Sylas
Strongest when games end at 15–20 minutes (53%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−267 gold).
- Win rate
- 49.3%
- ±3.5 · role avg 50.0%
- Tier
- C
- #52 of 74
- Pick rate
- 7.0%
- ban 20.8%
- Games
- 767
- ranked solo/duo
- Win rate
- vs expected
- CS at 10
- Solo kills
- First blood
Sylas mid wins 49.3% of 767 ranked games in EUW, rank 52 of 74 mid champions (tier C). Most players finish Hextech Rocketbelt first, at about 11:18.
What most Sylas players run
Hextech Rocketbelt 11:22 · 60% · 453 games 
Sorcerer's Shoes 12:36 · 46% of games 
Riftmaker 19:58 · 54% · 208 games 
Zhonya's Hourglass 26:25 · 80% · 72 games 
Rabadon's Deathcap 29:36 · 35 of 85 games Best when games end at 15–20′
Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished. Watch out for Katarina, Yasuo, Taliyah
Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →First Baron: 80% against 29%
Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.
Fewer control wards, more deaths
What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.
About average: vision, damage, share of team damage, assists, kill participation.
Item by item, with the clock
What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.
Most common full builds
Hextech Rocketbelt › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Riftmaker › Zhonya's Hourglass 52.3%65 games 
Hextech Rocketbelt › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 70.0%20 games 
Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 36.8%19 games 
Sorcerer's Shoes › Lich Bane › Bloodletter's Curse › Zhonya's Hourglass 66.7%12 games 
Hextech Gunblade › Sorcerer's Shoes › Bloodletter's Curse › Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%12 games Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Hextech Rocketbelt › Riftmaker › Bloodletter's Curse 60.0%10 games Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.
Items 2–4 against each team
Against teams with mostly physical damage
Bloodletter's Curse 61%28 Lich Bane 57%7 Rabadon's Deathcap 54%26 Shadowflame 52%73 Zhonya's Hourglass 45%88 Riftmaker 40%63 
Stormsurge 33%9 Against teams with mixed damage
Rabadon's Deathcap 60%25 Hextech Rocketbelt 60%5 Shadowflame 58%78 Riftmaker 56%106 Zhonya's Hourglass 53%93 Bloodletter's Curse 52%46 Lich Bane 42%12 Against teams with magic heavy damage
Lich Bane 82%11 Hextech Rocketbelt 67%9 Bloodletter's Curse 58%50 Zhonya's Hourglass 58%90 Stormsurge 57%14 Rabadon's Deathcap 56%27 Riftmaker 53%97 Against teams with no frontliner
Rabadon's Deathcap 70%23 Bloodletter's Curse 66%29 Stormsurge 62%13 Zhonya's Hourglass 59%79 Lich Bane 58%12 Shadowflame 56%66 Riftmaker 54%56 Against teams with one frontliner
Lich Bane 75%12 Hextech Rocketbelt 60%10 Shadowflame 57%111 Bloodletter's Curse 52%61 Riftmaker 50%131 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%133 Rabadon's Deathcap 48%40 Against teams with two or more
Rabadon's Deathcap 60%15 Bloodletter's Curse 56%34 Riftmaker 49%79 Zhonya's Hourglass 46%59 Shadowflame 43%46 Lich Bane 33%6 Stormsurge 33%6 Against teams with little
Lich Bane 58%12 Bloodletter's Curse 56%41 Shadowflame 55%69 Zhonya's Hourglass 53%88 Riftmaker 51%82 Rabadon's Deathcap 48%33 Hextech Rocketbelt 33%6 Against teams with some
Rabadon's Deathcap 70%20 Lich Bane 60%10 Bloodletter's Curse 59%39 Zhonya's Hourglass 58%101 Shadowflame 57%87 Riftmaker 52%97 Stormsurge 50%12 Against teams with a lot
Hextech Rocketbelt 83%6 Lich Bane 63%8 Rabadon's Deathcap 56%25 Stormsurge 55%11 Bloodletter's Curse 55%44 Riftmaker 49%87 Shadowflame 48%67 Against teams with little
Bloodletter's Curse 68%37 Riftmaker 62%82 Zhonya's Hourglass 60%83 Hextech Rocketbelt 60%5 Rabadon's Deathcap 59%27 Lich Bane 57%14 Shadowflame 54%81 Against teams with some
Hextech Rocketbelt 67%6 Rabadon's Deathcap 64%28 Lich Bane 63%8 Bloodletter's Curse 57%40 Shadowflame 57%63 Stormsurge 45%11 Riftmaker 44%84 Against teams with a lot
Lich Bane 63%8 Zhonya's Hourglass 53%96 Shadowflame 51%79 Riftmaker 47%100 Bloodletter's Curse 47%47 Rabadon's Deathcap 43%23 Stormsurge 42%12 Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.
