Ryze vs Irelia Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Top lane: Ryze the mage, Irelia the fighter/assassin hybrid. The sample behind this page is 180 games from patch 16.13.1, and Ryze wins 36.1% of them. Sitting 13.9 points below the 50% line marks Irelia as a genuine problem pick for Ryze.
A missed Realm Warp from Ryze hands Irelia the window to land Defiant Dance. Realm Warp and Vanguard’s Edge are the two buttons that end the exchange outright.
Shared damage type here — magic for Ryze as well as Irelia. Ryze carries 620 base health to Irelia’s 630, and 22 armour to 36. 14 armour of separation tilts level-one trades toward Irelia. Scaling matters as well: Ryze ends on 2728 HP, Irelia on 2585. Base attack damage is 55 against 65, so Irelia wins the raw auto-attack exchange. There is a movement gap too: 340 for Ryze, 335 for Irelia.
Ryze holds a 350-unit range advantage (550 to 200), and that shapes how the lane is traded out. Irelia wins only by collapsing the distance, which usually means a cooldown or a gank.
Read 36.1% as a trend: 180 games is useful, not final. This lane rebuilds from live ranked data each cycle.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Irelia has the statistical edge. Ryze wins 36.1% of the recorded games.
36.1% from Ryze's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
180 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Ryze build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Ryze build page.