Forget about Ekko; Ryze is broken
Perma snare on a single target with no CDR built. That's what Ryze can pull.
Playing ranked and banning Ryze is your only option. Otherwise, hope that nobody catches on.
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Ryze is getting his nerfs in the next patch, until then:
CC him when he pops his passive. All-in him immediately after his passive wears off, or his stacks are down (if he has no glowing runes beneath his feet). Stay near the edges of your wave so you can duck in against his Q or duck out against his E. Push him under tower. His wave clear is crap without his ult and he in not great at last hitting either. If he is pushing the wave, call for a gank, he has no mobility. In the early game, watch his mana bar. He can kill you in a 1v1, but it will probably take 2/3 of his mana. If he is hovering below 1/2 mana before his first back or 1/3 before his 2nd back, he will proabably OOM himself before he can kill you.
Wait is this broken as in "not functioning properly" or broken as in OP...Idk I've heard a few Ryze bugs so I'm genuinely unsure.
But really, he's an extremely short ranged caster who excels at top for the same reasons Teemo does. The best strategy I can think up is to waste his spells with a tank, and then go in for an engage.
Ekko was intentionally made that way... however Ryze's permasnare was unintentional.
Ryze has really bad soloque issues with his low base ms and predictable combat patterns he gets ganked and generally shut down especially hard.
Its an entirely different matter in organized play with significantly more ward coverage however
His snare is annoying but his winrate isn't good anywhere. Check champion.gg for example.