Illaoi vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Illaoi
based on 569 Illaoi vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Ryze Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Illaoi Items
Optional Items
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Ryze
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
Advice to Win Against Ryze
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Illaoi vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Illaoi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several strategic Illaoi vs. Ryze matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ryze..
Illaoi typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Ryze. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Illaoi and Ryze
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Ryze?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when playing against Ryze, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes an ok counter to Ryze.
While Illaoi does have a lower winrate compared to Ryze, when on opposite teams, Illaoi also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Illaoi into Ryze.
Furthermore, Illaoi has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Ryze matchups, Ryze is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Illaoi is a somewhat poor counter for Ryze. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Ryze.
Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi
Additional Information for Illaoi Players
How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Ryze Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Illaoi to counter Ryze during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ryze. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Illaoi versus Ryze build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Ryze than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Illaoi had an average win rate of 49.7% battling Ryze with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Ryze as Illaoi, Illaoi players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Illaoi vs Ryze face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
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