Yone vs Ryze — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Ryze · 53.36% win rate (2,444 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Yone is slightly favoured — 53.36% win rate over 2,444 games, and Yone's game plan below claims 6 of the 7 stage windows.

At a glance

Weather the poke — E-burst him on the Rune Prison cooldown and snap back out.

Track: Ryze's W — Rune Prison (11–9s cooldown). His point-blank root — sets up his combo. Bait it.

Do

Stack Q to the Q3 knockup
E in when Rune Prison is down, burst, snap back
W-shield the exchange

Don't

E in while his Rune Prison is up
Overstay the E timer
Whiff Q3 into minions

Runes & build vs Ryze

Start: Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke)
First back: Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item: Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike)
Then: Infinity Edge
Boots: Mercury's Treads
Runes: Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Second Wind, Bone Plating · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Magic Resist

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	Immobile short-range Ryze loses the level-1 poke to your Q and mobility.
Level 2	Yone	At level 2 your Q3 knockup all-in beats his single-target kit.
Level 3	Even / skill	Level 3 is even-leaning while his W root and Q burst come online.
Levels 4-5	Yone	At 4-5 you dodge his W and out-trade his short-range poke.
Level 6	Yone	At 6 his R passive makes Overload hit harder through Flux.
First item	Yone	His first mana item scales the passive damage on every spell.
Two+ items	Yone	At two items your DPS and R re-engage run down an escapeless Ryze.

How to beat Ryze as Yone: the early game

You have the edge from the start: Ryze is immobile, short-range and relies on landing Rune Prison (W) to do anything, so dodge the root and your Mortal Steel (Q) pokes plus Q3 knockup win every exchange. Bully him off cs at levels 1-2 while punishing his mana-hungry early game.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Yone in top lane

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

Hardest

Yone vs Master Yi — 43.74% win rate
Yone vs Riven — 44.99% win rate
Yone vs Akali — 45.24% win rate

Easiest

Yone vs Yorick — 56.7% win rate
Yone vs K'Sante — 56.17% win rate
Yone vs Mel — 56.1% 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 top lane?

Yone, slightly — a 53.36% win rate edge over 2,444 games; execution can flip it.

Is Yone vs Ryze a skill matchup?

Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (53.36% 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 (53.36% 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 (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Ryze.

What should Yone build vs Ryze?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads.

More Yone top lane matchups: vs Renekton · vs Riven · vs Rumble · vs Sejuani · vs Sett · vs Shen

Also played in: Mid Lane