Ryze vs Katarina in Mid lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: her Death Lotus is the kill — hold Exhaust for the moment she ults. 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 · MIDRYZEthe Rune Mage

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDKATARINAthe Sinister Blade

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Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Exhaust her ult

Death Lotus is where she kills you — save Exhaust for the instant she ults and the channel does almost nothing.

Punish her dive

When she Shunpos onto you, keep your minions on her so she takes their aggro, then EW → auto → Q to punish the jump.

Just trade aggro

You don't need to play scared — trade aggro with her and match her step-for-step when she walks up.

✕ DON'T

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Never make a careless mistake in this lane — one slip and the game is over.

Runes

SORCERYmatchup page

RESOLVEoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 46% WR - 656 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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