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How to Win Ryze vs Leona Counter MatchupRyze is in the a tier of champions

Ryze vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Ryze in LoLRyze is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Ryze

based on 1,273 Ryze vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
45.5 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Leona as Ryze came out of an analysis of 1273 ranked matches where both champs faced off against each other. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Ryze encounters Leona in only 3.7% of his matches.

Ryze vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ryze does a awful job of beating Leona. On average, he wins a lowly 45.5% of the time the champions face one another in. In Ryze vs Leona rounds, Ryze’s team is 0.2% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood versus Leona.

Best Ryze vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Ryze Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassRod of Ages

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeCosmic DriveFrozen Heart

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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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Leona as Ryze

Tips for Playing as Ryze against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Ryze vs Leona Counter Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
45.5 %
VS
Win Rate
54.5 %
Leona Image
6
< Kills >
2.1
5.9
< Deaths >
6
6.8
< Assists >
14.1
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
0.4
187
< Minions Killed >
31
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,009
< Physical Damage >
2,883
22,472
< Magic Damage >
6,756
321
< True Damage >
999
23,803
< Damage Dealt >
10,638
26,242
< Damage Taken >
23,205
11,958
< Gold Earned >
8,676
2.1
< Towers >
1.63
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,092
< Total Healing >
2,805
15,746
< Experience >
10,770
19
< Vision Score >
56
9
< Wards Placed >
24
91
< Time Dealing CC >
223

How to Counter Leona with Ryze in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Ryze versus Leona counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Ryze normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Leona. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ryze and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ryze
Leona

Who is Better, Ryze or Leona?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ryze usually loses when taking on Leona, with a 45.5% win rate. As a result, Ryze makes a poor counter to Leona.

While Ryze does have a much lower winrate than Leona, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Ryze into Leonaas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Ryze is a trash counter to Leona. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ryze against Leona.

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 Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Ryze, we analyzed 1,273 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 Leona 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 Leona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Ryze in order to counter Leona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ryze typically racks up much more CS as Leona. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Ryze versus Leona build include Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Leona than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Ryze had an average winrate of 45.5% battling Leona with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Leona 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 runes we have analyed for Ryze vs Leona fights, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Leona as Ryze are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.