Yasuo vs Ryze Counter Pick

Ryze scales into the larger health pool by a wide margin, 2,728 at level 18 against 2,460, yet his armor only reaches 93.4 while Yasuo climbs to 110.2. Facing a champion whose damage is entirely physical, that is the number that decides trades, and Yasuo takes 56.93% of 137 games on patch 16.13.1. The sample is thin enough that the exact figure deserves loose treatment.

Arcane Mastery ties Ryze’s damage to bonus mana and his mana pool to ability power, which is a long build path. Until it is assembled, Overload, Rune Prison and Spell Flux are moderate spells cast from 550 range at a melee champion who closes through Sweeping Blade and rebuilds a shield simply by walking.

Wind Wall matters more than usual against that kit. It blocks enemy projectiles for four seconds, and both Overload and Spell Flux travel as projectiles, so the sequence that charges his runes can be cut in half at the wrong moment. Rune Prison stays targeted and will still land, damaging and slowing or rooting a fluxed target. Realm Warp repositions a team rather than saving its caster, and at 340 movement speed against 345 the retreat is never quite fast enough, leaving Ryze without a genuine escape once Yasuo is on top of him. Ratings of 10 and 7 mark both as demanding champions.