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How to Win Lee Sin vs Ryze Counter MatchupLee Sin is in the b tier of champions

Lee Sin vs Ryze

How to Beat Ryze as Lee Sin in LoLLee Sin is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Ryze as Lee Sin

based on 1,032 Lee Sin vs Ryze matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.58
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Ryze as Lee Sin resulted from an analysis of 1032 ranked games where both champs clashed against each other. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Lee Sin is forced to battle against Ryze in only 0.9% of his rounds.

Lee Sin vs Ryze Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lee Sin does a below average job of beating Ryze. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of games the champs oppose one another in. In Lee Sin versus Ryze matches, Lee Sin’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood versus Ryze.

Best Lee Sin vs Ryze Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Lee Sin Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageMaw of MalmortiusEclipseRavenous Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lee Sin to level upq
>
Second ability for Lee Sin to level upw
>
Last skill for Lee Sin to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Lee Sin's passive ability p
Lee Sin's q ability q
Lee Sin's w ability w
Lee Sin's e ability e
Lee Sin's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Lee Sin

Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Ryze

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

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.

Lee Sin vs Ryze Counter Stats

Lee Sin Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Ryze Image
6.9
< Kills >
5.7
5.9
< Deaths >
5.6
8.3
< Assists >
6.3
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.31
33
< Minions Killed >
193
1.53
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.51
13,339
< Physical Damage >
986
2,731
< Magic Damage >
22,240
976
< True Damage >
297
17,047
< Damage Dealt >
23,524
35,503
< Damage Taken >
26,061
11,632
< Gold Earned >
12,003
1.4
< Towers >
2.3
0.35
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
17,115
< Total Healing >
4,328
13,203
< Experience >
15,775
25
< Vision Score >
19
12
< Wards Placed >
9
441
< Time Dealing CC >
93

How to Counter Ryze with Lee Sin in LoL

The stats shown here feature some valuable Lee Sin vs. Ryze counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between these two champions. Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ryze..

Lee Sin often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ryze. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lee Sin and Ryze

Damage Types Compared

Lee Sin
Ryze
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lee Sin
Ryze

Who is Better, Lee Sin or Ryze?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when playing against Ryze, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a bad counter for Ryze.

While Lee Sin does have a lower win rate compared to Ryze, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lee Sin into Ryze.

Additionally, Lee Sin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Ryze matchups, Ryze is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Lee Sin is a somewhat poor counter to Ryze. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Ryze.

Additional Information for Lee Sin Players

How We Calculated Our Lee Sin vs Ryze Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ryze as Lee Sin, we analyzed 1,032 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ryze as Lee Sin comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin to counter Ryze during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lee Sin typically gets a lot less CS as Ryze. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Ryze build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Ryze than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when playing against Ryze with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Ryze as Lee Sin, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Lee Sin vs Ryze matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ryze as Lee Sin are given for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.