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.
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Ryze vs. Annie matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Annie..
Ryze typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Annie. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually fairs equally well when playing against Annie, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Ryze makes an ok counter to Annie.
While Ryze does have a higher win rate compared to Annie, when facing one another, Ryze also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Ryze into Annieas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ryze has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Ryze is a decent counter for Annie. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ryze against Annie.
If you would like to truly master Ryze to counter Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze usually gets a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Ryze versus Annie build include Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Annie than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ryze had an average winrate of 50.0% when playing against Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Annie 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. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Ryze vs Annie face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Annie as Ryze are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.