Ryze Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 46.2%
- Pick rate
- 5.2%
- Ban rate
- 1.4%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Resolve 
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Gathering Storm
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Summoner spells
60.0%
20 games
Max order
Q
E
W
45.9%
194 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Ryze
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Ryze wins 46.2% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (998 games).
- Most common core: Rod of Ages → Archangel's Staff → Actualizer — 50% win rate over 131 games.
- Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 86% of games with a 45% win rate.
- Best matchup: Jayce (75% over 12 games). Hardest: Orianna (25% over 32 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 100.0% | 0% (4) | |
| 66.7% | 1% (6) | |
| 60.0% | 1% (10) | |
| 55.6% | 1% (9) | |
| 55.0% | 2% (20) | |
| 54.9% | 13% (133) | |
| 53.4% | 56% (560) | |
| 52.3% | 4% (44) | |
| 50.0% | 14% (136) | |
| 46.2% | 96% (957) | |
| 44.4% | 1% (9) | |
| 40.0% | 1% (10) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Resolve 
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Manaflow Band
Celerity
Scorch
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Sorcery +
Resolve
Sorcery +
Resolve
Keystones
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Deathfire Touch
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
45.3%86% pick
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
53.8%13% pick
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
0.0%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ghost
46.4%73% pick
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Flash + Teleport
44.7%23% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
60.0%2% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
45.9%194 games
Most common first three levels: E → Q → W (44%), E → Q → Q (50%), E → W → Q (45%).
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PArcane MasteryRyze's spells deal extra damage based on his Bonus Mana, and he gains a percentage increase to his maximum Mana based on his Ability Power.
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QOverload
Passively, Ryze's other basic abilities reset the cooldown of Overload and charge a rune. When Ryze casts Overload with 2 runes charged, he gains a brief burst of Move Speed.On cast, Ryze throws a charge of pure energy i...
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WRune Prison
Ryze traps a target in a cage of runes, damaging them and slowing their movement. If the target has Flux on it, they are instead rooted.
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ESpell Flux
Ryze releases an orb of pure magical power that damages an enemy and debuffs all nearby enemies. Ryze's spells have additional effects against the debuffed enemy.
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RRealm WarpPassively, Overload deals even more damage against targets with Flux.On cast, Ryze creates a portal to a nearby location. After a few seconds, allies standing near the portal are teleported to the target location.