Zilean with Ryze
How to Synergize Zilean and Ryze
based on 344 Zilean with Ryze pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Ryze Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Ryze
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Ryze
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Understand How Ryze Will Play
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.
Zilean Ryze Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ryze as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ryze. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Ryze helps Zilean perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is an ally to Ryze, he sees a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Ryze doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Ryze on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ryze.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Ryze on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Ryze does a poor job of covering Zilean in teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Ryze
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Ryze?
There is no one best synergy for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, Ryze is a relatively poor companion for Zilean. By locking into the same side as Zilean, he decreases their win rate by -2.7% to 48.0%. This proves that there is a negative synergy between Zilean and Ryze that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Ryze has a greater difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players should be careful when enlisting Ryze teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Zilean and Ryze together, you probably will not be providing your team very much AD. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Ryze teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to synergize with Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Zilean and Ryze synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Ryze than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 48.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ryze with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.
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