Darius vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Darius
based on 1,170 Darius vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Ryze
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Darius against Ryze counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ryze’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ryze..
Darius often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Ryze. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Ryze
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Who is Better, Darius or Ryze?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when playing against Ryze, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Darius makes an ok counter for Ryze.
While Darius does have a lower winrate compared to Ryze, when facing one another, Darius also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Ryze.
Moreover, Darius has only a small 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Ryze matchups, Ryze is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Darius is a somewhat poor counter to Ryze. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Ryze.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius in order to counter Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ryze. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Darius versus Ryze build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Darius included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Ryze than with most other common builds. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 49.3% when countering Ryze with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Ryze as Darius, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Darius vs Ryze face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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