Changes: Ryze/Strategy

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Skill usage

Don't be afraid to use Overload to last hit minions as the spell has low mana cost.
Chaining abilities in the right order is key to make optimal use of Arcane Mastery . For starters, begin with Overload and use it every 2nd spell afterwards. Advanced combos rely on making use of Arcane Mastery to cooldown priority spells.
Some example spell combos involve:
1. Overload -> Desperate Power(while Overload is enroute) -> Overload -> Spell Flux -> Overload -> Rune Prison -> Overload (maximum damage over-time, 40% CDR team-fight damage combo)
2. Rune Prison -> Overload -> Spell Flux -> Overload (short, lane harassment burst combo)
3. Rune Prison -> Overload -> Spell Flux -> Overload -> Desperate Power (while Overload is enroute) -> Overload -> Rune Prison (chasing combo, to make Rune Prison refresh as soon as possible, also used on people out of position)
Casting Overload before your other spells will allow a second cast soon, due to its relatively short cooldown and Arcane Mastery.
If pursued, try to cast your spells on the run to use your Rune Prison as many times as possible on your pursuers. Prioritize melee champions with gap closers.
Using Rune Prison on melee enemies will effectively remove them from the fight temporarily.
Rune Prison does NOT interrupt channeling abilities, so be aware of using it against enemies like Katarina or Fiddlesticks.
Rune Prison will not stop a ranged champion from attacking your allies within range; always take this into consideration when using it on champions such as Twitch or Kog'Maw.
Try to use Spell Flux on groups of minions or a minion near a champion to hit them near turrets.
When encountering a single opponent, make sure you're sufficiently close for the Spell Flux to bounce off you.
Desperate Power combined with Ryze's other abilities make farming gold easy, in mid/late game.
Desperate Power has a relatively short cooldown and its spell vamp can help Ryze to regain health.
At 40% cooldown reduction, because of Arcane Mastery, Ryze's combo is only limited by the player's casting speed. This makes smartcasting all of Ryze's skills a good technique for veteran players.
When low on health, don't be afraid to use Desperate Power + Spell Flux on a minion wave to regain some health as his ultimate has a low cooldown. Since Overload has a low cooldown aswell, use this as much as possible while you ultimate is on cooldown to reduce it using Arcane Mastery.
There is a bug that allows Ryze to lower his cooldowns while farming : While ryze is about to kill a unit with his Overload for example and throws another spell very shortly before the minion dies, for example, he can use another spell like his Spell Flux before the impact of the Overload so that all of his cooldowns get lowered even though the last spell he threw isn't on cooldown. This bug allows you to get your Desperate Power very quickly in order to shove the lane or do the wraiths, or be able to gank after he pushed the lane. Also, all the other spell cooldowns are lowered by a second, so Overload is way more spammable.

Build usage

Ryze relies on mainly cooldown reduction, mana, and magic penetration to increase his damage. Any items that grant one of these stats, or a reasonable combination, is probably worth buying.

Mana

Because most mana items offer some health and armor, Ryze can be effectively built tanky and deal a lot of damage at the same time with his spells.

Tear of the Goddess is especially key, allowing Ryze to more freely use his spells while passively increasing his mana pool, and indirectly, his magic damage. Archangel's Staff is a viable upgrade, but should not be built out of Tear of the Goddess immediately. When Ryze has a very deep mana pool later in the game, he can make full use of Archangel's Staff's passive +3% max mana to ability power.
Muramana can provide more damage (as it procs on autoattacks and single target spells), because of Ryze's mana pool:

(250 base + (55 per level × 18 = 990 at level 18) = 1240 + Muramana = 2240 mana × 0.06 = 134 bonus spell damage

134 + 20 bonus AD + (2240 × 0.02 = 45) = 199 bonus autoattack damage

Concurrently, Archangel's Staff only provides (60 + (2240 × 0.03)) × 0.4 = 51 + (1000 × 0.065 = 65) = 116 bonus damage on Overload.

Keep in mind that:

The Muramana damage is not splashed during Desperate Power
The bonus damage from Muramana is physical and will not benefit from Ryze's MR reduction and penetration.
The Muramana toggle scales off of Ryze's current mana; the less mana available, the less bonus damage from the item.

Ryze should invest in an early Catalyst the Protector for health and mana. It can be built into Rod of Ages later.

Cooldown Reduction

Glacial Shroud is a core item for Ryze giving him mana and armor allowing Ryze to be a tanky mage with a decent amount of damage. Later, it can also be built into a Frozen Heart or an Iceborn Gauntlet.
- With masteries, Overload and Frozen Heart Ryze will reach the maximum cooldown reduction cap. Compared to Gauntlet it provides more armor, more CDR, is 250 gold cheaper, and slows all enemies' attack speed.
- Iceborn Gauntlet gives more mana, ability power, and the Spellblade passive provdes Ryze with another form of CC and good synergy with Muramana.

