Ryze vs Jayce Counter Pick

Range in this matchup is not a fixed number. Jayce’s listed 125 attack range describes Hammer Stance; Mercury Cannon transforms the weapon and grants increased range, and Shock Blast fired through an Acceleration Gate travels further and faster still. Against a 550-range mage with 22 base armour that is a poke pattern Ryze cannot trade back into, and the mid results agree: 39.7% for Ryze over 184 games on patch 16.13.1.

• Hextech Capacitor hands Jayce move speed on every weapon swap, which is how he leaves after landing a combo.
• His damage is physical, aimed at 22 base armour that only reaches 93.4 by level 18.
• Ryze’s compensation is health, 620 to 2,728 against 590 to 2,443, plus 340 move speed against 335.

Both champions are rated 7 for difficulty and both spend mana, but Lightning Field restores Jayce‘s mana per strike in Hammer Stance while Arcane Mastery pays Ryze only in damage. Realm Warp is the tool that changes the shape of a game rather than a trade, since it moves allies across a distance instead of dealing damage, and it is generally worth more pointed at a fight elsewhere than at the champion who has been out-ranging him all game. Jayce’s 22 base armour matches Ryze’s exactly, so any window where Overload connects repeatedly is genuinely dangerous for him.