Viktor vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Viktor
based on 533 Viktor vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Ryze Counter Build
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Core Viktor Items
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Ryze
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
Advice to Win Against Ryze
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Viktor vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some significant Viktor versus Ryze counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ryze..
Viktor typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Ryze. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viktor and Ryze
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Who is Better, Viktor or Ryze?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viktor usually wins when facing off against Ryze, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Viktor makes a good counter for Ryze.
While Viktor does have a higher winrate than Ryze, when they face off with one another, Viktor also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Viktor into Ryzeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Ryze matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Viktor is a decent counter to Ryze. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Ryze.
Other Champion Matchups Against Viktor
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Viktor in order to counter Ryze during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Ryze. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Viktor versus Ryze build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Ryze than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when countering Ryze with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Ryze as Viktor, Viktor players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Viktor vs Ryze LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.
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