Ambessa vs Ryze in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his W root (Rune Prison) locks you for his EWQ combo — respect it before you step up. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPAMBESSAthe Hound of War

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPRYZEthe Rune Mage

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Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect Rune Prison

His W root locks you for his EWQ combo — don't step up into it, and check for Stormraider's Surge before you all-in.

Post-6 kill pressure

After 6 your ult secures kills — before that, just deny him a free scale.

Punish the overstep

If he EQs the wave but oversteps, W-E in for a quick trade before he can EWQ back and run.

✕ DON'T

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Never let Ryze poke you for free — his autos and short-cooldown spells stack up and let him scale unpunished.

Runes

RESOLVE

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 51% WR - 546 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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