Talk:Ryze/@comment-5319740-20141122124303/@comment-3546228-20141208204156

This is his third (or fourth, depends) kit. He used to be a generic AP nuker, but Riot slowly turned him in the mana stacking monstrocity he is now. It's pretty obvious he'll need to get reworked again - personally I'd like to see him become less "pointy clicky", because with all the skillshots in the game he gets picked solely because he hits all his abilities for free.

Also, all the tank items that have flat mana on them -, , , also gives him a bunch of hp on top of the damage he gets. His low range is superficial when he's laning against a melee champion mid or toplane and by midgame he'll be too tanky for the ranged ones to be able to zone him or pick him off.