Xerath vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Xerath
based on 1,262 Xerath vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Ryze
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here feature some critical Xerath versus Ryze counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ryze..
Xerath typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Ryze. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Ryze
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Who is Better, Xerath or Ryze?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when taking on Ryze, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes an ok counter for Ryze.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Ryze, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Ryzeas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Ryze matchups, Ryze is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Ryze. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Ryze.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Ryze 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 stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically gets less CS compared to Ryze. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Xerath versus Ryze build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Ryze than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when countering Ryze with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Ryze as Xerath, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Xerath vs Ryze counters, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.
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