really isn't. Ryze still gets countered by pretty much any champion that has more range than him. You just can't let him farm or get fed and he won't get all of those items until very late game. Also he practically has no ultimate. His ultimate is pretty useless imo.

Ryze does not have as much burst as LeBlanc...actually, I don't think anyone does. His mana ratios are still quite low, and he has to get fed to do really serious damage. Ryze still gets destroyed by Vayne if he lets her auto attack him. The only armor item he's going to have is probably Frozen Heart and that's not going to be enough to protect him from Vayne's auto attacks.