Hey leagueoflegendsmeta

I've been testing the new Ryze in normals and I've come to some conclusions about his build options.

First off, Tear->archangels is a must bar none. (Delay the upgrade and sit on tear feels correct as far as I can tell)

After that it's a matter of which item do you get next. I'll go over my feelings about each item after detailing the items benefits.

Morellos: Mana/Mana Regen/AP/CDR

Very solid combination of stats that Ryze needs. Gives a strong powerspike on completion and components are each small spikes in terms of AP or Cdr.

RoA: Health/Mana/AP

A classic on Ryze and still very good. Catalyst is great for laning but the actual combined item is a wait of 10 minutes for the full spike.

Rylai: Health, AP, 40% 1.5 sec slow on all spells.

A strong slow, health and AP. The build path is solid and the extra immediate health and AP are good given his low range. Also every spell is a single target so they will each be given the full effect of the single target. Although its wasted on the empowered snare.

Also FYI I'd bring him top. The top lane seems to revolve around melee carries/bruisers/GangPlank. Mid lane has a lot of high waveclear and long range mids that will force Ryze to constantly waveclear using spells that burns mana rapidly.

I personally find that Rylai's is the strongest spike. Because with the constant slows you can keep people in place for easy Q hitting. The main issue is that you will mana issues as tear will only give you so much mana back.

RoA will keep you topped off but its a sign of I want to scale and will give very low kill pressure unless you can get a lot of e-q combos in.

Morellos will be probably the safest bet for items. It's got all the stats except health that Ryze craves as you transition out of laning into skrimishes.

From there I find that FH is a good item because of the new passive. Boots should be Ionian or Sorcerers.

IMO because this is getting long. Might make a video going over it in more detail.

Tear -> Rylai/RoA/Morellos -> Upgrade Boots (Ionia/Sorc) -> FH or Abyssal (fed AP or 2 Ap threats) ->Void -> Rabadons if fed or GA for more tankyness passive.

Strong contenders are Zhonyas for the likes of Fizz or Zed, or Banshee's for hard engage like Zac or Sejuani.

Thoughts and Opinions?

P.S E max or Q max?