Talk:Ryze/@comment-174.4.38.10-20120426091121

Ryze has a horrible design. He can itemize for defensive stats while gaining as similar damage as someone who would itemize for AP. Not to mention proper itemization gives him plenty of mana to play with.

Atma's has a similar design flaw; it rewards high health with damage. Hopefully Ryze will be nerfed just like Atma's was.

I don't want to nerf him out of spite or anything, but rather because as more and more people clue in to how strong of a champion he is, he will be banned a larger percentage of the time. Personally, I'd love to see more bans based on preference than bans based on which ever champions are the strongest since this promotes champion diversity in our games.