Naafiri vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Naafiri
based on 508 Naafiri vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Ryze
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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.
Naafiri vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Naafiri in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several vital Naafiri versus Ryze matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Ryze. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Naafiri often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Ryze. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Naafiri and Ryze
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Ryze?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when taking on Ryze, with a 53.5% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a great counter to Ryze.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate than Ryze, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Naafiri into Ryze.
Furthermore, Naafiri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Ryze matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a great counter to Ryze. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Ryze.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ryze. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have 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, 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 numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Naafiri versus Ryze build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better when facing Ryze than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 53.5% when playing against Ryze with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Ryze as Naafiri, Naafiri players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Naafiri vs Ryze counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ryze as Naafiri are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.