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.
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
The stats provided here highlight several critical Ryze vs. Yasuo counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yasuo..
Ryze typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually loses when taking on Yasuo, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Ryze makes a bad counter to Yasuo.
While Ryze does have a lower winrate than Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Ryze also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Ryze into Yasuoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ryze also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Ryze is a garbage counter for Yasuo. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Ryze against Yasuo.
If you would like to truly master Ryze in order to counter Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Yasuo. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Ryze versus Yasuo build include Seraph's Embrace, Void Staff, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Yasuo than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Ryze had an average win rate of 47.9% battling Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Yasuo as Ryze, you 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 rune builds players used for Ryze vs Yasuo counters, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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