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How to Win Ryze vs Elise Counter MatchupRyze is in the a tier of champions

Ryze vs Elise

How to Beat Elise as Ryze in LoLRyze is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Elise as Ryze

based on 234 Ryze vs Elise matchups
Win Rate
53.8 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. Within our database, Ryze battled Elise 234 times. Including so many matchups for Ryze vs Elise provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare actionable statistics and a supported build to obliterate Elise. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Ryze fights Elise in only 0.7% of his games.

Ryze vs Elise Matchup Summary

Ryze has done a good job of countering Elise. On average, he wins a whopping 53.8% of matches the champions face each other in. In Ryze vs Elise rounds, Ryze’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood versus Elise.

Best Ryze vs Elise Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSapphire Crystal

Core Ryze Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceLuden's CompanionRod of Ages

Optional Items

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ryze to level upq
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Second ability for Ryze to level upe
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Last skill for Ryze to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Ryze's passive ability p
Ryze's q ability q
Ryze's w ability w
Ryze's e ability e
Ryze's ultimate ability r
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Elise as Ryze

Tips for Playing as Ryze against Elise

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 Elise

Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.

Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.

Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.

Ryze vs Elise Counter Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
53.8 %
VS
Win Rate
46.2 %
Elise Image
6.2
< Kills >
7.4
5.7
< Deaths >
6.6
6.5
< Assists >
8
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
193
< Minions Killed >
30
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
1.28
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.47
972
< Physical Damage >
1,327
21,953
< Magic Damage >
16,973
219
< True Damage >
1,358
23,145
< Damage Dealt >
19,659
25,900
< Damage Taken >
29,700
12,205
< Gold Earned >
11,587
2.31
< Towers >
1.51
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
4,589
< Total Healing >
13,425
15,982
< Experience >
12,978
19
< Vision Score >
26
9
< Wards Placed >
7
96
< Time Dealing CC >
168

How to Counter Elise with Ryze in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some critical Ryze versus Elise counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Elise’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Elise..

Ryze often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Elise. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ryze and Elise

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Elise
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ryze
Elise

Who is Better, Ryze or Elise?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually wins when trying to fight Elise, with a 53.8% win rate. Therefore, Ryze makes a great counter to Elise.

While Ryze does have a higher winrate than Elise, when facing one another, Ryze also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Ryze into Eliseas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Ryze also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Elise. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Elise matchups, Ryze is the better champion 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.

Ryze is a great counter to Elise. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Ryze against Elise.

Additional Information for Ryze Players

How We Calculated Our Ryze vs Elise Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Elise as Ryze, we analyzed 234 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Elise as Ryze comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Ryze in order to counter Elise 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 tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ryze most often accumulates much more CS relative to Elise. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Ryze versus Elise build include Seraph's Embrace, Luden's Companion, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Elise than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average win rate of 53.8% when playing against Elise with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Elise as Ryze, Ryze players should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Ryze vs Elise face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Elise as Ryze are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.