User blog comment:Zerazx/Woe the Calamity of Mana/@comment-11616642-20140110020958/@comment-11616642-20140124034613

You're right, but youre wrong. Lets talk Ryze. Woe and Ryze have been farming pretty well, a few small trades, and theyre equal level. Ryze, we''ll assume, has used his E once at a cost of 80 mana(From his 250, assuming he left it level one and he has not yet bought mana items at level 3, which is pretty reasonable). He has 170, rising fast, and Woe steps in with his lvl 1 W, shielding himself. Ryze sees a chance for free damage and pops his W-Q fast. He just popped 80 hard damage onto Woe(120-40). He also just lost 120 mana, leaving him hovering slightly over 50 mana, too little to do anything. We're assuming Woe has a level two Q, and he takes an additional 3% off, leaving him even less, a far cry from any of his(Ryze) abilities. So, Ryze has to use an early mana pot which gives Woe a gold advantage, and an opputrunity to hard lane now that he can assure Ryze OOM(If he didnt pop a mana pot then Woe has a cooldown to ensure an even longer wait for ONE ability). SO, while youre moslty right, being the ryze in this situation would get old fast. And, lets assume WOe is a support as he seems to be designed.

His lane partner will WRECK Ryze

My thoughts...