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Ryze Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Ryze we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Ryze, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Ryze this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.2. However, if you are a new Ryze player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Ryze!

Patch 12.2: 111550 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 129 Games

Sorcery

Domination

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 101 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

More Ryze Runes

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 1220 Games

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 680 Games

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 2316 Games

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 3622 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 1015 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

57%

Win Rate 583 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

59%

Win Rate 312 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 12.2: 111559 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Domination

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 159 Games

Sorcery

Domination

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 79 Games

Sorcery

Domination

More Ryze Runes

Second Best

43%

Win Rate 178 Games

Third Best

42%

Win Rate 132 Games

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 518 Games

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 132 Games

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 844 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 306 Games

Don’t forget
to Buy Wards

Passive Ability

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 87 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 86 Games

Passive Ability

Ryze Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Ryze guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Ryze Mid in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Ryze. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Ryze Ryze Mid

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Ryze Skins

Find Ryze's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Ryze skins and chromas on Ryze's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Guardian of the Sands Ryze

January 22, 2020

+ Wishlist

1350

Championship Ryze

September 26, 2019

+ Wishlist

1350

SKT Ryze

Special Events

August 18, 2016

+ Wishlist

Ryze Whitebeard

December 7, 2015

+ Wishlist

750

Pirate Ryze

Special Events

October 26, 2012

+ Wishlist

Dark Crystal Ryze

February 20, 2012

+ Wishlist

Tribal Ryze

Legacy

May 4, 2011

+ Wishlist

520

Zombie Ryze

Special Events

October 18, 2010

+ Wishlist

Professor Ryze

Legacy

October 5, 2010

+ Wishlist

Triumphant Ryze

Limited Edition

September 1, 2010

+ Wishlist

Uncle Ryze

July 4, 2010

+ Wishlist

520

Young Ryze

Collector's Edition

July 14, 2009

+ Wishlist

Classic Ryze

Original

+ Wishlist

Ryze's Abilities

Arcane Mastery Ryze's Passive

Self

Ryze's spells deal extra damage based on his bonus mana, and his maximum mana is increased by 5% per 100 ability power.

Overload Ryze's Q Ability

1000

40 / 38 / 36 / 34 / 32

Passive: Ryze's other basic abilities reset Overload's cooldown and generate a Rune for 4 seconds, up to a maximum of 2.

Active: Ryze unleashes a runic blast in the target direction, dealing 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 (+40% of ability power) (+3% of bonus mana) magic damage to the first enemy struck and consuming all of his Runes.

If Ryze consumes 2 Runes, he gains 28 / 32 / 36 / 40 / 44% bonus movement speed for 2 seconds.

Flux: Overload deals 10 / 40 / 70 / 100% bonus damage based on Realm Warps's rank and spreads to all nearby enemies marked with Flux, consuming the mark on all targets.

Rune Prison Ryze's W Ability

600

40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100

13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9

Ryze instantly deals 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 (+60% of ability power) (+4% bonus mana) magic damage to a target enemy and slows them by 35% for 1.5 seconds.

Flux: Rune Prison's slow is converted to a root for the same duration.

Spell Flux Ryze's E Ability

600

40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100

3.5 / 3.25 / 3 / 2.75 / 2.5

Ryze hurls an orb of runic energy at the target enemy, dealing 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 (+30% of ability power) (+2% bonus mana) magic damage and marking them and nearby enemies with Flux for 3 seconds, causing his next basic ability against them to consume the mark and gain bonus effects.

Realm Warp Ryze's Ultimate (R) Ability

3000

100

210 / 180 / 150 / 150 / 150

Passive: Increases Overload's damage against targets marked with Spell Flux by 40 / 70 / 100%.

Active: Ryze opens a portal to a nearby location. After 2 seconds, all allied units within the portal's sphere are warped to the target location.

If Ryze becomes unable to cast or move, Realm Warp is cancelled.

Questions About Ryze

Latest Questions

Ryze tips and tricks?

Asked by SportJAK on May 4, 2021

Some tips and tricks to make me better Ryze player (mid or top)

How can i aquire a young ryze skin?

Asked by x-drake123 on October 5, 2019

i dont see any rp's or prices on young ryze skins is there anything i need to do before aquiring it? thanks

Balanced Ryze???

Asked on July 16, 2019

How Ryze can be balanced when at 35minute deals 1,3k dmg just from E+Q???

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ryze stuff

Asked by sanicking2 on December 16, 2018

is ryze needs to be ap or nah

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Can someone tell me the best runes for ryze on this last season?

Asked by Dextar on November 11, 2017

Can someone tell me the best runes for ryze on this last season?

Ryze UPDATE

Asked by Sir Berus on January 8, 2017

Hey guys, anyone know about this Ryze update lol are talking about in their patch notes? They said their finally gonna update Ryze but he was recently updated already and he is great. Are they gonna nerf him to hell? If so getting really annoyed...

ryze and vladimir

Asked by the chaos bringer 00 on November 25, 2016

so where are these two better atm? top or mid?

Jayce and Tear. Ryze and Top.

Asked by Darealone on October 25, 2016

Two-ish questions. 1. Why isn't [[tear of the goddess]] being built on [[jayce]] in terms of the pros and is it still effective? 2. Is [[ryze]] still effective as a top laner?

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Mana Quints or AP Qunits on Ryze

Asked by Xenonfrenzy on December 19, 2015

Are Mana Quints or AP Quints Better on Ryze?

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Ryze jungle

Asked by League of Mike on April 30, 2015

Is this the stupidest thing you've ever heard or does this actually work. Wanted to try out the new ryze in a new way

Support Ryze?

Asked by RottedApples on January 3, 2014

ryze has a good snare which can hit multiple people if he ults. he also doesn't NEED rabadons or other big items to scale, he can be content with some mana. so i want to know how plausible ryze support is and what should i be building. i want...

is triumphant Ryze given through codes?

Asked by LiLStormcloaK on June 1, 2013

^ thx

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why is athene's ryze guide not in the high elo tab?

Asked by mastrer1000 on May 22, 2013

the latest guide in the high elo tab is yodatv's jarvan guide. what is missing is athene's new ryze guide though. i don't want to start a discussion about athene or his guide with this question, i am just wondering.