Ryze vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Ryze
based on 2,124 Ryze vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Akali
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 Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Ryze vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Ryze in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several important Ryze against Akali counter statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akali..
Ryze normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ryze and Akali
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Who is Better, Ryze or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually wins when facing off against Akali, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Ryze makes a good counter to Akali.
While Ryze does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when facing one another, Ryze also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ryze into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ryze also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Akali matchups, Ryze is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Ryze is a decent counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ryze against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ryze to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze often racks up a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Ryze versus Akali build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Banshee's Veil, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Akali than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ryze had an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Akali with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Akali as Ryze, Ryze players should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Ryze vs Akali face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.
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