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the Rune Mage

Ryze Mid build & stats

Mage C 885 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
49.4%
Pick rate
3.3%
Ban rate
0.5%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
Master
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Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Actualizer
Actualizer
2,800 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages
2,600 gold
8,900 gold
72.7% WR 11 games

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
55.2% 29 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
66.7% WR
9 games · 1% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

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 Ghost
46.0% 174 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 49.4% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (885 games).
  • Most common core: Actualizer → Zhonya's Hourglass → Rod of Ages — 62% win rate over 60 games.
  • Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 67% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Vex (70% over 10 games). Hardest: Cassiopeia (31% over 13 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Actualizer
Actualizer
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages
50.0% WR
12 games · 1% pick
Actualizer
Actualizer
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages
72.7% WR
11 games · 1% pick
Actualizer
Actualizer
Void Staff
Void Staff
Rod of Ages
Rod of Ages
0.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick

Boots

Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
31.2% WR
77 games · 9% pick
Swiftmarch
Swiftmarch
52.0% WR
50 games · 6% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
51.2% WR
43 games · 5% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 77.8% 2% (18)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 61.9% 2% (21)
Actualizer Actualizer
 46.2% 12% (104)
Rod of Ages Rod of Ages
 43.1% 25% (218)
Void Staff Void Staff
 42.9% 1% (7)
Frozen Heart Frozen Heart
 33.3% 0% (3)
Archangel's Staff Archangel's Staff
 0.0% 0% (3)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
45.8% WR
24 games · 3% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

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
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
42.9% WR
21 games · 2% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Celerity Scorch Bone Plating Unflinching
Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
50.0% WR
10 games · 1% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Celerity Scorch Bone Plating Overgrowth

Keystones

  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 44.2%21% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 33.3%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 46.0%20% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 31.0%5% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 25.0%0% 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.