How to win lane as Ryze against LeBlanc · 47.32% win rate over 1,399 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | LeBlanc | LeBlanc's Q Sigil and auto out-range and out-poke your rangeless level-1 kit. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 evens as you add a spell and she still needs her full combo to commit. |
| Level 3 | Ryze | At three you can W root and Flux-Q burst her whenever W Distortion is down. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 flatten into an even poke war traded on cooldowns. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Her R Mimic doubles the burst at 6, but your W root answers, keeping it even. |
| First item | Ryze | Tear into Seraph's lets your Q chains out-sustain her poke-and-back pattern. |
| Two+ items | Ryze | Dodge her combo and you outscale; she cannot kill a stacked Ryze late. |
LeBlanc controls the opening because her Q Sigil of Malice plus an auto out-ranges and out-pokes your kit, and stepping up to farm eats free harass. You have no trade tools yet, so hide behind minions and give up a CS rather than a health bar. Do not throw Flux with nothing to combo into it. Level 2 evens as you gain a spell and she still needs her full combo, plus escape, to threaten you.
The full Ryze vs LeBlanc report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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