Talk:Ryze/Strategy/@comment-91.144.201.56-20121125220226/@comment-62.1.167.131-20121129124739

Pro player Alex Ich of Moscow 5 specifically mentioned that (for him) "early laning with Ryze is hard".

Relatively speaking of course, not hard as in "you can not play LoL with Ryze" hard, but relatively hard considering his early farming is weak due to specialized target kit and he's kind of a slow champion movement-wise, while also not a dedicated fighter nor tank, so he's open to early pokes and bursts and fast linear skillshots.

It's true that denying his chance to farm early will set him back, in contrast to Master Yi, for instance, whereas if you successfuly deny his very early laning farm, he will just say "Bi Bi Wankaz" and go jungle with Alphaic impunity.