User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Nerf Worthy Champs + Your Thoughts/@comment-4979970-20130710153115

just because of ryze's insane damage, the point is that you have to get into range to deal his damage. he's a very close-mid ranged mage, and the balance between his high damage and low cds is that he puts himself in a dangerous spot to deal it. don't get me wrong, ryze is a very strong champion but his champion concept in itself is balanced.