Talk:Ryze/@comment-217.12.56.200-20120117161013/@comment-3532889-20120120173239

Perhaps, but I've played a fair number games with him now, and by the time I hit level 3, I'm winning just about every trade and then some. There are a fair number of mages that stand absolutely no chance, Kass, Karthus, and anything with a range shorter then that, i.e. fizz, sion, akali, etc... and then the ones with longer ranges generally have to get up close for one reason for another, if you catch them with a snare, you can just unload on them.

What runes are you taking? I've found that that's really a major factor in his early game. The difference between when I had a "mage" rune page, and a "ryze" rune page are pretty phenomenal. And it really takes about one kill to enter hyper-carry mode. I especially love when junglers like rammus or xin zhao try to gank me <3