Originally Posted by
Aissy
I just want to point out that Ryze isn't as easy as he is generally made out to be. He has no skillshots but a champion can be hard to play regardless (lets be honest, League mechanics aren't that hard.
What makes Ryze a bit tough to play is his laning phase, against an unexperienced player Ryze laning is cake and you make it to late game fairly easy (where his true power lies). However, against an experienced player laning phase can be pretty tough. If you get outplayed you'll never make it to late game.
This is the reason you often see Ryze players (at higher level at least) pick up TP instead of ignite. His ganks are fairly strong and it lets him get stronger through other means than just straight up beating his lane opponent.
I'm not saying Ryze is "hard", I just wouldn't place him in "easy" either.