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the Rune Mage

Ryze build & stats

Mage C 115 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
49.6%
Pick rate
4.6%
Ban rate
0.0%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
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Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Finish these three

Actualizer
Actualizer
2,800 gold
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
2,500 gold
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages
2,600 gold
7,900 gold
53.8% WR 13 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100 gold
51.9% 52 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
56.7% WR
30 games · 26% pick
Stormraider's Surge
Stormraider's Surge

Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Mark
55.6% 27 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 49.6% of games as any role on patch 16.17 (115 games).
  • Most common core: Actualizer → Frozen Heart → Rod of Ages — 54% win rate over 13 games.
  • Take Stormraider's Surge as keystone: picked in 67% of games with a 52% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Actualizer
Actualizer
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages
53.8% WR
13 games · 11% pick
Actualizer
Actualizer
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages
66.7% WR
6 games · 5% pick
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
Force of Nature
Force of Nature
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages
80.0% WR
5 games · 4% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
51.9% WR
52 games · 45% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
50.0% WR
44 games · 38% pick
Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous Greaves
25.0% WR
4 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 71.4% 6% (7)
Force of Nature Force of Nature
 64.3% 12% (14)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 60.0% 9% (10)
Frozen Heart Frozen Heart
 50.0% 38% (44)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 50.0% 26% (30)
Void Staff Void Staff
 50.0% 10% (12)
Rod of Ages Rod of Ages
 49.5% 90% (103)
Actualizer Actualizer
 48.1% 45% (52)
Cosmic Drive Cosmic Drive
 43.8% 14% (16)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 33.3% 3% (3)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
56.7% WR
30 games · 26% pick
Stormraider's Surge
Stormraider's Surge

Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
50.0% WR
28 games · 24% pick
Stormraider's Surge Manaflow Band Transcendence Gathering Storm Taste of Blood Treasure Hunter
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
56.3% WR
16 games · 14% pick
Conqueror Presence of Mind Legend: Haste Coup de Grace Manaflow Band Transcendence

Keystones

  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 51.9%67% pick
  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 50.0%21% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 50.0%5% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 0.0%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 50.7%60% pick
  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 55.6%23% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 66.7%5% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PArcane Mastery

    Ryze'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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • RRealm Warp

    Passively, 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.