How to win lane as Ryze against Pantheon · 47.06% win rate over 1,360 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Pantheon | Pantheon's point-and-click empowered Q poke outclasses your slow level-1 Overload. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | With both abilities up the trade is even, you can answer his spear with Q and E. |
| Level 3 | Ryze | Level 3 hands you Rune Prison, letting you root and punish his step-ups. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Even window: he has all-in threat but you have waveclear and a root to disengage. |
| Level 6 | Pantheon | His R Grand Starfall and W stun make level 6 his strongest roam and dive spike. |
| First item | Ryze | Your first mana item unlocks Q spam that outdamages his non-scaling poke. |
| Two+ items | Ryze | Two items in you outscale him entirely into an unkillable DPS carry. |
Pantheon owns the first two levels: his empowered Q spear is point-and-click and outranges your clunky level-1 Overload, so give a little CS and dodge his Mortal Will procs on the caster minions. By level 2 things even out once you have Q and E to trade back into his cooldowns.
The full Ryze vs Pantheon 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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