Ryze Jungle: it works really well.
Title: for real 
works.
Pros: insane ganks, good potential lategame and early. the build can be really versatile from super tanky, to AP squishy and if you are crazy enough you can even go AD. The Shield passive will keep you life high as you go on the jungle, so unlike you might think you are not weak to counterjungling, actually, if the enemy jungler thinks it is a good idea to go in your jungle he will get a surprise. Also, super fast clears at level 5.
Cons: you have to know how his combos works, first clear can be weak and depends on kiting the blue mob on the first time, be careful or you might be invaded, you have to get a
and a
as fast as you can.
**Start: **
and level up E first (low cooldown)
First Clear: _Start in Gromp with a good leash, spam your E and smite right away to get the venom debuff, use a potion, after finishing off the Gromp go to your blue, once you get to level 2 level up your Q. To kill blue you will have to kite and spam your passive Shield. To do so use E two times in a row on the giant Blue guardian, then use Q on him, it will proc your shield and do a good AoE damage, this combo is the base of your jungle as it allows you to spread E and clear super quick. Repeat the process until you kill the Blue Guardian or until you run out of mana (and you will run out of mana). Afterwards you can kill the river Crab or you can just immediatly call back, and you will have to call back because you need the
potion (cause mana). Afterwards go straight for the Red repeat the combo process, you will get to level 3, level up your W, your first gank will be settled with this. _
Ganking: it all will depend on how you play your combos, your E is used to empower any other ability cast after it: your Q will deal extra damage, your W will last 2 seconds instead of one or you can just wait to cast E again and spread the debuff to do an insane AoE with Q. The base entry is E+W for extra CC time, unless you just want to max damage, the max damage combo is Q then W (resets Q) then Q again then E then Q again, it all depends. As long as you ping your allied laner and you land your W or empowered W on the enemy you will have a good gank. Entering unseen or with R/6 is good, specially if used on a bush where it is not visible.
**Lategame: **your potential is the same as the regular Ryze, some might think not having an "useful" summ spell might hurt him on fights but it doesnt, he usually has
on lane and he does well without ignite, exhaust or heal. You might surely be doing a lot better than lane Ryze because his combo is insane for Ganks, so staying on a lane is not actually that good, instead while on the jungle you will be able to gank constantly. Secure objetives and do some crazy stunts like set a team scape or a full team gank with ult.
**Mana Problems: **solve them early with Blue Guardian buff and
, afterwards you might be forced to buy a
or a
(I play
Ryze yeah).
[slayer-jinx-catface]
instead of
is gunna be your core.
Late game you can sell cinderhulk for sunfire if you need armor more than the wards/smite bonus.