Yone vs Ryze — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Ryze · 51.97% win rate (5,582 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Yone is slightly favoured — 51.97% win rate over 5,582 games, and Yone's game plan below claims 4 of the 7 stage windows.

At a glance

He pokes a man with a return ticket — E in, spend everything, snap back before his answer clears customs.

Track: Ryze's W — Rune Prison (11–9s cooldown). Point-blank root — respect the EQ chain that follows it.

Do

E-trade his cooldown gaps
Q3 the knockup inside the window
Snap back before his answer lands

Don't

Enter spirit form into held CC
Linger past the window for one more auto
Trade on foot at his range

Runes & build vs Ryze

Start: Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back: Noonquiver / Cloak piece (≈1000g)
First item: BotRK / Immortal Shieldbow
Then: Infinity Edge
Boots: Mercury's Treads / Berserker's
Runes: Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Second Wind · Shards: Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Yone's game plan

Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Ryze.

Stage	Favoured	Why
Level 1	Yone	Ryze's immobility and pre-Tear mana crunch hand you the level-1 tempo.
Level 2	Even / skill	At level 2 your Q-weave trades beat his mana-hungry Overload poke.
Level 3	Even / skill	Level 3 you out-trade an escape-less mage with your step-in pressure.
Levels 4-5	Yone	Through 4-5 he can't answer your all-in once Rune Prison (W) is down.
Level 6	Yone	At 6 your R and E overpower a macro ult that gives him no dueling tool.
First item	Yone	First item crit tempo out-DPSes his single-target Overload spam.
Two+ items	Even / skill	Two items in you fully outscale a peel-less mage with R pick and W shred.

How to beat Ryze as Yone: the early game

You dominate levels 1-5 (Yone): Ryze is one of the most immobile mids and is mana-constrained before he stacks Tear, so you can walk up behind the wave and chip with Mortal Steel freely. Every Overload (Q) he throws at the wave is mana he can't spend on you, and if he steps up to poke you punish with a Q-weave trade. Keep the wave central and deny him a comfortable farm rhythm.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Yone in mid lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Yone vs Vex — 44.62% win rate
Yone vs Annie — 45.64% win rate
Yone vs Akshan — 46.26% win rate

Easiest

Yone vs Aurelion Sol — 56.98% win rate
Yone vs Azir — 56.25% win rate
Yone vs Yasuo — 53.05% win rate

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yone vs Ryze 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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Common questions

Who wins Yone vs Ryze in mid lane?

Yone, slightly — a 51.97% win rate edge over 5,582 games; execution can flip it.

Is Yone vs Ryze a skill matchup?

Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (51.97% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Yone counter Ryze?

Not a hard counter — Yone has a slight edge (51.97% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Yone take vs Ryze?

Yone takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Second Wind) vs Ryze.

What should Yone build vs Ryze?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Noonquiver / Cloak piece (≈1000g). Build BotRK / Immortal Shieldbow first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads / Berserker's.

More Yone mid lane matchups: vs Orianna · vs Pantheon · vs Qiyana · vs Swain · vs Sylas · vs Syndra

Also played in: Top Lane