Talk:Ryze/@comment-94.221.114.65-20110421133955/@comment-3457312-20110421152614

I agree with the full equip and general order of your build as it is nearly similar to the order I use when I play Ryze; but, I want to mention two things. (1) I don't know what summoner level you are nor what rune/mastery setup you are using but you can also achieve maximum CDR without getting Ionian Boots and using just runes and masteries. Defining the parts of the sum, you have 10%CDR Ryze's level 4 Q, 15%CDR from Glacial Shroud, 3%CDR from Sorcery Mastery in the offense tree, and 6%CDR from Intelligence Mastery for a total of 34%CDR; the remaining 6% can be achieved through either use Celerity/Focus runes or upgrading to Frozen Heart (which the game is never long enough to) and living with 1% shy of maximum. By foregoing Ionian Boots, you can get Sorc Boots for Magic Penetration, which imo, an attribute harder to obtain via items after getting MPen runes and masteries.

(2) I'm curious as to why you get 2~3 Banshee Veil's as the spell shield doesn't stack (I wish) and the fact that the gold to mana ratio is 7.24 gold per 1 mana (375 total mana) while a maxed out Rod of Ages is 4.18 gold per 1 mana (725 total mana). Are you just trying to stack magic resistance? If so, then that's your preference on how to build him but imo, for me, I don't find myself needing it beyond 1 Banshee's Veil. The MR and Spellshield alone is enough for me.

And yes, teamfights are awesome. I love it when Jarvan is on my team and he throws down his ult and cages in 2-3 enemy champs. I get all wet looking at the AoE damage.