Top · 97 games · EUW

Sylas

Top · 9% of games Jungle · 39%Mid · 44%Support · 6%Bot · 2%

Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (55%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+81 gold).

Win rate: 49.5%; ±9.9 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #43 of 76
Pick rate: 1.5%; ban 20.0%
Games: 97; ranked solo/duo

Sylas top wins 49.5% of 97 ranked games in EUW, rank 43 of 76 top champions (tier C). Most players finish Hextech Rocketbelt first, at about 11:30.

The build at a glance

What most Sylas players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Hextech Rocketbelt 11:36 · 70% · 64 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity 11:54 · 42% of games

Item 2

Riftmaker 20:18 · 60% · 30 games

Item 3 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 26:24 · 20 of 41 games

Item 4 · late game

Rabadon's Deathcap 31:06 · 3 of 6 games

Runes

Conqueror · Precision + Resolve 20% of games · 63% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 96% of games · 48% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 46% of games · 53% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Kingslayer first 60% of games · 52% wins Skill orders →

When Sylas wins

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′54% wins38% of games · 37

Lasts 25′ or more46% wins61% of games · 59

Lanes

Good into Malphite

Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Sylas games

First Baron: 79% against 27%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 27% 79% +51

First tower 27% 73% +46

Rift Herald 31% 70% +38

First dragon 33% 61% +29

First blood 36% 59% +23

First Voidgrubs 55% 45% −9

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.

How Sylas plays

More multikills, less damage to towers

What stands out (10% or more) against the average top laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More multikills a game0.54 against 0.42 · +29%

Less damage to towers6550 against 8624 · −24%

Fewer minions a minute6.6 against 7.5 · −12%

About average: deaths, gold, control wards, damage, share of team damage, assists.

Build path

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.

Item 1done ~11:30

Item 2done ~19:48

Item 3done ~26:06

Item 4done ~32:06

Most common full builds

Hextech Rocketbelt › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Riftmaker › Zhonya's Hourglass 12.5%8 games

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 25.0%4 games

Hextech Rocketbelt › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 66.7%3 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.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Shadowflame 44%9

Riftmaker 33%15

Bloodletter's Curse 20%5

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion48.4%93

Doran's Shield + Health Potion66.7%3

Dark Seal + Refillable Potion100.0%1

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~11:5448.8%41

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:3048.5%33

Mercury's Treads ~13:4845.5%11

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport53.3%45

Flash + Ignite40.9%44

Exhaust + Flash71.4%7

Skills

Max

Q51.7%58

Max

E48.1%27

Start

Q47.5%59

Start

W55.0%20

Hard lanes

No clearly hard lane yet

Easy lanes

Good into Malphite

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Ahead at 15 against 1 of 1, wins 1 of them

Expected: what Sylas's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (5)

Gnar 100% · 4

Yone 75% · 4

Irelia 33% · 3

Kayle 100% · 3

Darius 67% · 3

Sylas vs Malphite · 25 games · Fair sample

Sylas does better than expected here

56%winsexpected 51%

+768gold at 15′average +81

+9.4minions at 10′ahead or behind

24%in on first bloodsolo kills +1.20 a game

Gold lead against Malphite Sylas's average lead

Against Malphite, Sylas is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 75% of games and wins 44% of those. When behind, Sylas wins 83%.

Ahead at 15′44% wins18 games

Behind at 15′83% wins6 games

Full Sylas vs Malphite page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies about as often as most top laners

Before 14 minutes Sylas dies 2.4 times a game (average 2.4). 41% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 39% for the average top laner. 51% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.4deaths per game before 14′about average (2.4)

41%involve the enemy junglerabout average (39%)

49%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (49%)

81%with no teammate nearless than average (84%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Sylas dies before 14 minutes

Ganked in their half of top lane, collapsed on in your half of top lane

Ganks: 39% in their half of top lane. Collapses: 29% in your half of top lane. 1-v-1s: 47% in your half of top lane.

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.

Compared with the average top laner

What kills Sylas

Kind of death

Sylas Average

Gank 41% (avg 39%)Collapse 7% (avg 10%)1-v-1 51% (avg 51%)

Who gets the kill

Sylas Average

Bot laner 2% (avg 2%)Jungler 24% (avg 24%)Support 2% (avg 3%)Mid laner 11% (avg 7%)Top laner 59% (avg 64%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00–8:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Sylas Peak Average top laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 5:00 and 9:00. 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.

Where Sylas wins fights

Wins fights in their half of top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Before 14 minutes: 1.3 kills per death in their half of top lane against 0.6 in your half of top lane. Overall 1.0 kills per death.

Their half of top lane 1.3 K/D 122 / 92

Your half of top lane 0.6 K/D 57 / 89

The top-side river 0.8 K/D 16 / 19

Their jungle 1.3 K/D 17 / 13

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Sylas wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 16% of their team's dragon takes (average top laner 17%). The team wins 50% when Sylas is there and 67% when not.

Leaving laneWorth knowingFirst shows up in mid lane around 14:00 (average 16:00). Top laners who get there by 14:00 win 50% against 50%; for Sylas it is 36% against 60%.

Sylas

What most Sylas players run

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Good into Malphite

First Baron: 79% against 27%

More multikills, less damage to towers

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

No clearly hard lane yet

Good into Malphite

Ahead at 15 against 1 of 1, wins 1 of them

Sylas does better than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Sylas's games

Dies about as often as most top laners

Ganked in their half of top lane, collapsed on in your half of top lane

What kills Sylas

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00–8:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of top lane

Where fights happen