Play Ryze like Faker – Ryze 2024 mid guide

LoL Esports
January 25, 2024
Davide Xu

Here is the full guide on how to play Ryze in League of Legends season 14 like the legendary T1 mid lane player Faker.

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Faker Ryze Mid lane Guide – Everything you need to know

If you play League, you probably know who Faker is and why Ryze is his main champion. For those who don’t know, Faker is the main reason why the champion has always been nerfed and rarely buffed. While his kit is not hard, the fundamentals that the champion requires to be played proficiently are immense. Learning Ryze allows you to learn things about the game that can be applied to all other champions.

Over the years, Ryze was never strong enough and was only played by a bunch of elite players. Now, with the new items, the champion got a lot more accessible for newcomers as well. To help you understand how to play Ryze, we’ve compiled the best builds and runes in our guide, taking information from the Ryze god: Faker.

Ryze Mid Build by Faker

Rod of Ages was brought back in season 13, and while the item got nerfed after losing its Mythic status, it still synergizes perfectly with Ryze’s kit. Paired with Archangel’s Staff, Ryze can count on lots of mana and maximum health to hard spam his abilities in quick succession. Build Sorcerer’s Shoes to get some magic penetration during the mid-game.

Once you get to the fourth and fifth item, you start to have plenty of build paths you can go for. The full-damage output build has Zhonya’s Hourglass, Cosmic Drive, and Void Staff. The downside of this build is that it has no resistances, and it requires exceptional positioning.

Given the amount of burst damage in the game, Faker runs Frozen Heart or Zhonya’s Hourglass to get additional armor and then rounds off the build with Cosmic Drive and Rabadon’s Deathcap. This is more of a balanced build which makes Ryze hard to one-shot while guaranteeing enough damage.

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Overall, this is the usual build seen in most of his Ryze games:

  1. Rod of Ages
  2. Sorcerer’s Shoes
  3. Archangel Staff
  4. Frozen Heart/Zhonya’s Hourglass
  5. Cosmic Drive
  6. Rabadon Deathcap
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Faker’s Mid lane Runes

Faker has only one viable rune setup which has Phase Rush as the keystone rune. It allows him to get a boost of movement speed after casting three spells or attacks, and he can easily do that with his abilities and low cooldowns. By going Sorcery as the primary tree, Faker usually chooses the following minor runes:

  • Manaflow Band for additional mana;
  • Transcendence for the additional ability haste and cooldown refund on takedowns;
  • Waterwalking to roam around the map faster and better stats around objectives.

The secondary rune tree is Inspiration, with Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight as the go-to choices. The first gives him biscuits in the first few minutes when Ryze struggles in terms of mana pool, while the second gives him a lower cooldown on the summoners’ spells.

When it comes to stat shards, now you run the attack speed, movement speed, and scaling HP ones. Getting extra MS on Ryze is always a big bonus since it allows him to space more.

If you want to play Ryze like Faker, sticking to this guide will allow you to master the champion in the blink of an eye.

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