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Ryze vs Malzahar

RyzeYOU · MID
MalzaharENEMY · MID
VS
Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

Respect his R in ganks
Nether Grasp suppression is his kill setup: save your escape for jungle ganks.
Punish before Lost Chapter
Hard-push before level 3 and set up a cheater recall: once he has Lost Chapter it gets rough.
Ward for ganks
He runs Electrocute or First Strike and calls jungle collapses: ward when you shove in.
Don't get caught shoved in without vision: his R makes jungle ganks lethal.
Runes
SORCERYSORCERY
Summon Aery
Arcane Comet
Stormraider's Surge
Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
RESOLVERESOLVE
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
SHARDS
Adaptive
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health +65
Tenacity
Health Scaling
Spells
FlashFLASH
TeleportTELEPORT
Items
Start
Core
16.14 Emerald+ - 48% WR - 498 games
Skill order
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Ryze · Mid · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Ryze vs Malzahar in Mid lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: his R suppress is what turns jungle ganks lethal, respect it.

Ryze matchup data compiled from the Ryze OTP communityLeague of Legends assets © Riot Games (Data Dragon).