Mid Matchup

Xerath vs Ryze

Patch: 15.23 (25.23)
League: Platinum+
Xerath

Xerath

the Magus Ascendant
Mid
Xerath Mid Overall Win Rate
51.61%

Matchup Win Rate

47.3%
Xerath vs Ryze Wins
⚔
52.7%
Ryze vs Xerath Wins
Ryze

Ryze

the Rune Mage
Mid
Ryze Mid Overall Win Rate
48.94%

Xerath vs Ryze - Mid Matchup Guide Patch 15.23 (25.23)

Xerath Mid vs Ryze Mid - Who is stronger?

Xerath Mid has trouble against Ryze (47.3% win rate) based on 490 games. This is a tough matchup for Xerath players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Xerath Mid vs Ryze Mid in patch 15.23 (25.23), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Balanced meta clash: Xerath (3.8%, 23rd place out of 58 Mid champions) regularly faces Ryze (3.5%, 20th place). Both champions hold solid meta positions, making this matchup knowledge a direct path to climbing and improving your win rate. Surprising upset: Despite Xerath's higher tier rating, Ryze wins 52.7% of encounters. This suggests Ryze's kit specifically counters Xerath's playstyle, overriding general meta strength - approach this matchup with extra caution. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven First Strike + Magical Footwear combination (60.0% win rate) plus optimal itemization Luden's Companion, Mejai's Soulstealer, Shadowflame, and Sorcerer's Shoes boosts your chances from 47.3% to 70%+ - potentially game-changing.

Survive and scale: Xerath faces both matchup (47.30%) and farming disadvantages (6.53 vs 6.62/min). With a 0.09 CS/min deficit, prioritize safe farming and jungle assistance. Damage doesn't equal wins: Xerath outputs more damage (1005 vs 902/min, 2nd place) but still loses the matchup. The issue likely lies in survivability, mobility, or damage timing rather than raw output. Strong individual performance: Xerath maintains better KDA (3.10, 1st place vs 38th for Ryze), but loses the matchup overall. High KDA without wins suggests difficulty translating individual advantages into victory conditions.

Xerath vs Ryze - Mid Stats Comparison

Xerath Mid
Xerath Mid		Versus
Ryze Mid
Ryze Mid
A+TierC
47.3%Matchup Winrate52.7%
51.61%Role Winrate48.94%
#14Winrate Rank#50
3.8%Pickrate3.5%
3.1Average KDA2.2
430Gold per Minute429
6.53CS/Min6.62
0.37Wards per Minute0.34
1005Damage per Minute902

How to Beat Ryze as Xerath (Mid)

Difficult matchup requiring deep understanding of game mechanics and flawless execution. Patience and proper macro play are the keys to victory in this confrontation.

The magic damage that Xerath deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Meanwhile, Ryze deals primarily magic damage (93.09%), additional magic resistance may be required.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Ryze, ranking 31st (versus 32nd for Xerath) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.2 versus 3.1) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Xerath Mid versus Ryze Mid matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Xerath player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Ryze player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Xerath vs Ryze: Mid Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
53.3% Win Rate85.0% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
56.6% Win Rate1.9% Pick Rate

Xerath vs Ryze: Mid Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet is on cooldown, reduces its remaining cooldown.

Adaptive Damage: 30 - 130 based on level (+0.05 AP and +0.1 bonus AD)
Cooldown: 20 - 8s

Cooldown Reduction:
Single Target: 20%.
Area of Effect: 10%.
Damage over Time: 5%.

Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet …

Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band 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.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

Transcendence
Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Secondary Path
Precision
Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

55.3% Win Rate55.7% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
First Strike
First Strike Attacks or abilities against an enemy champion within 0.25s of entering champion combat grant 10 gold and First Strike for 3 seconds, causing you to deal 7% extra damage against champions, and granting 50% (35% for ranged champions) of bonus damage dealt as gold.

Cooldown: 25 - 15s

First Strike

Attacks or abilities against an enemy champion within 0.25s of entering champion combat g…

Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band 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.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

