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Ryze with Katarina

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How to Synergize Ryze and Katarina

based on 285 Ryze with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Ryze has fought alongside Katarina in 285 recently played, competitive matches. By accumulating so much complete data from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can present to you high quality, accurate builds to help Ryze synergize with Katarina. It is very rare for Ryze to play with Katarina on the same team. This has only happened in about 0.8% of rounds with Ryze.

Ryze Katarina Synergy Summary

Ryze has done a average job of teaming up with Katarina. Usually, he wins an acceptable 50.5% of matches the champs play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Ryze when playing alongside Katarina by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ryze vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSapphire Crystal

Core Ryze Items

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

Optional Items

Luden'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 BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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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Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Ryze and Katarina

Tips for Playing as Ryze with Katarina

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 Katarina Will Play

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Ryze Katarina Synergy Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Katarina Image
5
< Kills >
5.8
5.6
< Deaths >
5.6
6.1
< Assists >
6.3
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
183
< Minions Killed >
191
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,070
< Physical Damage >
1,026
20,582
< Magic Damage >
22,152
244
< True Damage >
298
21,897
< Damage Dealt >
23,476
26,161
< Damage Taken >
26,426
11,548
< Gold Earned >
12,017
2.32
< Towers >
2.19
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,588
< Total Healing >
4,408
15,562
< Experience >
15,956
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
106
< Time Dealing CC >
95

How to Play with Katarina as Ryze in LoL

The Ryze Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, 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 Katarina. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Katarina helps Ryze perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Ryze is an ally to Katarina, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Katarina does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Ryze is played with Katarina on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Katarina.

Additionally, when Ryze plays with Katarina on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Katarina does a decent job of protecting Ryze during teamfights.

Synergies between Ryze and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ryze
Katarina

Is Ryze better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Ryze that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, overall, Katarina is a pretty good companion for Ryze. By locking into the same side as Ryze, she raises their win rate by 1.5% to 50.5%. This demonstrates that there is a good synergy between Ryze and Katarina that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

Katarina has a greater difficulty than Ryze. That means Ryze players must be cautious when lining up Katarina allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by bringing Ryze and Katarina together, you may not be providing your other teammates very much protection for burst damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Katarina teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Ryze Players

How We Calculated Our Ryze Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ryze and Katarina, we analyzed 285 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 Katarina 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Ryze in order to work well with Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to build first in your Ryze and Katarina synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Katarina than with many other common builds. In fact, Ryze had an average win rate of 50.5% helping carry Katarina with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Ryze players should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Ryze and Katarina pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Ryze with Katarina cooperations tips and builds for a an individual rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions shown are computed using every round run with these champs.