Sylas Matchups Spreadsheet
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| Matchup | Difficulty | Win Rate | Games Played | Early | Mid | Late | Tips | |
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 Aatrox | 50.15% | 6,838 | ||||||
 Ahri | 6 | 50% | 11,789 | Skill | Skill | Win | Bait out her charm and dont dash until she uses it, her charm will cancel your dash midway negating your heal, go for a kill lane with ignite. Ahri ult is incredibly useful for gap close or limit test with strong escape | |
 Akali | 9 | 51.68% | 4,839 | Skill | Skill | Skill | Similar to Sylas to where she can be tanky and do tons of damage, her not using mana, and pokking you is very hard to deal with. Her ultimate is extremely useful but her shroud is the main threat. Be safe for first 3 levels. Play around it being down and don't hang around the shroud. Recommened to ban this matchup | |
 Akshan | 8 | 48.6% | 1,179 | Lose | Skill | Win | Touch matchup, lots of poke and harass in the early game. Play around Akshan E its everything for his kit, if you're really fast you can cancel Akshan E with your own if you land your chains. Take TP to get a quick reset in. | |
 Anivia | 8 | 48.03% | 1,141 | Win | Lose | Lose | Tough matchup, with lots of poke. Anivia passive makes it hard to play agro early game. Take ignite and go for a kill lane, incentive your jungler to assist you since you'll need their help to kill anivia through passive | |
 Annie | 3 | 48.92% | 926 | Skill | Skill | Lose | Easy matchup, Play aroun Annie's stun, her auto range is annoying but you can win trades into her after level 3. Recommend taking nullifying orb to negate her ability to burst. If you survive Annie's burst, she's almost guaranteed to die since thats all she has. Annie's ultimate is great to steal. You can perform an E2 combo with Annie ultimate. | |
 AurelionSol | 2 | Win | Win | Win | Easy lane to play extremely aggressive into. Play passive and don't get poked until level 3 and then on play very aggressive. whenever he uses Q, he's free to hit with your E2. Watch out for his roams and ping MIAS | |||
 Azir | 7 | 56.57% | 2,001 | Win | Skill | Lose | Play very safe till 3, and make sure you play around Azir E to play more aggressively. Avoid taking poke. Take ignite for kill lane | |
 Brand | 3 | Win | Win | Skill | Brand has multiple ways to poke you but he's also immobile/squishy. Make sure he uses abilities before you go in, you don't want to use your dash first, you can usually all in him after level 3, respect him before then. Brand's ult is ok but you don't have his passive | |||
 Camille | 50.72% | 2,220 | ||||||
 Cassiopeia | 8 | 46.08% | 1,148 | Lose | Skill | Lose | Very Hard Matchup, play very safe early and let her push you in, you have windows to kill her but its not easy because you can't dash or flash out of her W. Never fight her if she has W up. Early boots are great here, you must dodge Cass Q's consistently to win. Focus on farming | |
 Cho'Gath | 3 | Lose | Skill | Lose | You can use Chogath ult better than he can since you are full ap, steal it every time its up to scale with it, go full kill lane her. Use your dash to get around Chogath Q, don't dash first. You can burst Chogath regardless if he's full tank | |||
 Corki | 5 | 48.71% | 1,938 | Win | Skill | Lose | Go safe levels 1-3, take ignite and go aggressive after. Bait/Force Corki to use W even if you have to burn your dash since Corki's is longer cd. | |
 Darius | 48.87% | 4,158 | ||||||
 Diana | 2 | Lose | Skill | Lose | One of the few matchups where you play aggressive in levels 1-3 since Diana is even weaker than sylas early. Also Take Ignite. Go for quick trades but not auto attack fights until at least 3. Using Diana's ultimate against her is effective | |||
 Ekko | 3 | 52.31% | 2,743 | Win | Skill | Lose | Ekko ult is extremely strong on Sylas, laning against him is easy since Sylas sustain is far superior. You can play aggressive going for quick trades not allowing Ekko to get 3 autos for his passive. Like Diana Ekko struggles early. You can use Ekko ult as a teleport back to lane after recall. Its easy to roam to other lanes when you have Ekko R | |
 Fiora | 50.3% | 2,493 | ||||||
 Fizz | 4 | 56.17% | 1,419 | Win | Skill | Skill | Go kill lane with ignite, Make sure to go for quick trades with first strike against fizz, do not go for extended trades. Its important to bait out Fizz before your full combo. Be respectful level 1-3 and go for that kill after with ignite while getting pushed into your tower. | |
 Galio | 9 | 47.03% | 3,700 | Lose | Skill | Win | Big counter to Sylas, you want to be a tank for this matchup so you don't die when he cc's you. Play around Galio's abilities and be safe 1-3 and steal Galio's ult when you think he's going to roam so you can match him. Take Teleport as well to match. Long Trades with conquerer is ideal here, likely going to need jg help for kills | |
