the Rune Mage

Ryze Build

DifficultyMedium

Role

Mage

Lane

MidTop

Roles and difficulty from the global official site, lane from the China-server official site

Ryze Win Rate, Pick Rate, Ban Rate & Tier

Stats: League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official stats (All ranks / Diamond+ / Master+ / Challenger / Rift Apex), as of 2026-10-13

MidMid
Rank tier	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Ban Rate	Tier
All ranks	46.8%	3.0%#23	2.3%	D
Diamond+	47.8%	3.0%#25	1.4%	D
Master+	47.7%	2.9%#24	1.2%	D
Challenger	46.8%	3.3%#23	1.1%	C
Rift Apex	47.3%	3.6%#22	1.4%	C

The tier list shows Master+ figures by default.

Popular Ryze builds in game

Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-08-26. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.

These builds are from before patch 7.3 (2026-09-21).

Build 1Win rate 52.51%Picks 7,781

Runes

Skill Order (Lv 1 - 15)

Ult

Max Skill 1 first as your main damage source, then Skill 3, which is key to your skill combos.

Ryze Strengths

✓High sustained and AoE magic damage in the late game
✓Long-range team teleport with Ult

Ryze Weaknesses

×Heavy mana costs and weak combat early
×Short range forces him into dangerous distances to deal damage

Ryze Early Game

Early on, mana costs are heavy and your combat power is low. Buy Tear first and focus on farming and stacking. Against harass, keep trades minimal with Skill 3 into Skill 2. This is a phase to endure.

Ryze Mid Game

Once your core items come together, your waveclear speeds up considerably. Shove side lanes quickly and use Ult to rotate faster into skirmishes. That supports your team's macro play.

Ryze Late Game

With the synergy of your passive and items complete, you become a hyper-carry with both sustained damage and burst. Catching a group with the Skill 3 into Skill 1 bounce chunks the whole clump at once.

Ryze Teamfights

To cover your short range, stay right behind your frontline and combo enemies in the order they approach. Use Ult with a wide view, either to move the whole team into position or to escape a bad spot.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

Casting skills out of combo order

Mashing skills without thinking about combo order costs you a lot of damage. If you do not follow Skill 3 with Skill 1, you miss the bonus damage from consuming Flux and the movement speed bonus. That puts you far behind in trades. Always cycle skills around Skill 3 into Skill 1 or Skill 2 into Skill 1, and from Lv5 use Ult to roam and move the game along.

Ryze Combos

Basic Combo

Weave Skill 1 between skills to maximize the passive and pick up move speed.

Ryze Skills

Passive

Arcane Mastery

Gains 0% max Mana (10%AP). Ryze's abilities deal additional damage based on his bonus Mana.

Skill 1

Overload

⏳ 5s

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

Magic Blast (Active): Unleashes a blast, dealing 70 magic damage (70 + 45%AP + 2% bonus Mana) to the first enemy hit. If the target has Flux on them, it is consumed, causing Overload to deal 25% increased damage and bounce to nearby enemies with Flux.

Runic Haste (Active): When two runes are charged, Ryze discharges them, granting himself 20% bonus Movement Speed for 2 second(s).
Deals 40% damage to monsters.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cost	35	33	31	29
Base Damage	70	95	120	145
MS	20%	27.5%	35%	42.5%

Skill 2

Rune Prison

⏳ 10s

Deals 50 magic damage (50 + 55%AP + 3% bonus Mana) and slows by 50% for 1.5 second(s).

If the target has Flux, it is consumed, and Rune Prison roots instead of slowing.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	10	9	8	7
Cost	35	50	65	80
Base Damage	50	90	130	170

Skill 3

Spell Flux

⏳ 3.3s

Fires an orb, dealing 80 magic damage (80 + 40%AP + 2% bonus Mana) and applying Flux for 4 second(s) to the target and nearby enemies.

If the enemy is already afflicted with Flux, its duration is refreshed, and it spreads further to enemies nearby.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	3.3	3	2.8	2.5
Cost	30	40	50	60
Base Damage	80	110	140	170

Ult

Realm Warp

⏳ 110s

Passive: Increases Overload's damage bonus against targets with Flux to 50%.

Active: Opens a portal to a target location. After 2 second(s), allied champions and minions near the portal are teleported to the location, and they gain 35% Movement Speed for 2 second(s).
Ryze's basic ability cooldowns are reset after the teleport.

If Ryze becomes immobilized or crowd controlled by disables such as knock up, knock back, or stun, the portal is canceled.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3
Cooldown	110	95	80
Flux Damage	50%	75%	100%

Ryze Base Stats

League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official champion library (patch 7.3, as of 2026-09-23), with the official global patch notes applied up to 7.3a

Official ratings

Damage3/3

Survivability1/3

Utility2/3

Difficulty2/3

A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.

Level1

Health630LV15 2534

Mana340LV15 1180

Attack Damage54LV15 103

Armor36LV15 106

Magic Resist40LV15 68

Movement Speed360

Compare with every champion Open the damage calculator at LV1

Critical damage is 200% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.

Ryze Patch History

Ryze

Patch 7.2c

Nerf

Base Stats

Base HP660 → 630
Base AR40 → 37

Rune Prison

Damage70/110/150/190 + 65% AP + 4% bonus mana → 50/90/130/170 + 55% AP + 3% bonus mana

Our take

Ryze has been riding high since Archangel's Staff and the other mage items were reworked. Lower base HP and armor make him easier to shove around in the early skirmishes, and Rune Prison loses on all three fronts — flat damage, AP ratio and mana ratio — so it takes longer to reach the mana-stacking payoff he is built around. Fall behind early and the comeback is much harder.

Ryze

Patch 7.1e

Nerf

Base Stats

Base AD58 → 54

Overload

Bonus Movement Speed after cast30%/35%/40%/45% → 20%/27.5%/35%/42.5%
Base Damage80/105/130/155 → 70/95/120/145

Our take

Ryze loses 4 base AD, making his early last-hitting and auto-attack trades a little shakier. Overload drops 10 base damage at every rank and, just as importantly, 10% of its movement speed burst at rank 1. Since Ryze uses that speed to hold spacing while he keeps casting, the change hurts both his escapes and his engages. Rank 4 only loses 2.5%, so the more he ranks the ability the closer he gets to his old mobility.

Ryze

Patch 7.0c

Adjust

Overload

Targeting logic for the Spell Flux → Overload combo (Skill 3 → Skill 1) has been adjusted. When the two are chained in quick succession, Overload (Skill 1) now prioritises targets marked by Spell Flux (Skill 3).

Our take

Chaining the two quickly could send Overload at an unmarked enemy instead, wasting the combo. It now lands on the intended target, so rushing the inputs no longer costs damage. Ryze lives on cycling this combo, and cutting out even one dropped cast changes how his trades resolve. No values move here, so his ceiling is the same — what improves is how often the damage he aimed for actually arrives.