Ryze·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Ryze Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Phase Rush as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Rod of Ages as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Archangel's Staff. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 55.0% winrate over 2 039 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Ryze Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Phase Rush as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Archangel's Staff, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Rod of Ages as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Banshee's Veil. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 54.1% win rate over 185 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Rod of Ages as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Archangel's Staff as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Cosmic Drive. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.7% win rate across 149 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Ryze Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Presence of Mind with Cut Down as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Rod of Ages as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Archangel's Staff as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 63.5% win rate over 74 matches played.

Situational Ryze Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Ryze build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.