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Ryze ARAM Build 26.21

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Ryze grinds a clumped team down with nonstop Overload spam, rooting a target with Rune Prison and spreading Spell Flux across everyone packed onto the bridge. Realm Warp was built to warp his team across ground this single lane does not have, so here it turns into a surprise flank or an escape hatch over a wall in the middle of the fight. Stack health and mana and out-sustain the poke war.

#33 of 170 champions this patch · 164 games
Win rate53.7%+0.1Games164Pick rate5.0%Last 8 patches+8.9 since 26.14Damage profilei
AP
AP 96%AD 3%True 1%
DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays
ClassicModernARAMCounter
ARAM BalanceDamage dealt+5%Damage taken-5%Details ↓

Ryze Item Build

Ryze's items feed a loop his passive rewards, mana raising his spell damage and ability power raising his mana in turn, so the two stats buy more together than either would alone. Health rounds it into the durable wall he needs to grind a fight nobody can recall out of, which is where his nonstop spell spam scales him into an unkillable caster.

Standard loadout · Ryze The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.
Starting items 1400g Blasting Wand×1Refillable Potion×1Tear of the Goddess×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ››› Boots Sorcerer's Shoes55% · 47.2%Mercury's Treads45% · 61.7%
Situational items
vs AP threatsbuy this gameTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.FForce of Nature1136.4%
vs AD threatsbuy this gamePhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.ZZhonya's Hourglass1361.5%FFrozen Heart5950.8%
vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.VVoid Staff1764.7%SShadowflame1154.5%

Best Ryze Runes

Stormraider's Surge matches a mage who never stops casting on the Abyss, flinging Overload into the clump between fights and spreading Spell Flux the moment they group on the choke. Ryze wins by chaining spells faster than the enemy can heal, so the page supports uptime and mana to keep the rotation live. Realm Warp is mostly a repositioning tool here.

The pre-game page Stormraider's Surge · Sorcery + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards
Sorcery Primary Stormraider's SurgeDealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. Manaflow Band92% · 53.6%Transcendence89% · 54.8%Gathering Storm66% · 51.9% Keystone plus three minors from Sorcery, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.
Precision Secondary Coup de Grace59% · 55.2%Presence of Mind63% · 54.8%
Stat shards OffenseAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)
Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)
Build Rod of Ages first into Actualizer and lean on Ryze's spell spam. With no recall to break the rhythm he chains Overload, Rune Prison, and Spell Flux into the packed team, and his kit turns raw mana into heavier spell damage across the bridge. Stack toward the mana and haste that keep his rotation flowing nonstop through the endless fight.

Ryze Skill Order

Five percent more damage dealt and five percent less taken on the Abyss both reward staying in range to spam, which is why Overload eats 4, 5, 7 and 9. Spell Flux takes the next stretch from 8, and Rune Prison keeps a lone rank until 14.

Skill order · Ryze R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always
PriorityRR›QQ›EE›WW›Max Q first; E at level 3.
Lv 123456789101112131415161718
Q14579max 9
W214151718max 18
E38101213max 13
R61116max 16
Level Q first so Overload lands harder every rotation on a team with nowhere to scatter, then E, then W. Rune Prison roots a target trying to peel off the pile, and Spell Flux bounces the pressure across everyone stacked on the bridge. Keep the Overload and Flux combo rolling, and hold Realm Warp to slip the whole team around the choke.

Ryze ARAM Abilities

Rune Prison hides a lever most people miss, only slowing on its own but rooting outright once Spell Flux has marked the target, which shifts how his combo opens. Overload rewards the rotation too, handing him a burst of move speed whenever he fires it with two runes charged.

Abilities on the Abyss · Ryzepatch 26.22 · Abyss-tuned numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown
Arcane MasteryPassivePOverloadMax 1stQRune PrisonMax lastWSpell FluxMax 2ndERealm WarpUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.
OverloadMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+21 per ranklv 17975lv 410095lv 5121115lv 7142135lv 9163155Cost-2 per ranklv 140lv 438lv 536lv 734lv 932Constant at every rankCooldown5ssame at all ranks
Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Ryze: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage dealt+5%champion tuningDamage taken−5%champion tuning

Ryze Base Stats

Base stats · RyzePatch 26.22
Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD55+3AS0.658+2.11%MS340Range550HP620+124HP58+0.8Armor22+4.7MR32+1.3MP300+70MP58+1
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