Talk:Ryze/@comment-11272698-20130728010002/@comment-7967732-20130801001632

Ryze mid now is so bad as he can't hold against any ranged AP mid (all, except Vlad outrange him, though how often Vlad goes mid anyway).

His top lane is really good vs someone without gap closer. Against 1 with gapcloser (and sadly quite alot of them do have), he will feed, and feed hard. Ryze is too squishy and 1 jump from Kha, Rengar, Xin... will take more than 60% of his HP. So even Ryze top, which many complains about, is hugely hit or miss.

I can still see him as a strong pro pick. With constant lane swap + proper jungler back up, he can get away with laning phase without feeding and have a decent farm for his core.

In solo q, he is terrible and too easy to counter.