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How to Synergize Ryze with Garen on the Same TeamRyze is in the a tier of champions

Ryze with Garen

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How to Synergize Ryze and Garen

based on 972 Ryze with Garen pairs
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Ryze has gone into battle with Garen in 972 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much great data directly from the hosts of League, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Ryze synergize with Garen. It is relatively rare for Ryze to play alongside Garen on the same team. This has only taken place in about 2.8% of rounds with Ryze.

Ryze Garen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ryze has done a below average job of synergizing with Garen. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.7% of matches the champs try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Ryze when fighting on the same team as Garen by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ryze vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Ryze Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapRod of Ages

Optional Items

Frozen HeartZhonya's HourglassStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceWaterwalking
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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Guide to Synergizing Ryze and Garen

Tips for Playing as Ryze with Garen

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 Understand How Garen Will Play

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

Ryze Garen Synergy Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Garen Image
5.6
< Kills >
5.8
5.6
< Deaths >
5.6
6.4
< Assists >
6.3
1.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
186
< Minions Killed >
191
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,010
< Physical Damage >
1,026
21,749
< Magic Damage >
22,152
339
< True Damage >
298
23,099
< Damage Dealt >
23,476
26,078
< Damage Taken >
26,426
11,696
< Gold Earned >
12,017
1.98
< Towers >
2.19
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,160
< Total Healing >
4,408
15,577
< Experience >
15,956
18
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
97
< Time Dealing CC >
95

How to Play with Garen as Ryze in LoL

The Ryze Garen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Garen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Ryze sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Garen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Garen helps Ryze perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Ryze tries to synergize with Garen, he observes a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Garen doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Ryze is played together with Garen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Garen.

Moreover, when Ryze plays with Garen on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Garen does a decent job of protecting Ryze in team fights.

Synergies between Ryze and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ryze
Garen

Is Ryze better when played alongside Garen?

There is no ideal ally for Ryze that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Garen is a below average companion for Ryze. By playing on the same team as Ryze, he lowers their win rate by -1.3% to 47.7%. This shows that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Ryze and Garen that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Garen has a lower difficulty than Ryze. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Garen comrades to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting alongside, Ryze players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

In contrast, by pairing Ryze and Garen together, you may not be giving your team a lot of support. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Garen teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Ryze Players

How We Calculated Our Ryze Garen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ryze and Garen, we analyzed 972 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Ryze with Garen comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Ryze in order to work well with Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to have in your Ryze and Garen synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Garen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 47.7% helping carry Garen with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Ryze and Garen pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.7% winrate overall.

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