Ryze — LoL Classic counters & build

Who beats Ryze in League of Legends: Classic, who Ryze beats, and the Season 3 items, runes and masteries to run mid, top. Patch 26.17.

Ryze is weak against

Ahri mid
You outrange his early trades and charm punishes his short-range combo.
Brand mid
You outrange his combo and the stun punishes every approach he makes.
Kassadin mid
Silence blocks his combo and your shield eats his magic damage.
Katarina mid
He has no hard CC to stop Death Lotus and your reset snowball beats his scaling.
Lux mid
You outrange his short combo and bind punishes every approach.
Veigar mid
Your ult scales off his AP and you outrange his whole combo.

Ryze is strong against

Karthus mid
Your snare plus combo kills him through the channel and he cannot escape.
Annie mid
You out-sustain her mana and win extended trades after first item.

Ryze Season 3 build

Start:

Doran's RingHealth Potion ×2

Core:

Tear of the GoddessArchangel's StaffRod of Ages

Tear early, mana is damage. Frozen Heart gives armor and even more mana.

Ryze rune page

9× Mark of Magic Penetration9× Seal of Armor9× Glyph of Scaling Ability Power3× Quintessence of Ability Power

Flat magic penetration is the strongest first-blood stat in Season 3 - base MR is only 30 at level 1, so 9 marks strip a fifth of it. Scaling AP glyphs beat flat ones from about level 9.

Ryze masteries

21/9/0 Offense. Archmage multiplies your whole AP curve, and Arcane Knowledge stacks with magic penetration marks.

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