Ryze vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Ryze
based on 508 Ryze vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Naafiri
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.
Ryze vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Ryze in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several critical Ryze versus Naafiri matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Naafiri..
Ryze usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Naafiri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Ryze or Naafiri?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ryze usually loses when playing against Naafiri, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Ryze makes a bad counter to Naafiri.
While Ryze does have a lower win rate than Naafiri, when facing one another, Ryze also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ryze into Naafirias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ryze also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ryze is a garbage counter for Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ryze against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ryze to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Naafiri. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Ryze versus Naafiri build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Naafiri than with many other common builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 46.5% when playing against Naafiri with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Naafiri as Ryze, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ryze vs Naafiri counters, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.5% win rate overall.
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