So Ryze got nerfed?

Honestly I think he got buffed... It just feels so much better. With the range of his Q and his shield literally just saved me against a karthus without me even knowing it. 12-0-7... Season 4 diamond Ryze/Riven main...

His ratios got knocked down a peg but his ability to combo out and delete people has been put on steroids.

Also, his E applies Muramana. On the initial projectile, the 6 bounce projectiles, and the 6 bounce projectiles when they return.

I don't like that his damage was lowered at pretty much every stage of the game, and it's pretty lame that they tried to push him away from mana scaling and towrds AP scaling. But I love that passive shield :u It's about time Riot updated Ryze's role to be Mage/Tank

Not really a nerf. But his build wont be unique anymore. He'll build like the rest of the Tanky AP's. With an added AA staff in there.

That being said. Ulted E with a few bounces is devastating to watch.

With all the free stats (CDR and pen) he can focus his build entirely on damage/tankiness, on top of the E changes. W got nerfed, certainly, but E and Q got buffed.

So how do you think this change affects top lane Ryze?

I haven't played the new Ryze yet. But I gather they just updated his kit to something more modern. He should pretty much feel the same. I hope.

What confuses me though: the 30% passive CDR. I'm not quite sure how to build him anymore. Especially since my masteries set up gave me 10% CDR at level 1... I'll enjoy relearning