Talk:Iceborn Gauntlet/@comment-68.56.6.92-20130104220117/@comment-86.157.70.18-20130108001415

IceBorn is in a nutshell the offensive upgrade to Glacial Shroud, while Frozen heart is the defensive upgrade.

On Ryze the Frozen heart is used for its 25% cooldowns reduction, 90 defensive armour, attack speed reduction aura and thanks to the mana scaling ryze has, it will improve damage. None of the stats are wasted when Frozen heart is picked.

On the other hand Iceborn gives more mana, increasing ryze's damage, and AP which helps ryze [E] scale slightly better. an "Icy" slow after any spell for chases, but the drawbacks are that CDR is only 15%, and you lost 30 armour, the 125% attack damage "spellblade" is wasted since ryze has no built-in auto attack enhancement spells.

If you are sure you can afford to reduce your tankiness against ADCs, then for an extra 300 gold Iceborn is a good alternative for damage output, but you'll need to find that 5% cool down reduction from another source.