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How to Win Zeri vs Ryze Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Ryze

How to Beat Ryze as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Ryze as Zeri

based on 346 Zeri vs Ryze matchups
Win Rate
41.3 %
K/D/A
2.11
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL games every week. In our dataset, Zeri battled Ryze in 346 matches. Having so many matchups for Zeri versus Ryze gives us a lot of faith in our capability to produce enlightening data and a recommended build to defeat your opponent. This matchup is relatively rare. Zeri is forced to battle against Ryze in only 0.9% of their games.

Zeri vs Ryze Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri does a awful job of countering Ryze. On average, they wins a lowly 41.3% of games the champions fight one another in. In Zeri versus Ryze games, Zeri’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that they most likely will be able to get first blood versus Ryze.

Best Zeri vs Ryze Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateRunaan's HurricaneTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsNavori QuickbladesStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zeri to level upq
>
Second ability for Zeri to level upe
>
Last skill for Zeri to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
R
6
Q
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R
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W

Guide to Countering Ryze as Zeri

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.

Zeri vs Ryze Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
41.3 %
VS
Win Rate
58.7 %
Ryze Image
6.7
< Kills >
6.1
6.3
< Deaths >
5.4
6.6
< Assists >
7
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
190
< Minions Killed >
194
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.61
14,093
< Physical Damage >
1,058
6,730
< Magic Damage >
23,598
529
< True Damage >
318
21,353
< Damage Dealt >
24,974
23,526
< Damage Taken >
26,378
12,649
< Gold Earned >
12,415
2.16
< Towers >
2.55
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,291
< Total Healing >
4,529
12,929
< Experience >
16,379
18
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
10
126
< Time Dealing CC >
94

How to Counter Ryze with Zeri in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Zeri versus Ryze matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Ryze..

Zeri typically has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Ryze. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zeri and Ryze

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Ryze
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Ryze

Who is Better, Zeri or Ryze?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when facing off against Ryze, with a 41.3% win rate. As a result, Zeri makes a bad counter to Ryze.

While Zeri does have a much lower win rate compared to Ryze, when facing one another, Zeri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Zeri into Ryze.

Furthermore, Zeri has some amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Ryze matchups, Ryze is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Zeri is a bad counter to Ryze. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zeri against Ryze.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Ryze Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ryze as Zeri, we analyzed 346 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 Ryze as Zeri 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

Zeri Build Ryze Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zeri in order to counter Ryze during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ryze. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Zeri versus Ryze build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Titanic Hydra. When Zeri included at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better versus Ryze than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zeri boasted an average winrate of 41.3% battling Ryze with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of beating Ryze as Zeri, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Zeri vs Ryze battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 41.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ryze as Zeri are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.