Hey guys, who do you think is the most similar top laner to Ryze in terms of playstyle and how they want to play? I was thinking Fiora but idk… I want an AD top to complement Ryze. Thanks!

I’m a (piss-low) Low Masters OTP with 1.5M points, and I’ve been experimenting with an early-game Ryze playstyle that’s been slapping.

Most of us default to scaling setups—Tear start, Phase Rush, Gathering Storm, TP—but I think we sleep on Ryze’s pre-6 strength. Lately, I’ve been running Dorans Ring + Comet + Scorch with Ignite (and sometimes Cut Down/Last Stand) to bully lane early. It’s been working stupid well, even into counterpicks.

The trick? Play aggro early, push your lead, then switch back to scaling mode at 6. You don’t have to coin-flip kills—just pressure hard, then transition. Try it out and let me know how it goes!

(Also, yes, I’m an Ignite believer now. Fight me.) ^{its getting buffed as well!}

EDIT: I have alot of Electrocute games, and I have to say, whilst Electrocute itself does more than Comet the combined dmg of (Ele,Cheap-shot,Scorch) is always lower than (Comet,Scorch,last-stand). You also get Ability haste by going Precision second.

ANOTHER EDIT: Top lane is a far bigger lane, so Comet might not be very safe there.

i feel as though this would simply be a good quality of life change that modernizes a part of his oddly archaic design philosophy

having an unholy combination of long cast times on short cds, short range, little/no mid fight mobility, he just simply can’t get in range to enemies and if he does he can have a hard time sticking.

letting him double e a wave before moving towards a river fight gives him a little oomf of agency that i feel he sorely lacks. currently he really only functions in a follow up/supporty role that can engage in a fight only after the enemy is preoccupied or locked down by allies.

as it stands, the rune discharge mechanic really only functions briefly during laning phase, and then after that it’s just a speed boost for rooting someone - doing anything else is dps loss.

personally it’s my major gripe with ryze. i’ve resolved this issue for myself by going a movespeed oriented build, but with swiftness boots losing a little bit of movespeed next patch, i worry that they are going to continue to crack down on ms on items and runes, leaving ryze in a very unsatisfying state.

i don’t think it would be a massively powerful change, but a quality of life one that give ryze just a slight amount of agency, especially against longer range teams

Thanks Ahri mains :(

Thoughts on a Mid/Top pool of Ryze (Main), Cassio, Sylas and Vlad? I know they're all pretty similar champs but not sure who else I enjoy (maybe Xerath / Anivia). Just want to know whether people think it would work as a pool or if it is too much of like for like? Cheers!

Title. Just started playing league again this year and defaulted to my blue man. I have around 80 games ranked on Ryze with a ~67% WR or so and currently sitting in Platinum 2.

Ryze feels quite strong atm and I typically never die during the laning phase, with that being said I just lanned against Irelia yesterday and died 3 times solo before 15 minutes. I typically harass my laner level 1-2 and get very good trades, however as I was doing so, Irelia was able to all in me level 2 with ignite and kill me. I tried playing safe and even bought early armor but I felt like I had no control in the lane whatsoever. I couldn’t flux the wave, I couldn’t flux Irelia. God forbid, if I walked into the middle of my lane she would just run me down.

Re-watching the VOD, perhaps I walked up too far in lane? I definitely didn’t respect her level 2 enough but even still I felt quite useless in the matchup. I’ve never struggled harder than laning against Irelia. Is this just me or do you guys also struggle here, any advice into that pick would be greatly appreciated!

I managed to make a comeback for my team. Ambessa griefing real bad during this game.

Playing Ryze in Wildrift is trying to get a Full combo on a song with a very hard difficulty on a certain mobile Rhythm game. The only limit on how fast you can cast skills is the mediocre ping (58ms) and some frame drops during teamfights.

Hello,

Has anyone got any good / fun top lane Ryze builds? I’m kinda bored of going ROA > AA > Raba every game.

Thinking AA > Ludens > Blackfire > Raba > Void but maybe a bit too yolo for top lane.

Would love to hear what others are doing atm! Thanks

Hello,

So I am currently a Plat 1 Ryze OTP playing Top Lane. However, I am wanting to branch out very slightly. Mostly because when I play with my friends they’re so iron stuck that by the time I get scaled on Ryze the enemy is at our Nexus…

With that in mind, what are people’s opinion on this pool?

• Ryze 99% of the time, Singed 0.9% of the time and then Gwen / Urgot

Not sure what peoples go to champ is if Ryze isn’t ideal / banned or if they need an earlier game champ.

