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Ryze

The Rune Mage

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About Ryze

Ryze, The Rune Mage, is a battlemage, fighter, and mage champion in League of Legends played in midlane on Summoner's Rift. Riot released Ryze on February 21, 2009 in Patch Alpha Week 2. Ryze uses ranged attacks and deals magical damage.

Ryze has 14 skins in 14 skin lines. Ryze has waited 548 days for a new skin, the 43rd longest wait of 173 champions. See every champion's wait

Gameplay style

Ryze fills the battlemage/fighter/mage role with ranged attacks, mostly in midlane.

Ryze deals magical damage and spends Mana to cast abilities. Mages like Ryze use spells to deal burst or area damage and control space in fights.

Ryze's story

Widely considered one of the most adept sorcerers on Runeterra, Ryze is an ancient, hard-bitten archmage with an impossibly heavy burden to bear. Armed with immense arcane power and a boundless constitution, he tirelessly hunts for World Runes—fragments of the raw magic that once shaped the world from nothingness. He must retrieve these artifacts before they fall into the wrong hands, for Ryze understands the horrors they could unleash on Runeterra.

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Official Champion Spotlight

See Ryze's abilities and gameplay in the official League of Legends Champion Spotlight.

Learning Ryze

Here is what Ryze does well and where this battlemage, fighter, and mage champion struggles.

Champion strengths

  • Good balance of damage and durability
  • Powerful area-of-effect damage
  • Strong dueling potential
  • Strong waveclear

Champion weaknesses

  • Can be kited by ranged champions
  • Usually lacks mobility
  • May struggle against true tanks
  • Vulnerable to assassins

Ryze costs 2400 BE or 260 RP. Ryze sits in Riot's standard price tier, which holds the majority of the champion roster.

Ryze has not been on sale since March 1, 2026.

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