Talk:Ryze/@comment-26837195-20150831113055/@comment-26001789-20150906033116

Don't go mercs unless you have to go for it because the enemy teams has too much CC.

Tenacity doesn't do that much for you unless you have 2500 HP and over 80 of Armor and MR, because the difference between 1.5 seconds of stun over 2 is that you can potentially move .5 seconds before you die as a squishy.

If you are concerned about potentiall pick potential, grab a Banshee or a Zhonya.

Otherwise, follow the standard route of RoA - Seraphs - Luden. You can buy a Frozen Heart if you really wanna have early CDR and some Armor + Mana but you have to sell the item and I don't think you need IBG ever because you rarely if ever Auto between spells, if at all. You should also consider spellvamp as an item option, Ryze has 2 single target spells and Spellflux + Desperate Power can give out a lot of healing really quickly.

Finally, I think Rabadon should be core now on Ryze after the changes because of the sheer power of the Passive %AP.