Miscellaneous

Because Ryze has low ability power scalings, magic penetration is important. Although Spell Flux does reduces enemy magic resistance, items like Void Staff and Abyssal Scepter will improve his late game damage output if enemies have built some magic resistance.
Will of the Ancients works well in conjunction with the spell vamp of Desperate Power and makes you surprisingly durable even at low health. Alternatively, Spirit of the Spectral Wraith, with its cooldown reduction, mana regeneration, and lower cost, may be an even better choice.

Recommended builds

Countering

Ryze damage output is mainly magic damage. Investing in a magic resistance item can help reduce his damage.
Stay back when you notices he activates his Desperate Power. It gives his spells AoE damage, causing him to deal a lot of damage when facing him in a minion wave.
Ryze takes a while to rack up mana via Tear of the Goddess - denying him farm and killing him early on will hamper him in the later stage of the game.
Although Ryze is very strong at late game, he has a weak early game. Putting pressure on his lane or denying his chance to farm or kill will reduce his effectiveness in the later stages of the game.

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 == Build usage ==
 *{{ci|Ryze}} relies on mainly [[cooldown reduction]], [[mana]], and [[magic penetration]] to increase his damage. Any [[items]] that grant one of these stats, or a reasonable combination, is probably worth buying.
+----
-**Because most mana items offer some health and armor, Ryze can be effectively be built tanky and deal a lot of damage at the same time with his spells.
+'''Mana'''
-* Because {{ii|Doran's Ring}} doesn't synergize well with {{ci|Ryze}}, he has the option of choosing other starting [[items]] to go to lane, such as {{ii|Sapphire Crystal}} or {{ii|Boots of Speed}} and health or mana potions.
-* An example of a good, versatile early game item build could be {{ii|Sorcerer's Shoes}}, {{ii|Tear of the Goddess}}, {{ii|Catalyst the Protector}}, {{ii|Hextech Revolver}}/{{ii|Will of the Ancients}}, {{ii|Glacial Shroud}}, and {{ii|Negatron Cloak}}.
-* Because the [[magic damage]] from {{ai|Overload|Ryze}} and {{ai|Rune Prison|Ryze}} scale very well with [[mana]], {{ci|Ryze}} relies heavily on [[mana]] for damage and usage of abilities. This makes [[mana]] [[items]] essential to his build.
+Because most mana items offer some health and armor, {{ci|Ryze}} can be effectively built tanky and deal a lot of damage at the same time with his spells.
-** {{ii|Tear of the Goddess}} is especially key, allowing {{ci|Ryze}} to more freely use his spells while passively increasing his [[mana]] pool, and indirectly, his [[magic damage]]. {{ii|Archangel's Staff}} is a viable upgrade, but should not be built out of {{ii|Tear of the Goddess}} immediately. When {{ci|Ryze}} has a very deep [[mana]] pool later in the game, he can make full use of {{ii|Archangel's Staff}}'s passive +3% max [[mana]] to [[ability power]].
+* {{ii|Tear of the Goddess}} is especially key, allowing {{ci|Ryze}} to more freely use his spells while passively increasing his [[mana]] pool, and indirectly, his [[magic damage]]. {{ii|Archangel's Staff}} is a viable upgrade, but should not be built out of {{ii|Tear of the Goddess}} immediately. When {{ci|Ryze}} has a very deep [[mana]] pool later in the game, he can make full use of {{ii|Archangel's Staff}}'s passive +3% max [[mana]] to [[ability power]].
-** {{ii|Muramana}} can provide more damage (as it procs on autoattacks and single target spells), because of Ryze's mana pool: (250 base + (55 per level*18 = 990 at level 18) = 1240 + 1000 mana due to Tear = 2240 mana * .06 = 134 bonus physical damage per autoattack and single target spell. Archangel's staff only provides (50+(2200*.03))*.4 = +46 damage on Ryze's Overload, his main source of ability damage.
+* {{ii|Muramana}} can provide more damage (as it procs on autoattacks and single target spells), because of Ryze's mana pool:
-*** Although Ryze's spells deal splash damage during his ultimate, Muramana's toggle will still proc on the actual target of the spell; the Muramana damage is not splashed.
+(250 base + (55 per level × 18 = 990 at level 18) = 1240 + {{ii|Muramana}} = 2240 mana × 0.06 = ''134 bonus spell damage''
-** However, the bonus damage from {{ii|Muramana}} is physical and will not benefit from Ryze's MR reduction and penetration.
-** Consider building {{ii|Iceborn Gauntlet}} in combination with {{ii|Muramana}} as it will allow to follow up with a powerful autoattack with an AOE slow after casting a spell.
