Ryze vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Ryze
based on 686 Ryze vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Ryze vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Ryze in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several important Ryze versus Gwen matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gwen..
Ryze normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Gwen. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Gwen
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Who is Better, Ryze or Gwen?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually wins when playing against Gwen, with a 53.4% win rate. Therefore, Ryze makes a great counter to Gwen.
While Ryze does have a higher winrate than Gwen, when they face off with one another, Ryze also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ryze into Gwenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ryze has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Gwen matchups, Ryze is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Ryze is a great counter for Gwen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ryze against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ryze to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze often gets a similar amount of CS as Gwen. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Ryze versus Gwen build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Gwen than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 53.4% when countering Gwen with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Gwen as Ryze, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ryze vs Gwen fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.4% win rate overall.
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