Did the ryze update solve any of his problems at all?

It solved the problem of him not being able to teleport his entire team a good screen or two.

It solve his early game wace clear problem.Now he has one of the best wave clear in the game.

i was excited for this rework and while i think its much more fun to play, its fuckin op as hell. I dont want to play against it thats for sure lol. He is still only fun for him and he can blow u up 3 times faster than b4. No mana issues and easliy over 1000 ap by end game one single q after an e can do upwards of 2000 damage how the hell is that balanced lmao. Riot needs to read a dictonary to know that that word even means

I found that he has mana problems early game because the gem and Tear doesn't do enough to help with the spamability of his kit early on.

Before the rework he could permaroot you abusing his passive. Now all of his combo and interaction are decided by riot and they can nerf/buff then properly.