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.
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
The stat comparisons shown here show several critical Ryze vs. Taliyah counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Taliyah..
Ryze normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Taliyah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually loses when trying to fight Taliyah, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Ryze makes a poor counter for Taliyah.
While Ryze does have a lower winrate compared to Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Ryze also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Ryze into Taliyahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ryze also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ryze is a somewhat poor counter to Taliyah. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Ryze against Taliyah.
To truly master Ryze in order to counter Taliyah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze typically picks up more CS as Taliyah. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Ryze versus Taliyah build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Taliyah than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ryze had an average win rate of 48.4% when playing against Taliyah with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Taliyah as Ryze, you should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ryze vs Taliyah counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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