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Ryze vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Ryze in LoLRyze is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Ryze

based on 753 Ryze vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League games each and every week. Within our database, Ryze faced Aphelios 753 times. Including so many games with Ryze versus Aphelios gives us confidence in our capability to prepare enlightening data and a recommended build to suppress your opponent. This counter matchup is somewhat rare. Ryze fights Aphelios in only 2.2% of his games.

Ryze vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ryze has done a poor job of beating Aphelios. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.9% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Ryze against Aphelios matches, Ryze’s side is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Ryze vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandSapphire Crystal

Core Ryze Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapRod of Ages

Optional Items

StormsurgeLuden's CompanionZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ryze to level upq
>
Second ability for Ryze to level upe
>
Last skill for Ryze to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Ryze's passive ability p
Ryze's q ability q
Ryze's w ability w
Ryze's e ability e
Ryze's ultimate ability r
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Ryze

Tips for Playing as Ryze against Aphelios

Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.

Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.

Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.

Advice to Win Against Aphelios

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.

Ryze vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Aphelios Image
5.7
< Kills >
6.7
5.5
< Deaths >
6.1
6.2
< Assists >
6.2
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
188
< Minions Killed >
177
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.54
1,012
< Physical Damage >
20,914
21,505
< Magic Damage >
1,358
251
< True Damage >
443
22,768
< Damage Dealt >
22,716
25,673
< Damage Taken >
18,574
11,783
< Gold Earned >
11,943
2.12
< Towers >
2.51
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
4,284
< Total Healing >
5,391
15,596
< Experience >
12,614
19
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
91
< Time Dealing CC >
139

How to Counter Aphelios with Ryze in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several important Ryze vs. Aphelios counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aphelios..

Ryze often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Aphelios. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ryze and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ryze
Aphelios

Who is Better, Ryze or Aphelios?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ryze usually loses when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Ryze makes a bad counter to Aphelios.

While Ryze does have a lower win rate compared to Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Ryze into Apheliosas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Ryze has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Aphelios matchups, Aphelios is the better champion 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.

Ryze is a somewhat poor counter to Aphelios. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ryze against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Ryze

Ryze Loses Against

MalzaharMalzahar43.7% winrateLissandraLissandra44.7% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune44.9% winrateZyraZyra44.9% winrate

Ryze Wins Against

YuumiYuumi58.9% winrateZeriZeri58.7% winrateSkarnerSkarner57.7% winrateOlafOlaf55.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BlitzcrankBlitzcrank+ 53.5% 1415 GamesZedZed+ 53.5% 550 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 53.5% 4543 GamesBraumBraum+ 56.2% 418 Games

Additional Information for Ryze Players

How We Calculated Our Ryze vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Ryze, we analyzed 753 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 Aphelios as Ryze 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.

Other Useful Resources

Ryze Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Ryze to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ryze usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Aphelios. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Ryze versus Aphelios build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Aphelios than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ryze had an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Aphelios with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Aphelios as Ryze, you should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ryze vs Aphelios fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Aphelios as Ryze are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located above.