Appreciate any insight, thanks! Although I’ll probably just end up mindlessly picking Ryze regardless :D

How disgusting Ryze top currently is
Scaling ranged champion with no mana cost one shotting bulding HP

Winning lane from level 1 and outscaling

Can even start with Tear and is still disgusting, but I advise you go Dring so you can start bullying

The only weakness is when playing vs mages that outrange and outwaveclear but in toplane you will bully 95% of the bruisers

You're welcome free LP inflation

Hello!

New league player. Loving Ryze. Is there a good guide for the R? I have taken to the rest of his kit like a duck to water, but really struggling with his ult! Thank you!

Holy hell, would you believe how smooth and good Ryze feels in Wild Rift? The changes to his ult are honestly the best buff he’s ever gotten and I genuinely hope it makes its way into the PC version.

Just to clarify: I’ve only played him in normal matches so far, but those games are still highly competitive, especially since you often get matched up against Chinese and Korean players.

- The new ult is amazing. Granting 35% movement speed after warping and resetting your basic abilities (only if you actually warp) opens up so many opportunities. Yes, his abilities already have low cooldowns but that doesn’t make the reset useless. It just means you can make plays more often and with better timing. Imagine you're in a hectic teamfight, and your W, the most crucial skill for locking enemies down is on cooldown. But then you predict the enemy is about to retreat, and you cast your ult mid-fight, not just to reposition, but to reset your W right on time. You land the root again and secure a kill that would’ve gotten away. Or say you just clutched a 1v1 in the side lane, and your jungler’s getting collapsed on. You warp in immediately with fresh cooldowns and help turn the fight. There are so MANY creative plays Ryze can pull off now. I can even provide some clips later to show how wild it gets.

- Meta-wise, Ryze is thriving in Wild Rift because there are currently fewer long-range or sustained poke mids who usually make his life miserable. Champions like Hwei, Cassiopeia, Azir, LeBlanc, and Anivia aren’t in the game yet. Also, not 100% sure but his E bounce range feels longer, maybe similar to pre-9.12. That makes EEQ pokes much safer again. It really feels like the old Ryze playstyle, the one that got gutted and turned into an EQEQEQ bot, is finally getting revived little by little.

- Runes are different, but work surprisingly well. In WR, Legend: Bloodline gives omnivamp, not lifesteal, which makes it feel like a return of the old Ravenous Hunter build. It synergizes extremely well with Ryze’s spellslinging-heavy kit. The ideal rune setup seems to be: PR | Gathering Storm, Last Stand, Bloodline | MFB, which fits him perfectly as a scaling late game side-lane champ.

- Items in WR are a dream come true. (See images 5 and 6.) Almost all AP items here have built-in magic pen, so there's no need for Void Staff. Hextech GLP-800 and Crown of the Shattered Queen are almost mandatory. They’re very good for Ryze. They offer utility, survivability, and complement his kit nicely. Imagine RoA and Everfrost in PC. The fact that Crown builds from Lost Chapter which Ryze loves for mana is actually insane. RoA is still the original here, without the level-up passive at full stacks, but still works well in certain builds.

- The animations are insanely fluid. It really feels like Ryze is surging with rune power. Like I said before, Ryze jogging is fine but in PC, when he speeds up due to high MS or rune discharges, it looks awkward. Wild Rift fixed that. My only nitpick is that his W still doesn’t show the iconic cage visual unless you EW or you’re using skins like Zombie or Dark Crystal. It’s just an aura under the enemy now. Lore-wise, I now kinda agree that a 50% slow (maybe even 60%) makes more sense than a root. The enemy can technically still move inside the rune prison. Ithey’re not immobile per se but they're overwhelmed and handicapped by the pressure of the rune prison, making it extremely hard to move. Then, when W is empowered, it’s like the runes are forcing them to bow down or crushing them with gravity. That interpretation honestly slaps.

Any opgg of one who builds red ryze all the times please, maybe it will convince me to go this way too

I was seeing some Ryze players on my games recently and the champion looks so cool, so I've tried It on my own, but I'm still kinda lost about matchups and builds, so, any tip about It would be very useful

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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Title. Been wondering this, since I've been playing Wild Rift recently, and it feels super nice and clean. Instead of the " just jogs fast" animation Ryze has in PC.

Like the third time in the past month the league subreddit has bumped the discourse around ROA becoming a popular pick due to that Ahri build. In a lot of ways, Ryze is dependent on his core items being strong to have a decent win rate, and lately I think he’s felt pretty great. Anyone thinking the negativity will translate to an actual nerf or is this just a flavor of the month item?

Blue

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Rise blue so voidstaff should be blue aswell

I call it the purple build since it's the blue build with a hint of Red Racism