Champion profile

Ryze in draft

Played at Mid in 98% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

11 %

picked or banned · 69th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.3%

Picked 6% · 155 of 2,710 gamesBanned 6% · 112 of 2,009 drafts with bans

Win rate at Mid

2,710 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA

Population: amateur tournaments created with tournament codes — neither solo queue nor the pro scene.

Everything below reads on 152 games at Mid. · 149 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (2,009 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftMixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.What the scene picks when it is banned: not measurable yet.

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other mid lanersMap pressureDamagePokeFew duelsNo split-push

03 · With / againstNo pair reaches 30 games: counts only, no win rate.

04 · BuildOne path: Rod of Ages.

Deathfire Touch

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Mid picks taken by Ryze, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

1.1%4,454 picks out of 415,601banned in 0.3% of games · 255 of 74,465patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

2.8%102 picks out of 3,686banned in 5.3% of games · 71 of 1,329patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

12.1%266 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 9% and 13% since 16.12 · 9.5% on 16.21 · 8.9% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	9.5%	2,671	Deathfire Touch75% · 97
16.20	8.9%	7,858	Deathfire Touch78% · 257
16.19	9.6%	6,733	Deathfire Touch78% · 261
16.18	12.6%	5,762	Deathfire Touch81% · 303
16.17	12.3%	5,728	Deathfire Touch78% · 294
16.16	11.9%	5,992	Deathfire Touch82% · 280
16.15	11.3%	5,530	Deathfire Touch78% · 228
16.14	10.7%	5,702	Deathfire Touch89% · 266
16.13	11.1%	7,391	Deathfire Touch87% · 362
16.12	12.0%	5,118	Deathfire Touch81% · 214

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Mixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.

112 bans of 2,009 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: fallback pick — brought out late in the series, once the pool is drained.

G14.7%
G27.7%
G3+5.9%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Orianna9

Ahri7

Cassiopeia2

series, of 35 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (35), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

Read at Mid, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

No champion comes out more often at Mid when Ryze is banned: both teams keep their usual picks.

112 games where it is banned · 1,786 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

Comps with Ryze ban these champions in phase 2 more often than other comps.

Cassiopeia×2.08
Anivia×1.88
Syndra×1.33

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the mid laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min3.4 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · mid laners: 3.2

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itmid laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on mid laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itMap pressureDamagePoke

What it is notFew duelsNo split-push

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:12 (5:12), 1st item at 12:06 (12:00), 2nd at 20:00 (20:42), 3rd at 25:48 (27:00).

152 games · median minute of each milestone, mid laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
YunaraADC	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
NautilusSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
Xin ZhaoJGL	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
LuluSUP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
JhinADC	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
WukongJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
AhriMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ViktorMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
KarmaSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SyndraMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)

show 49 other pairs

MilioSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
RenektonTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
AsheADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
OrnnTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
EzrealADC	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
BardSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
TrundleJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
SylasMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
JinxADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
LucianADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
NocturneJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
CaitlynADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
AlistarSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
RakanSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ShenTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AniviaMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
OriannaMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
VeigarMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ApheliosADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ZiggsADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SeraphineSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GnarTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
OlafTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
PantheonJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
HweiMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
XayahADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
BraumSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
RellSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ThreshSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GwenTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SionTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Jarvan IVJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ViJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AkaliMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AuroraMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MelMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
YoneMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
CorkiADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TristanaADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LeonaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 59 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 152 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, all regions. Patch + region does not reach 30 games (17).

Patch + region16.21 · 17 games, below the floor of 30
Patch16.21 · 130 games
2 patches460 games
Window152 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Deathfire Touch+

Resolve

75% · 97 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost

69% · 89 games

First maxed skill

100% · 130 games

show 4 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orStormraider's Surge+Resolve18% · 23 games
orDeathfire Touch+Precision11% · 14 games

Other spells

orFlash + Teleport30% · 39 games
orCleanse + Flash1% · 1 game

130 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

One item path, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Rod of Ages99% · 11:54
Archangel's Staff100% · 19:42
Actualizer91% · 25:18

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).

Patch

Presence

Games

Majority keystone

16.21

9.5%

2,671

Deathfire Touch75% · 97

16.20

8.9%

7,858

Deathfire Touch78% · 257

16.19

9.6%

6,733

Deathfire Touch78% · 261

16.18

12.6%

5,762

Deathfire Touch81% · 303

16.17

12.3%

5,728

Deathfire Touch78% · 294

16.16

11.9%

5,992

Deathfire Touch82% · 280

16.15

11.3%

5,530

Deathfire Touch78% · 228

16.14

10.7%

5,702

Deathfire Touch89% · 266

16.13

11.1%

7,391

Deathfire Touch87% · 362

16.12

12.0%

5,118

Deathfire Touch81% · 214

Facing

Games

Win rate

Reading

YunaraADC

Too few for a rate (21 of 30)

NautilusSUP

Too few for a rate (18 of 30)

Xin ZhaoJGL

Too few for a rate (16 of 30)

LuluSUP

Too few for a rate (16 of 30)

JhinADC

Too few for a rate (15 of 30)

WukongJGL

Too few for a rate (14 of 30)

AhriMID

Too few for a rate (14 of 30)

ViktorMID

Too few for a rate (14 of 30)

KarmaSUP

Too few for a rate (14 of 30)

SyndraMID

Too few for a rate (12 of 30)