Champion profile

Ryze in draft

Played at Mid in 93% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

10 %

picked or banned · 73rd of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.2%

Picked 6% · 370 of 6,540 gamesBanned 5% · 153 of 3,272 drafts with bans

Win rate at Mid

Everything below reads on 344 games at Mid. · 422 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (3,272 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftMixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.Banned, it makes room for

Sylas

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other mid lanersMap pressureDamagePokeFew duelsNo split-push

03 · With / againstNo clear matchup either way.Good againstno clear pairBad againstno clear pairBad duo withno clear pairGood duo with

Ashe66%35 games

04 · BuildOne path: Rod of Ages.

Deathfire Touch

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Mid picks taken by Ryze, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

1.3%7,710 picks out of 610,295banned in 0.4% of games · 405 of 98,270patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

2.4%222 picks out of 9,366banned in 4.5% of games · 85 of 1,886patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

12.1%266 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 9% and 13% since 16.12 · 9.5% on 16.21 · 8.9% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	9.5%	2,671	Deathfire Touch75% · 97
16.20	8.9%	7,858	Deathfire Touch78% · 257
16.19	9.6%	6,733	Deathfire Touch78% · 261
16.18	12.6%	5,762	Deathfire Touch81% · 303
16.17	12.3%	5,728	Deathfire Touch78% · 294
16.16	11.9%	5,992	Deathfire Touch82% · 280
16.15	11.3%	5,530	Deathfire Touch78% · 228
16.14	10.7%	5,702	Deathfire Touch89% · 266
16.13	11.1%	7,391	Deathfire Touch87% · 362
16.12	12.0%	5,118	Deathfire Touch81% · 214

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Mixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.

153 bans of 3,272 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: fallback pick — brought out late in the series, once the pool is drained.

G13.9%
G25.9%
G3+7.4%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Ahri7

Viktor7

Syndra6

series, of 74 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (74), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Mid when Ryze is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Mid, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Sylas
6.3% → 13.1%

153 games where it is banned · 2,900 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

Comps with Ryze ban these champions in phase 2 more often than other comps.

Cassiopeia×2.08
Anivia×1.88
Syndra×1.33

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the mid laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min3.4 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · mid laners: 3.2

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itmid laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on mid laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itMap pressureDamagePoke

What it is notFew duelsNo split-push

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:12 (5:12), 1st item at 11:54 (11:54), 2nd at 19:06 (20:24), 3rd at 25:00 (26:36).

344 games · median minute of each milestone, mid laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
YunaraADC	52	Leans against itbetween 35% and 57%
WukongJGL	43	Leans its waybetween 43% and 68%
LuluSUP	38	Leans against itbetween 32% and 58%
AhriMID	35	Leans its waybetween 43% and 70%
Jarvan IVJGL	33	Leans its waybetween 41% and 68%
OriannaMID	33	Leans against itbetween 27% and 54%
NautilusSUP	32	Leans against itbetween 33% and 61%
XayahADC	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
OrnnTOP	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)

show 88 other pairs

RenektonTOP	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
SyndraMID	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
ViktorMID	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
Kai'SaADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
SivirADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
ViJGL	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
Xin ZhaoJGL	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
BraumSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
KarmaSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
MilioSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
RellSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
SionTOP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
AniviaMID	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
RakanSUP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
EzrealADC	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
AlistarSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
GnarTOP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
HweiMID	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
LucianADC	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
CaitlynADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
JhinADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
SeraphineSUP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
ViegoJGL	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
LeonaSUP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
AatroxTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
JinxADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
AsheADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
TristanaADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SylasJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
AuroraMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SylasMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
KalistaADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
CamilleTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
NocturneJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
TrundleJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
LockeMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
TaliyahMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ZeriADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
YoneMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
RumbleTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
NamiSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
TwitchADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
VarusADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
BardSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
PoppySUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
GarenTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GwenTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GalioMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
CorkiADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
JaxTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
OlafTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ShenTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
PantheonJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Twisted FateMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
VeigarMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ApheliosADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZiggsADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ThreshSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Cho'GathTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
DariusTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
DariusTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
JayceTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PoppyTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SettTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
DianaJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LilliaJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZyraJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LeBlancMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
XerathMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
YasuoMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VayneADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
NeekoSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PykeSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 98 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 344 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, filtered regions.

Patch + region16.21 · 43 games
Patch16.21 · 130 games
2 patches460 games
Window344 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Deathfire Touch+

Resolve

65% · 28 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost

63% · 27 games

First maxed skill

100% · 43 games

show 3 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orStormraider's Surge+Resolve21% · 9 games
orDeathfire Touch+Inspiration14% · 6 games

Other spells

orFlash + Teleport37% · 16 games

43 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

One item path, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Rod of Ages98% · 11:36
Archangel's Staff100% · 18:54
Actualizer100% · 25:12

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).