Talk:Ryze/@comment-24053145-20150502142338/@comment-7765731-20150502202141

It doesn't have to be a very big crit, even if you're building heavy on armor a single crit lategame would likely pop it, or close to it.

I'd have to agree though, the shield popping taking his passive away will really prevent him from being *in* teamfights lategame, which is where the rest of his kit begs him to be. Granted, in his current state he'd probably put out way too much damage if he'd be allowed to keep his passive then, but still. It feels so far, from playing him, that he went from being a lategame monster to a mid/late-midgame monster. Teamfights seem to be both his strong and weak points at the same time. I'm just not sure where he stands right now, his midgame seems monstrous at the moment, while in the lategame, even built as a tank, he just can't deliver because his passive won't hold.