If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
The Draven Ryze synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ryze, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Draven sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ryze. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Ryze helps Draven perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Draven is an ally to Ryze, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This may indicate that Ryze doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played alongside Ryze on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ryze. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Ryze.
Additionally, when Draven plays with Ryze on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Ryze does a decent job of protecting Draven in team fights.
There is no one best companion for Draven that will always be his top ally. Yet, overall, Ryze is a decent companion for Draven. By playing on the same side as Draven, he raises their win rate by 2.6% to 52.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Draven and Ryze that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Ryze has a lower difficulty than Draven. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Ryze allies to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Draven and Ryze together, you will not be granting your team a great deal of tankyness. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Ryze ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
To learn all of the intricacies of Draven to synergize with Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to get in your Draven and Ryze synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Draven included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Ryze than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Draven had an average winrate of 52.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ryze with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Ryze with Draven are given for every ranked division. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.