Katarina vs Ryze in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Rune Prison (W) root is the kill setup — hold your Q for it. 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 · MIDKATARINAThe Sinister Blade

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDRYZEthe Rune Mage

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How to play it

✓ DO

Save Q for his root

Hold your Q until his Rune Prison (W) roots you — pop it while rooted and you continue the fight after instead of dying inside it.

Just farm

Farm as well as you can — Ryze is very hard to kill unless he misplays, so don't force a lane that isn't there.

He kites your daggers

A Phase Rush Ryze simply runs out of your daggers, so AP Kat can't close on him in the side lane.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never waste your Q before he roots you — with no Q saved, his Rune Prison just locks you down and you die inside it.

Runes

DOMINATION

PRECISIONuniversal page

SHARDS

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

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 56% WR - 485 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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