++ 20 bonus AD + (2240 × 0.02 = 45) = ''199 bonus autoattack damage''
+Concurrently, {{ii|Archangel's Staff}} only provides (60 + (2240 × 0.03)) × 0.4 = 51 + (1000 × 0.065 = 65) = ''116 bonus damage on {{ai|Overload}}.''
+Keep in mind that:
+* The Muramana damage is not splashed during {{ai|Desperate Power}}
+* The bonus damage from {{ii|Muramana}} is physical and will not benefit from Ryze's MR reduction and penetration.
+* The Muramana toggle scales off of {{cis|Ryze}} current mana; the less mana available, the less bonus damage from the item.
 * {{ci|Ryze}} should invest in an early {{ii|Catalyst the Protector}} for [[health]] and [[mana]]. It can be built into {{ii|Rod of Ages}} later.
-* {{ai|Arcane Mastery|Ryze}} synergizes very well with [[cooldown reduction]] [[items]]. {{ai|Overload|Ryze}} provides a passive 10% [[cooldown reduction]] at max rank, so {{ci|Ryze}} only needs 30% more [[cooldown reduction]] from other sources to reach the 40% cap, and his {{ai|Arcane Mastery}} reduces the cooldowns on his abilities even further.
+----
-** {{ii|Glacial Shroud}} is a core [[item]] for {{ci|Ryze}} giving him [[mana]] and [[armor]] allowing {{ci|Ryze}} to be a tanky mage with a decent amount of damage. Later, it can also be built into a {{ii|Frozen Heart}}. With two [[cooldown reduction]] [[masteries]], 9/0/21 or 9/21/0, {{ii|Frozen Heart}} and {{ai|Overload}} can be all that {{ci|Ryze}} needs for maximum [[cooldown reduction]]. Alternatively, consider the combination of {{ii|Iceborn Gauntlet}} and  {{ii|Spirit of the Spectral Wraith}} for the same result.
+'''Cooldown Reduction'''
-* Consider the impact on his damage before immediately upgrading {{cis|Ryze}} [[mana]] [[items]] into their [[ability power]] and [[mana]] upgrades like {{ii|Rod of Ages}} and {{ii|Archangel's Staff}}. Because his [[AP]] ratios are so low, it might be better to just get another [[mana]] [[item]] or get a little tankier.
-* Buying a defensive [[mana]] [[item]] like {{ii|Glacial Shroud}} or {{ii|Banshee's Veil}} offers surprisingly potent offensive boosts at the same time, solidifying {{ci|Ryze}} in his innate tanky caster role.
+* {{ii|Glacial Shroud}} is a core [[item]] for {{ci|Ryze}} giving him [[mana]] and [[armor]] allowing {{ci|Ryze}} to be a tanky mage with a decent amount of damage. Later, it can also be built into a {{ii|Frozen Heart}} or an {{ii|Iceborn Gauntlet}}.
-* Because {{ci|Ryze}} has low [[ability power]] scalings, [[magic penetration]] or [[magic penetration|magic resistance reduction]] is important. Although {{ai|Spell Flux}} reduces enemy [[magic resistance]], [[items]] like {{ii|Void Staff}} will improve his late game damage output if enemies have built some [[magic resistance]].
+** With [[masteries]], {{ai|Overload}} and Frozen Heart {{ci|Ryze}} will reach the maximum [[cooldown reduction]] cap. Compared to Gauntlet it provides more armor, more CDR, is 250 gold cheaper, and slows all enemies' attack speed.
-** {{ii|Sorcerer's Shoes}}, {{ii|Haunting Guise}}, and {{ii|Abyssal Scepter}} are useful to counter early [[magic resistance]] and one or two may be enough with {{ai|Spell Flux}}. Because of the way that [[magic penetration]] is calculated, they will lose effectiveness as enemies build [[magic resistance]] and {{ii|Void Staff}} will eventually be the most effective [[magic penetration]] [[item]].
+** {{ii|Iceborn Gauntlet}} gives more mana, ability power, and the Spellblade passive provdes {{ci|Ryze}} with another form of CC and good synergy with {{ii|Muramana}}.
-* {{ii|Will of the Ancients}} works well in conjunction with the [[spell vamp]] of {{ai|Desperate Power|Ryze}} and makes you surprisingly durable even at low [[health]]. Alternatively, {{ii|Spirit of the Spectral Wraith}} , with its cooldown reduction, mana regeneration, and lower cost, may be an even better choice.
+----
+'''Miscellaneous'''
+* Because {{ci|Ryze}} has low [[ability power]] scalings, [[magic penetration]] is important. Although {{ai|Spell Flux}} does reduces enemy [[magic resistance]], [[items]] like {{ii|Void Staff}}  and {{ii|Abyssal Scepter}} will improve his late game damage output if enemies have built some [[magic resistance]].
+* {{ii|Will of the Ancients}} works well in conjunction with the [[spell vamp]] of {{ai|Desperate Power|Ryze}} and makes you surprisingly durable even at low [[health]]. Alternatively, {{ii|Spirit of the Spectral Wraith}}, with its cooldown reduction, mana regeneration, and lower cost, may be an even better choice.
 == Recommended builds ==

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