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

Ryze vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Ryze in LoLRyze is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Ryze

based on 1,165 Ryze vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Garen as Ryze came out of an evaluation of 1165 ranked rounds where both champs fought one another. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Ryze is forced to battle against Garen in only 3.4% of his games.

Ryze vs Garen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ryze has done a below average job of beating Garen. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.4% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Ryze versus Garen rounds, Ryze’s side is 0.1% less probable to get first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Garen.

Best Ryze vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandSapphire Crystal

Core Ryze Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapRod of Ages

Optional Items

Luden's CompanionStormsurgeFrozen HeartVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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Guide to Countering Garen as Ryze

Tips for Playing as Ryze against Garen

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 Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Ryze vs Garen Counter Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Garen Image
5.4
< Kills >
6
5.5
< Deaths >
4.8
6.3
< Assists >
4.2
1.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
194
< Minions Killed >
180
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.67
1,133
< Physical Damage >
13,938
22,107
< Magic Damage >
191
289
< True Damage >
4,685
23,530
< Damage Dealt >
18,815
26,133
< Damage Taken >
31,909
12,008
< Gold Earned >
12,228
2.13
< Towers >
2.84
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,378
< Total Healing >
3,378
16,113
< Experience >
15,503
19
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
97
< Time Dealing CC >
148

How to Counter Garen with Ryze in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several vital Ryze versus Garen counter statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Garen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Garen..

Ryze typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Garen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ryze and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ryze
Garen

Who is Better, Ryze or Garen?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually loses when playing against Garen, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Ryze makes a bad counter for Garen.

While Ryze does have a lower winrate compared to Garen, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Ryze into Garenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Ryze also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Garen matchups, Garen is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Ryze is a trash counter to Garen. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ryze against Garen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Ryze

Ryze Loses Against

MalzaharMalzahar43.7% winrateLissandraLissandra44.7% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune44.9% winrateZyraZyra44.9% winrate

Ryze Wins Against

YuumiYuumi58.9% winrateZeriZeri58.7% winrateSkarnerSkarner57.7% winrateOlafOlaf55.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BlitzcrankBlitzcrank+ 53.5% 1415 GamesZedZed+ 53.5% 550 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 53.5% 4543 GamesBraumBraum+ 56.2% 418 Games

Additional Information for Ryze Players

How We Calculated Our Ryze vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Ryze, we analyzed 1,165 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 Garen 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.

Other Useful Resources

Ryze Build Garen Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ryze in order to counter Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ryze typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Garen. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Ryze versus Garen build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Garen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Ryze boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Garen with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Garen as Ryze, you should equip 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 builds we have analyed for Ryze vs Garen counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.

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