Start, boots, spells, skills
Starting items
Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion50.0%716
Doran's Shield + Health Potion46.4%28
Dark Seal + Refillable Potion40.0%10Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes ~12:3652.7%355Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~12:1246.3%214
Mercury's Treads ~12:2447.6%143Summoner spells
Flash + Ignite47.3%482
Flash + Teleport52.7%277
Exhaust + Flash66.7%6Skills
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Q43.9%353QWE53.8%160EWQ49.2%413QEW47.6%166Laid out like the game: the most picked rune in each row is in colour. Hover or tap a rune for its name, description and numbers.
Domination · 49% win · 397 games 
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Precision · 49% win · 329 games 
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Sorcery · 53% win · 40 games 
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Resolve · 52% win · 421 games 
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46%50% Precision · 48% win · 184 games — 38%43% 33%51% — 58%53% — 2%25% 66%45% 3%83% Sorcery · 43% win · 125 games <1%100% 21%35% — 88%41% — <1%100% 86%46% <1%0% 3%75% Domination · 58% win · 19 games — — 100%58% — — — 79%53% 11%50% 11%100% Inspiration · 39% win · 18 games — 28%40% 39%57% 72%38% — — 44%38% — 17%0% 
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1%50% 38%48% 49%85 games 42%57 games 41%41 games 50%32 games 65%31 games Watch out for Katarina, Yasuo, Taliyah
Good into Ekko, Qiyana, Syndra
Behind at 15 against 17 of 26, still wins 9 of them
Fewer than 10 games (24)
Diana 56% · 9
Malzahar 38% · 8
Vex 63% · 8
Irelia 50% · 8
Veigar 29% · 7
Xerath 57% · 7
Anivia 43% · 7
Fizz 67% · 6
Azir 67% · 6
Akshan 33% · 6
Kennen 60% · 5
Lucian 80% · 5
Aurelion Sol 80% · 5
Riven 20% · 5
Mel 50% · 4
Kayle 50% · 4
Jayce 25% · 4
Neeko 50% · 4
Tristana 100% · 3
Cho'Gath 33% · 3
Nasus 33% · 3
Malphite 67% · 3
Annie 67% · 3
Vel'Koz 67% · 3
Sylas does better than expected here
Against Ahri, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 52% of games, and still wins 41% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 67%.
Sylas does worse than expected here
Against Locke, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 63% of games, and still wins 19% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 80%.
Sylas does better than expected here
Against Ekko, Sylas is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 51% of games and wins 83% of those. When behind, Sylas wins 47%.
About what you would expect
Against Viktor, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 53% of games, and still wins 28% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 75%.
Sylas does better than expected here
Against Syndra, Sylas is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 61% of games and wins 58% of those. When behind, Sylas wins 58%.
Sylas does better than expected here
Against Yone, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 66% of games, and still wins 43% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 73%.
About what you would expect
Against Zed, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 65% of games, and still wins 45% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 64%.
Sylas does better than expected here
Against Galio, Sylas is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 55% of games and wins 82% of those. When behind, Sylas wins 22%.
Sylas does worse than expected here
Against Lissandra, Sylas is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 50% of games and wins 60% of those. When behind, Sylas wins 20%.
Sylas does worse than expected here
Against Katarina, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 75% of games, and still wins 20% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 20%.
Sylas does worse than expected here
Against Yasuo, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 53% of games, and still wins 20% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 33%.
About what you would expect
Against Twisted Fate, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 78% of games, and still wins 43% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 50%.
About what you would expect
Against Aurora, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 61% of games, and still wins 36% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 71%.
Sylas does better than expected here
Against Vladimir, Sylas is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 59% of games and wins 50% of those. When behind, Sylas wins 71%.
Sylas does better than expected here
Against Ryze, Sylas is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 59% of games and wins 90% of those. When behind, Sylas wins 29%.
Sylas does worse than expected here
Against Kassadin, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 53% of games, and still wins 33% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 50%.