60.0% Win Rate15.9% Pick Rate

Xerath vs Ryze: Mid Lane Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring (400 gold) 18 Ability Power
90 Health
Restoration
Restore 1.25 Mana every second. If you can't gain Mana, restore 0.55 Health instead.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
48.2% Win Rate92.5% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
54.1% Win Rate91.6% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
28.6% Win Rate1.9% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
0.0% Win Rate0.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Lost Chapter
Lost Chapter (1200 gold) 40 Ability Power
300 Mana
10 Ability Haste
Enlighten
Levelling up restores 20% max Mana over 3 seconds.
->
Luden's Companion
Luden's Companion (2850 gold) 100 Ability Power
600 Mana
10 Ability Haste
Fire
Damaging Abilities fire 6 Shots that deal bonus magic damage to the target and nearby enemies. Remaining Shots fire on the primary target, dealing 20% damage.
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
51.7% Win Rate21.8% Pick Rate
Final Build
Void Staff
Void Staff (3000 gold) 95 Ability Power
40% Magic Penetration
62.1% Win Rate31.9% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Tear of the Goddess
Tear of the Goddess (400 gold) 240 Mana
Manaflow (8s, max 4 charges)
Landing Abilities grants 3 max Mana (doubled vs. champions), up to 360.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal an additional 5 physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
61.5% Win Rate4.1% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
54.1% Win Rate91.6% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
28.6% Win Rate1.9% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
0.0% Win Rate0.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Lost Chapter
Lost Chapter (1200 gold) 40 Ability Power
300 Mana
10 Ability Haste
Enlighten
Levelling up restores 20% max Mana over 3 seconds.
->
Luden's Companion
Luden's Companion (2850 gold) 100 Ability Power
600 Mana
10 Ability Haste
Fire
Damaging Abilities fire 6 Shots that deal bonus magic damage to the target and nearby enemies. Remaining Shots fire on the primary target, dealing 20% damage.
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
100.0% Win Rate2.5% Pick Rate
Final Build
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
98.9% Win Rate4.9% Pick Rate
Other Items
Stormsurge
Stormsurge (2900 gold) 90 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
4% Move Speed
Stormraider
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum Health within 2.5s applies Squall to them and grants 25% Move Speed for 1.5 seconds.
Squall
After 2 seconds, deal magic damage. If the target dies before Squall triggers, it damages nearby enemies and grants 30 gold.
60.3% Win Rate12.2% Pick Rate
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
19.8% Win Rate12.1% Pick Rate
Horizon Focus
Horizon Focus (2700 gold) 75 Ability Power
25 Ability Haste
Hypershot
Dealing Ability damage to champions at 600 range or greater Reveals them for 6 seconds.
Deal 10% increased damage to enemies Revealed by this item.
Focus
When Hypershot is triggered, Reveal all other enemy champions within 1400 range of them for 3 seconds.
50.3% Win Rate4.9% Pick Rate
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
98.9% Win Rate4.9% Pick Rate
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
300 Health
Torment
Damaging Abilities burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.
Suffering
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
0.0% Win Rate2.4% Pick Rate
Cryptbloom
Cryptbloom (2850 gold) 60 Ability Power
30% Magic Penetration
15 Ability Haste
Life from Death
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, a nova spreads from their corpse that heals.
0.0% Win Rate2.4% Pick Rate

Xerath vs Ryze: Mid Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Q
Arcanopulse Fires a long-range beam of energy, dealing magic damage to all targets hit.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Eye of Destruction Calls down a barrage of arcane energy, slowing and dealing magic damage to all enemies in an area. Targets in the middle receive additional damage and a stronger slow.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Shocking Orb Deals magic damage to an enemy and stuns them.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Rite of the Arcane Xerath immobilizes himself and gains numerous long-range barrages.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
58.4% Win Rate49.2% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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2
3
4
5
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R
Q
Arcanopulse Fires a long-range beam of energy, dealing magic damage to all targets hit.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Eye of Destruction Calls down a barrage of arcane energy, slowing and dealing magic damage to all enemies in an area. Targets in the middle receive additional damage and a stronger slow.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Shocking Orb Deals magic damage to an enemy and stuns them.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Rite of the Arcane Xerath immobilizes himself and gains numerous long-range barrages.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
99.0% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate

Xerath tips:

  • It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
  • Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
  • If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.

Playing Against Ryze

  • Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
  • Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
  • Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.

Xerath Mid other Matchups

Xerath
+5.1%
Orianna

Xerath vs Orianna

Xerath
+4.9%
Taliyah

Xerath vs Taliyah

Xerath
+4.3%
Azir

Xerath vs Azir

Xerath
+4.0%
Yone

Xerath vs Yone

Xerath
+3.9%
Lissandra

Xerath vs Lissandra

Xerath
+3.8%
Mel

Xerath vs Mel

Xerath
+3.6%
Viktor

Xerath vs Viktor

Xerath
+3.5%
Veigar

Xerath vs Veigar

Xerath
+3.5%
Syndra

Xerath vs Syndra

Xerath
+3.3%
Aurora

Xerath vs Aurora

Xerath
+3.2%
Vladimir

Xerath vs Vladimir

Xerath
+2.0%
Annie

Xerath vs Annie

Xerath
+1.4%
Anivia

Xerath vs Anivia

Xerath
+1.4%
Lux

Xerath vs Lux

Xerath
+1.3%
Zed

Xerath vs Zed

Xerath
+1.2%
Galio

Xerath vs Galio

Xerath
+1.1%
Malzahar

Xerath vs Malzahar

Xerath
+1.0%
Hwei

Xerath vs Hwei

Xerath
+0.9%
Twisted Fate

Xerath vs Twisted Fate

Xerath
-1.1%
Akali

Xerath vs Akali

Xerath
-1.5%
Vex

Xerath vs Vex

Xerath
-1.6%
Sylas

Xerath vs Sylas

Xerath
-1.8%
Ahri

Xerath vs Ahri

Xerath
-1.8%
Yasuo

Xerath vs Yasuo

Xerath
-2.4%
Zoe

Xerath vs Zoe

Xerath
-3.7%
LeBlanc

Xerath vs LeBlanc

Xerath
-3.8%
Katarina

Xerath vs Katarina

Xerath
-4.0%
Ekko

Xerath vs Ekko

Xerath
-4.1%
Diana

Xerath vs Diana

Xerath
-6.5%
Fizz

Xerath vs Fizz