Ryze vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Ryze
based on 835 Ryze vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Core Ryze Items
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Blitzcrank
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.
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Advice to Win Against Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Ryze vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Ryze in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some significant Ryze versus Blitzcrank matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Ryze usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Blitzcrank. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Ryze or Blitzcrank?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually fairs equally well when taking on Blitzcrank, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Ryze makes an ok counter to Blitzcrank.
While Ryze does have a lower win rate compared to Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ryze into Blitzcrankas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ryze also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Ryze is a somewhat poor counter for Blitzcrank. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ryze against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ryze in order to counter Blitzcrank 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 stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze on average accumulates much more CS relative to Blitzcrank. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Ryze versus Blitzcrank build consist of Rod of Ages, Seraph's Embrace, and Rabadon's Deathcap. When Ryze combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Blitzcrank than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Blitzcrank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Blitzcrank as Ryze, you should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ryze vs Blitzcrank face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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