How to win lane as Illaoi against Ryze · 53.44% win rate over 784 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Illaoi | Ryze's immobile, squishy Level 1 lets you threaten free Tentacle slams. |
| Level 2 | Illaoi | At Level 2 he still has no escape from your walk-up trades. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | Level 3 W-gap and E on an immobile Ryze swing hard your way. |
| Levels 4-5 | Illaoi | By Levels 4-5 your Tentacle slams beat his shield-and-poke sustain. |
| Level 6 | Illaoi | R Leap of Faith at 6 erases the spacing his Q poke depends on. |
| First item | Illaoi | Your first item plus E ends him before his mana-guard can matter. |
| Two+ items | Ryze | Late, Ryze's completed mana core lets his root-chain burst delete you from range. |
Levels 1-2 favour you: Ryze is a slow, squishy caster with no early escape, so you can walk up behind minions, eat a Q, and threaten a Tentacle slam that he can't answer.
The full Illaoi 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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