Ryze ARAM Mayhem Build

The Rune Mage. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #25 of 173 champions.

APatch 26.21MageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: A
Win rate: 52.3%
Pick rate: 12.0%
Rank: #25 of 173
Games: 2,782,396
Patch: 26.21

How to play Ryze in ARAM Mayhem

Ryze is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #25 of 173 champions, with a 52.3% win rate over 2,782,396 games. It is also one of the most picked champions, showing up in 12% of games, so expect to see it on both sides.

94% of Ryze's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. It deals 44,741 damage to champions in an average game, more than most champions, so play to stay alive and keep hitting.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff and Rabadon's Deathcap, with a 52.9% win rate over 2,263,822 games. On this build 47% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Ryze are Blue Barrier, Hand of Baron and Overflow. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability power. Skip Pandora's Box and Master of Duality when you can: they do worst on Ryze. A pair to look for: Overflow with Blue Barrier.

Take Flash and Ghost (60% of players); Mark is the common alternative. Max Q (Overload) first, then E, then W.

Ryze ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Ryze game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

52.9% win rate · 92% of Ryze games · 2,263,822 games

Start

Sapphire Crystal
Ruby Crystal
Tear of the Goddess

Core items, in buying order

Rod of Ages
Archangel's Staff
Rabadon's Deathcap

Boots on the AP build for Ryze, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	30%
No boots	47%
Mercury's Treads	7%

Situational, after the core

Winter's Approach44% buy it
Riftmaker23% buy it
Actualizer17% buy it
Shadowflame13% buy it
Void Staff25% buy it
Frozen Heart9% buy it

Most bought items

Archangel's Staff98% of games
Rod of Ages95% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap61% of games
Winter's Approach47% of games
Actualizer29% of games
Gluttonous Greaves25% of games
Riftmaker22% of games
Void Staff18% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes16% of games
Frozen Heart15% of games

Best augments for Ryze

Every card with enough Ryze games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Ryze's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Ryze

12 S tier and 18 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Ryze in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier S	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Overflow	Gold	Tier S	Your Mana costs double. Your Ability Heals, Shields, and damage are (10%+0.5% Max Mana) more effective.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Mind to Matter	Silver	Tier S	Gain (50% Max Mana) Health.
Lich Brain	Silver	Tier S	Gain (30+4% Bonus Health) Ability Power.
Double Time	Gold	Tier S	Damaging an enemy champion with 2 separate Abilities within 4 seconds deals (10% Max Mana) magic damage and grants 25 max Mana. 4 second…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Overloaded	Prismatic	Tier S	Using another Ability resets the cooldown of selected ability.
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier S	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier S	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Tripleshot	Prismatic	Tier A	Your selected ability targets 2 additional enemies in front of you. Units take less damage from the same spell.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
FireFox	Silver	Tier A	Autocast: Gain 25% movement speed and conjure three flames that orbit you every 9 seconds, targetting the closest visible enemy in range and…
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Witchful Thinking	Silver	Tier A	Gain Ability Power 20–80 (by level) Ability Power.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Big Brain	Gold	Tier A	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Dawnbringer's Resolve	Gold	Tier A	When dropping below 50% Health, heal for 30% max Health over 3 seconds. Resets on death or every 45 seconds.

Average on Ryze
45 cards, best first

Below average on Ryze
21 cards, best first

Weakest on Ryze
11 cards, best first

Best first augment for Ryze

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Ryze's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Back To Basics, Double Time and Mind to Matter come out on top.

The best augments for Ryze in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Back To BasicsTier S	Blue BarrierTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Blue BarrierTier S
2	Double TimeTier S	Bread And JamTier S	Blue BarrierTier S	Lich BrainTier S
3	Mind to MatterTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	OverflowTier S	OverflowTier S
4	Blue BarrierTier S	Mind to MatterTier S	Lich BrainTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
5	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Mind to MatterTier S	Mind to MatterTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Ryze, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost60% of players · 53.0% win rate
Flash + Mark37% of players · 51.5% win rate
Flash + Cleanse0% of players · 52.4% win rate

Skill order

QOverload
ESpell Flux
WRune Prison

Max Q first. 88% of players use this order (53.1% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Ryze in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 11.5 / 10.8 / 23.3
KDA: 3.58
Damage to champions: 44,741
Damage taken: 49,016
Self-mitigated: 35,080
Healing on allies: 12
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 22 s
Kill participation: 63%
Game length: 16:42

Damage type

Physical 3%Magic 94%True 3%

Questions and answers

What is the best Ryze build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Ryze: Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff and Rabadon's Deathcap. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Ryze in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Ryze, best first: Blue Barrier, Hand of Baron, Overflow, Back To Basics and Weapon of Destiny. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Ryze good in ARAM Mayhem?

Ryze is tier A on patch 26.21, #25 of 173 champions, with a 52.3% win rate over 2.8 million games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Ryze in ARAM Mayhem?

For Ryze's first pick on patch 26.21: Back To Basics, Double Time, Mind to Matter, Blue Barrier and Weapon of Destiny, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Mages in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Ryze counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.