Mage
Ryze
the Rune Mage
Recommended Build
Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026
50.1% wr in Mid
Build path
- Boots any step
Mercury's Treads1250 gold20 Magic Resist45 Move Speed30% TenacityMercury's Treads29% pick · 51.6% wr - Item 1
Doran's Ring400 gold18 Ability Power90 HealthDrain
Restore1 Mana every second, increased to2 Mana per second for 5 seconds after dealing damage to an enemy champion. If you can't gain Mana,heal for 45% of this value instead.Helping Hand
Attacks deal5 bonus physical damage to minions.Doran's Ring97% pick · 50.6% wr
- Item 2
Rod of Ages2600 gold45 Ability Power350 Health500 ManaTimeless
This item gains10 Health ,30 Mana and3 Ability Power every 60 seconds up to 10 times. Upon reaching max stacks, gain a level.Eternity
Taking damage from champions restores10% of the damage asMana .
Casting an abilityheals for 25% of Mana spent.Rod of Ages98% pick · 51.0% wr
- Item 3
Archangel's Staff2900 gold70 Ability Power600 Mana25 Ability HasteAwe
Gain Ability Power equal to1% bonus Mana. Manaflow (8s, max 5 charges)
Landing Abilities grants5 max Mana (doubled vs. champions).
Transforms intoSeraph's Embrace at360 max Mana .Archangel's Staff97% pick · 52.4% wr
- Item 4
Actualizer2800 gold90 Ability Power300 Mana10 Ability HasteMana Made Real (0s)
For 8 seconds, your mana is Empowered. While Empowered, your spells cost 100% more Mana, you gain increased Ability damage, Shielding, and Healing, and your basic ability cooldowns progress 30% faster.Actualizer88% pick · 55.2% wr
Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).
Summoner spells
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
Skill order
— what to level when
Passively, Ryze's other basic abilities reset the cooldown of Overload and charge a rune. When Ryze casts Overload with 2 runes charged, he gains a brief burst of Move Speed.
On cast, Ryze throws a charge of pure energy in a line, dealing damage to the first enemy struck. If the target has Flux on it, Overload deals extra damage and bounces to nearby enemies with Flux.
Ryze traps a target in a cage of runes, damaging them and slowing their movement. If the target has Flux on it, they are instead rooted.
Ryze releases an orb of pure magical power that damages an enemy and debuffs all nearby enemies. Ryze's spells have additional effects against the debuffed enemy.
Passively, Overload deals even more damage against targets with Flux.
On cast, Ryze creates a portal to a nearby location. After a few seconds, allies standing near the portal are teleported to the target location.
Runes
Sorcery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.
After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5
Level 8: +5
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
All
While above 70% health, gain extra
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Gain
Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP,
Resolve
Your third attack against turrets deals bonus damage.
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus
After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.
Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.
Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.
Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Stat shards
+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).
+10% Attack Speed.
+8 Ability Haste.
+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).
+2% Move Speed.
+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).
+65 flat Health.
+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.
+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).