Sylas does better than expected here
Against Akali, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 69% of games, and still wins 56% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 75%.
Sylas does worse than expected here
Against Zoe, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 71% of games, and still wins 20% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 75%.
About what you would expect
Against Lux, Sylas is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 62% of games and wins 50% of those. When behind, Sylas wins 60%.
Sylas does better than expected here
Against Hwei, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 58% of games, and still wins 43% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 80%.
Sylas does worse than expected here
Against Taliyah, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 67% of games, and still wins 0% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 75%.
Sylas does worse than expected here
Against LeBlanc, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 83% of games, and still wins 30% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 100%.
Sylas does worse than expected here
Against Orianna, Sylas is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 67% of games and wins 50% of those. When behind, Sylas wins 25%.
About what you would expect
Against Cassiopeia, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 73% of games, and still wins 50% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 67%.
About what you would expect
Against Swain, Sylas is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 67% of games and wins 67% of those. When behind, Sylas wins 0%.
Sylas does better than expected here
Against Qiyana, Sylas is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 50% of games, and still wins 40% of those. When ahead, Sylas wins 100%.
Enemies that cost Sylas games: Ambessa, Lillia, Jinx, Nautilus
Teammates that change Sylas's games
Ambessa23% · exp. 51% −2922 games 
Gangplank23% · exp. 45% −2222 games Yone30% · exp. 49% −1930 games 
Jax83% · exp. 50% +3318 games Irelia73% · exp. 47% +2615 games 
Sion71% · exp. 49% +2117 games 
Lillia25% · exp. 48% −2316 games 
Rengar32% · exp. 45% −1328 games 
Talon37% · exp. 48% −1135 games 
Kayn64% · exp. 50% +1322 games 
Hecarim63% · exp. 51% +1132 games 
Graves65% · exp. 53% +1220 games 
Jinx39% · exp. 49% −1049 games Yasuo33% · exp. 48% −1518 games 
Jhin40% · exp. 49% −862 games 
Sivir69% · exp. 51% +1816 games 
Draven59% · exp. 48% +1127 games 
Kalista60% · exp. 49% +1125 games 
Nautilus39% · exp. 51% −1246 games 
Milio35% · exp. 50% −1520 games 
Zilean32% · exp. 46% −1419 games 
Blitzcrank73% · exp. 49% +2426 games 
Leona68% · exp. 48% +2022 games 
Nami62% · exp. 48% +1429 games Yone32% · exp. 50% −1847 games Ambessa31% · exp. 47% −1616 games Gangplank43% · exp. 53% −1023 games 
Olaf67% · exp. 50% +1618 games 
Ornn62% · exp. 49% +1326 games Jayce57% · exp. 46% +1123 games 
Shaco39% · exp. 55% −1618 games Hecarim34% · exp. 47% −1329 games Qiyana41% · exp. 50% −954 games 
Viego63% · exp. 49% +1432 games 
Lee Sin57% · exp. 48% +942 games Talon58% · exp. 50% +843 games 
Xayah25% · exp. 53% −2816 games 
Smolder30% · exp. 46% −1620 games Sivir32% · exp. 47% −1619 games Draven61% · exp. 50% +1131 games Jinx58% · exp. 50% +850 games 
Ezreal52% · exp. 45% +731 games 
Rell37% · exp. 51% −1441 games Nami38% · exp. 51% −1337 games 
Bard36% · exp. 50% −1425 games 
Janna65% · exp. 52% +1343 games Nautilus60% · exp. 47% +1335 games 
Rakan57% · exp. 49% +737 games 
Dies more than most mid laners, and more of it is ganks
Before 14 minutes Sylas dies 2.8 times a game (average 2.3). 51% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 48% for the average mid laner. 33% are fair 1-v-1s.
Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid
Ganks: 27% in your half of mid. Collapses: 30% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 49% in your half of mid.
Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.What kills Sylas
Ganks come at 3:00 and 5:00–10:00, then every minute
Ward the river before 3:00 and 5:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.
Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Sylas; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid
Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid
Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid
Before 14 minutes: 3.0 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.3 in your half of mid. Overall 1.2 kills per death.
From 14 to 25 minutes: 1.9 kills per death in their jungle against 0.6 in your half of mid. Overall 1.2 kills per death.
After 25 minutes: 1.4 kills per death in their half of mid against 0.6 in your half of mid. Overall 0.9 kills per death.