Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
The stats shown here show several influential Jarvan IV against Ryze counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ryze. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Ryze. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when playing against Ryze, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter for Ryze.
While Jarvan IV does have a higher winrate than Ryze, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jarvan IV into Ryze.
Furthermore, Jarvan IV also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Ryze matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Jarvan IV is a decent counter for Ryze. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Jarvan IV against Ryze.
To truly master Jarvan IV in order to counter Ryze during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV often picks up a lot less CS relative to Ryze. Champs who on average 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Jarvan IV versus Ryze build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Ryze than with most other common builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Ryze with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Ryze as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Jarvan IV vs Ryze LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
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