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.
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
The Ryze Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Ryze sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Aphelios helps Ryze perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ryze is an ally to Aphelios, he gets a little decrease in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Aphelios does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Ryze is played alongside Aphelios on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Aphelios.
Additionally, when Ryze plays with Aphelios on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Aphelios does a decent job of protecting Ryze in team fights.
There is no universally accepted best ally for Ryze that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. However, Aphelios is a very typical teammate for Ryze. By locking into the same side as Ryze, he drops their win rate by -0.2% to 48.8%. This signals that there is not really a strong synergy between Ryze and Aphelios that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Aphelios has a greater difficulty than Ryze. That means Ryze players need to be cautious when lining up Aphelios comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Ryze and Aphelios together, you will not be providing your team very much cover. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Aphelios ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Ryze in order to work well with Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to build first in your Ryze and Aphelios synergy 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 as an ally of Aphelios than with many other common builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when playing alongside Aphelios with this build.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
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