Ryze Mid Build

Ryze Champion Guide

Role: Mage

Lane: Midlane

Ryze Mid performs best with a build featuring Rod of Ages, Sorcerer's Shoes, Archangel's Staff, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Zhonya's Hourglass. The most effective rune setup for Ryze Mid includes Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, paired with Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the secondary tree.

Ryze Champion Abilities

Arcane Mastery

Ryze's spells deal extra damage depending on his bonus mana, and his maximum mana is increased by 10% per 100 ability power. P

Overload

Passive: Rune Prison and Spell Flux refresh this ability's cooldown and charge a rune for 4 seconds (max 2 runes).

Active: Ryze unleashes a blast, dealing 75 / 95 / 115 / 135 / 155 (+55% of ability power) (+2% of bonus mana) magic damage to the first enemy hit. If the target has Flux on it, it is consumed, causing this ability to deal 10 / 40 / 70 / 100% increased damage and bounces to nearby enemies with Flux.

Ryze also discharges all runes, granting Ryze 10 / 40 / 70 / 100% movement speed for 2 seconds if 2 runes were charged. Q

Rune Prison

Ryze deals 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 (+70% of ability power) (+4% bonus mana) magic damage and slows by 50% for 1.5 seconds. If the target has Flux, it is consumed and this ability roots instead of slowing. W

Spell Flux

Ryze fires an orb, dealing 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+50% of ability power) (+2% bonus mana) magic damage and applies Flux for 3 seconds to the target and nearby enemies. Enemies already afflicted with Flux will cause it to spread further. E

Realm Warp

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. R

Ryze Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Teleport

Teleport is a unit-targeted summoner spell that blinks your champion to the target allied unit after a few seconds of channeling.

Teleport transforms into Unleashed Teleport after 10:00.

Ryze Runes

Ryze Items

Ryze Ability Order

Ryze Matchups Overview

Strong against

Jayce

Katarina

Vladimir

Mel

Aurora

Fizz

Weak against

Irelia

Corki

Akshan

Vel'Koz

Qiyana

Twisted Fate

Ryze Tips and Tricks

Ryze is very weak in the early game and needs time to scale. Avoid spamming your abilities until you’ve got your Tear otherwise you’ll be forced to recall early and may miss out on getting this item. Remember that your level 6 is far weaker than most champions as your Ultimate Realm Warp is a utility tool and deals no damage. Play respectfully if the enemy is stronger than you at this time. Your goal throughout the early and mid-game is to scale. Avoid falling behind by playing safe and respectfully until you have an item or two. Once you get into the late game, you’re going to be much stronger and have an easier time playing.

Ryze Best Build, Runes and Items

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Ryze Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Phase Rush as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Rod of Ages as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Archangel's Staff. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Phase Rush as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Archangel's Staff as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Rod of Ages as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Ryze Mid build, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Rod of Ages as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Archangel's Staff as your third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W.

Situational Ryze Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or taking specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state, and your matchup to plan your Ryze build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.