Ryze

Ryze is an AP mage in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 50.2% win rate, 3.8% pick rate, 44,203 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Ryze is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Ryze wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Ryze tips the fight, and winning the wave and turning push priority into map control. The kit grades 8/10 teamfighting, 8/10 waveclear. Play around where Ryze is thin, engage (3/10), and the enemy loses their angle.

The most-played core build is Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, Actualizer, which holds a 53.9% win rate across 11,433 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.

The matchup to respect is Maokai, where Ryze sits at just 40.6%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (56.0%), and on the team side, Ryze gains the most from a Xerath (+8.2% pair win rate).