Champion sheet · Mid

Ryze

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.2%#72 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.6%picked in 148 of 2,644 games
Ban: 5.6%109 bans over 1,958 games, against 0.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid49.0% between 42.2% and 55.8% over 145 gamesSoloQ 45.7%: no clear gap

Median length29.4 minsoloQ 28 min

Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itDeathfire Touch, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Actualizer: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 81% of mid laners.Map pressureDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.8%
SoloQ
1.1%
2.8% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.1% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.3%
SoloQ
0.3%
5.3% ban rate in amateur play over 1,329 games, against 0.3% in soloQ over 82,299 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.4 min
SoloQ
28 min
Median of 29.4 min in amateur play, against 28 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Deathfire Touch, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Actualizer: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDeathfire Touch64% · 3,616

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ghost61% · 3,445

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 130 games

Core (3 legendaries)79% · 2,150

79%of soloQ games

Rod of Ages
Archangel's Staff
Actualizer

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Map pressure first: more map pressure than 81% of mid laners.

Map pressuretop19%3.4 · mid laners: 3.2
Team damagetop20%24% · mid laners: 21%

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

What marks it

Map pressure
Damage
Poke

Like other mid laners

Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Few duels
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 19 in lane, 24 in mid game and 81 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

492-36 vs 528

839-60 vs 899

1,352+174 vs 1,179

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

Ryzemid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 68% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 19 of 100 among mid laners492 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 24 of 100 among mid laners839 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 81 of 100 among mid laners1,352 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 34 of 100 among mid laners-112 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 32 of 100 among mid laners-173 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 81 of 100 among mid laners3.4 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 66 of 100 among mid laners612 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 69 of 100 among mid laners57% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 17 of 100 among mid laners17% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 37 of 100 among mid lanersrank 37 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 54 of 100 among mid laners0.7 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 80 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.