Talk:Malzahar/@comment-24309189-20140922041323/@comment-8468980-20141109041938

"Also, while ryze has zero ways to screw up, there is also nothing he can do to 1v1 champions that can either counterburst him"

He builds tank, raw tank screws over burst power and assassins because they rely on exploding a champ in a single rotation. Ryze's build flexibility allows him to shrug this damage off, then recoup the loss *while* nuking them down at the same time with his ulti.

"or have more effective damage+hp"

There are no mages who get as better a combination of mitigation and single target damage than Ryze. I think this is a stumbling block that prevents people from getting why Ryze is *the* mage duelist.