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.
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some vital Ryze against Braum matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Braum’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Braum. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Ryze typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Braum. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually loses when trying to fight Braum, with a 46.1% win rate. Therefore, Ryze makes a bad counter for Braum.
While Ryze does have a lower winrate than Braum, when facing one another, Ryze also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Ryze into Braumas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ryze has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Ryze is a garbage counter to Braum. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ryze against Braum.
To truly master Ryze in order to counter Braum during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze typically racks up much more CS relative to Braum. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Ryze versus Braum build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Braum than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average win rate of 46.1% when playing against Braum with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Braum 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 runes players used for Ryze vs Braum clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Braum as Ryze are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.