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Ryze
Patch 16.2.1
MidDifficulty
Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Reach your 3-item core and level 16. Use your superior waveclear to keep sidelanes pushed, then use to join teamfights first. In fights, peel for yourself with → and melt whatever is closest to you.
Playstyle
Hyper-scaling battlemage who thrives on high-speed kiting and rapid spell rotations. You are a 'shotgun' mage: short range, but devastating once you get close enough to cycle your combos.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Unmatched late-game DPS scaling via and passive.
- +Fastest waveclear in the game with and once you have Mana.
- +Reliable point-and-click CC with for catching mobile carries.
- +High combat mobility thanks to the Move Speed burst from runes.
Weaknesses
- -Extremely mana-reliant early; one bad trade and you're forced to base.
- -Short effective range makes you vulnerable to being kited or bursted by long-range mages.
- -Zero innate sustain or defensive dashes; relies entirely on MS from .
- - is high-risk; a bad portal can literally throw the game for your entire team.
Abilities
Your AP makes your Mana pool bigger, and your Mana makes your spells hit harder. This makes Mana items like Seraph's Embrace non-negotiable. You aren't just building damage; you're building a resource that fuels your damage.
This is your main damage source. Casting or resets the cooldown of and charges a 'rune'. If you have 2 runes charged, your next gives you a massive Move Speed boost. Always try to weave between every other spell to maximize DPS.
A point-and-click slow and damage. If the enemy is marked with Flux from , this becomes a Root. Use this to stop divers in their tracks or to guarantee your full combo lands on a slippery target.
Applies a 'Flux' debuff. This is the 'primer' for all your other spells. It makes bounce and deal more damage, and it makes root. If you cast on a target already marked by Flux, it spreads to everyone nearby.
Passively increases the damage deals to Flux targets. The active creates a portal. It’s best used for flanking, escaping over walls, or moving your team to objectives like Baron or Dragon faster than the enemy can react.
Teamfight Role
Front-to-Back Battlemage
You are not an assassin. Stay behind your frontline and use → on the enemy tanks. The damage will bounce to their backline automatically. Use your Move Speed from to dodge skillshots while constantly outputting damage.
If you see a priority target mispositioned, you can use to portal your frontline or yourself behind them for a surprise flank and an instant root.
Combos
The Shield/Speed Combo
→ →
The 'safety' combo. This charges 2 runes instantly, giving you a massive Move Speed burst to kite away or chase. It also roots the target because of the mark.
Maximum Single Target DPS
→ → → →
Your 'machine gun' combo. By weaving between every spell, you maximize resets. Use this when you are safe to stand still and melt a frontline tank.
Instant Waveclear / AoE Burst
→ (on a minion) →
The first marks one minion. The second spreads Flux to the whole wave. The then bounces to every marked target, exploding the entire pack and anyone standing near it.
The Flash Catch
Flash → → →
The most reliable way to pick a carry. Flash into range, mark them with , and immediately follow with for the guaranteed root so your team can follow up.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 6 | Even though is a utility tool, its passive rank 1 significantly increases the damage your deals to targets marked by . |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 of further increases damage and gives your portal enough range to make significant map plays. |
| Level 13 | This is usually when and are both maxed out. Your waveclear and combat DPS reach their mid-game peak here. |
| Level 16 | Final rank of makes your hit like a truck against Flux targets. You are now a legitimate 1v5 threat if positioned correctly. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Don't just spam . If you need to run, wait to use until you have 2 runes charged from and .
- • is an instant cast. Use it to cancel dashes like LeBlanc W or Lee Sin Q2 if your timing is perfect.
- •You can use to teleport your own minion wave into a tower to help take it faster or tank the shots.
- •If an enemy is standing in their minion wave, hit a low-health minion with . If the minion dies, the Flux spreads to the champion, allowing for a surprise bounce.
- •Your can be canceled by any hard CC (stuns, silences, etc.). Check for enemy CC cooldowns before trying to portal away.
- •In lane, use on a minion, wait for the cooldown, then it again to spread Flux to the enemy laner for free harass.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using without when you need a root.→The target is only slowed, they dash away, and you lose the kill or die.
- ✕Over-extending for a reset early game.→You run out of mana in 30 seconds and lose all lane priority.
- ✕Tunnelling on the enemy backline.→Because your range is short, you'll get collapsed on. Ryze is better at killing what's right in front of him.
- ✕Using as a panic escape while being CC'd.→The channel is interrupted, the ability goes on a long cooldown, and you die anyway.
- ✕Forgetting that is a skillshot.→You can have 1000 AP, but if you miss the after your and , your damage drops to zero.
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