Ryze vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Ryze
based on 867 Ryze vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Ryze vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Ryze in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Ryze versus Irelia matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Irelia..
Ryze typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Irelia
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Who is Better, Ryze or Irelia?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ryze usually fairs equally well when taking on Irelia, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Ryze makes an ok counter for Irelia.
While Ryze does have a lower winrate compared to Irelia, when facing one another, Ryze also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ryze into Ireliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ryze also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ryze is a somewhat poor counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ryze against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ryze in order to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Irelia. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Ryze versus Irelia build include Seraph's Embrace, Luden's Companion, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Irelia than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Irelia with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Irelia as Ryze, Ryze players 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 players chose for Ryze vs Irelia LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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