Ryze/Strategy

== Strategy ==

Skill Usage

 * Casting before your other spells will allow a second cast immediately afterwards, due to.
 * Cast, then and  to deal even more damage, due to the magic resistance reduction of.
 * Try to use in groups of minions or a minion near a champion to hit them near towers.
 * combined with 's other abilities make for easier farming gold.
 * When encountering a single opponent, make sure you're sufficiently close for the to bounce off you.
 * Using on melee heroes can effectively stall them from attacking you or your allies, possibly turning around the odds.
 * has a short cooldown and can provide very good results versus minions making it great for gold farming, and harassing enemy champions. The spell vamp can also help Ryze to regain some health.
 * can also be used to make a quick get away.
 * will not stop a ranged champion from attacking your allies within range; always take this into consideration when using it on heroes such as or.

Build Usage

 * synergizes very well with cooldown reduction. A good item to get this on for is.
 * provides a passive 10% cooldown reduction at max rank, so only needs 30% more cooldown reduction from other sources to hit the 40% cap.
 * 's and  damage scales very well with mana, making defensive items like  and  surprisingly potent offensive boosts at the same time.
 * allows to more freely use his spells while passively increasing his manapool, and in turn his magic damage. Lategame this can be converted into  for a high amount of ability power.