 Gangplank | 50.89% | 2,932 | Win | Skill | Skill | GP is going to be aggressive and poke you alot, look to burst him down before he can burst you. Play very safe 1-3 and be watchful for openings, GP oranges can cleanse your ignite so wait till its down. Play around his barrels utilizing sylas passive attack speed and your dash to get around them. GP ult does scale with ap making it strong | ||
 Garen | 52.18% | 3,218 | ||||||
 Gnar | 53.01% | 2,622 | ||||||
 Gragas | 48.61% | 2,127 | ||||||
 Gwen | 46.28% | 3,807 | ||||||
 Heimerdinger | 10 | 46.65% | 553 | Lose | Lose | Lose | Extremely difficult matchup, recommend to go Q max so you can quickly get rid of his turrets probably the hardest matchup for Sylas, give up CS when you have to and farm from a distance, stay in XP range | |
 Illaoi | 49.29% | 1,057 | ||||||
 Irelia | 49.88% | 2,402 | ||||||
 Jax | 50.83% | 3,240 | ||||||
 Jayce | 50.67% | 4,859 | ||||||
 Kassadin | 2 | 51.22% | 1,191 | Win | Skill | Lose | Take Ignite and abuse Kassadin's early game with extreme aggression, go for electrocute procs every time its up with W E auto auto. Keep killing him and outscale him with a lead, do not give him a chance to get back into the game | |
 Katarina | 7 | 50.92% | 3,152 | Skill | Skill | Skill | Hard matchup, you win trades early game 1-5, but level 6 onwards Katarina wins because her ultimate is bad to steal, and it procs grievous wounds on sylas healing. She's also overly mobile and hard to land abilities on, scales as well as you. When her E is down try to fight her and be aggressive before she starts outscaling you. Be more passive after 6 | |
 Kayle | 51.54% | 2,049 | ||||||
 Kennen | 53.22% | 1,353 | ||||||
 Kled | 50.9% | 782 | ||||||
 Leblanc | 2 | 51.45% | 2,863 | Skill | Skill | Win | Sylas coutner Leblanc, she's a burst champion that Sylas can just heal off. Whenever she w's onto you, you instantly w her and you will always outtrade her. Sylas can use Leblancs ult extremely effective. When you do use Leblanc R pair it with her W or E(NEVER Q). The only way Leblanc can kill you is if she lands her chains, its recommend to save your dash for it | |
 Lissandra | 1 | 52.05% | 1,877 | Win | Win | Win | One of the best ultimates in the game to steal and its easy to predict where Lissandra will E towards, laning pre 6 is difficult but once you hit 6 you instantly go all in and abuse lissandra ultimate. Lissandra has a lot of sustain with mana so take ignite. The laning phase will be hard, focus on farming until you hit 6 | |
 Lucian | 9 | 48.81% | 6,705 | Lose | Win | Skill | Lots of harass in the early game, laning phase is a terror for Sylas, be very respectful levels 1-6. You'll lose cs but stay in xp range. Take Teleport for this lane. Post 6, lucian's ultimate is great on you and you can start looking to play aggressive and go for trades | |
 Lux | 6 | Win | Skill | Skill | If she lands Q, you die, if she doesn't she dies. You play mind games with Lux and bait out her Q and only then do you dash in and burst her down. You can use Lux ult during your E2, if you press R during your E dash. Play safe till 3 and do not eat poke | |||
 Malphite | 55.21% | 3,320 | ||||||
 Malzahar | 9 | 49.76% | 2,337 | Lose | Skill | Win | Sylas really struggles with CC, and malzahar ultimate is strong but its not as useful on Sylas as it is on malzahar. The laning phase is rough with malzahar's poke and shove. Sylas isn't great at csing under tower. Malzahar passive makes it hard to engage, you need to use your Q to pop his spellshield but only do it if you're going to get a gank because you'll likely get outtraded. Be patient and get a gank | |
 Maokai | 50.93% | 1,445 | ||||||
 Mordekaiser | 53.18% | 2,768 | ||||||
 Nasus | 51.36% | 1,577 | ||||||
 Neeko | 7 | 50.32% | 1,411 | Lose | Skill | Win | Very annoying matchup but her ultimate is great on sylas. Use Neeko ultimate while you are in the middle of E2, so ulty mid grab. The laning phase is not easy, she will poke a lot. Do not dash until she uses her E else she'll get her whole combo on you. Play safe till level 6 | |
 Olaf | 50.1% | 994 | ||||||
 Orianna | 8 | 52.09% | 3,421 | Skill | Skill | Lose | Hard Harass matchup for the laning phase, you'll get poked endlessly and you'll need Teleport. Just trust that you'll outscale and you can use Orianna's ultimate for some nice combos. You can do a few trades after level 3 but do not let her get phase rush procs. Ganks are welcome here | |
 Ornn | 49.04% | 2,074 | ||||||
 Pantheon | 47.61% | 1,676 | ||||||
 Poppy | 48.73% | 1,656 | ||||||
 Qiyana | 52.71% | 1,421 | ||||||
 Quinn | 48.4% | 969 | ||||||
 Renekton | 51.69% | 3,159 | ||||||
 Rengar | 52.26% | 1,175 | ||||||
 Riven | 47.49% | 2,493 | ||||||
 Rumble | 51.19% | 1,508 | ||||||
 Ryze | 8 | 50.07% | 2,133 | Win | Skill | Lose | One of the worst ultimates to steal, its very bad since Sylas want's damaging/cc ults not the utility Ryze ult provides. The laning phase is hard because Ryze can kite very well with EWQ on top of his strong shove. | |
 Sett | 50.15% | 3,637 | ||||||
 Shen | 49.18% | 1,592 | ||||||
 Shyvana | 51.59% | 723 | ||||||
 Singed | 48.19% | 1,662 | ||||||
 Sion | 50.99% | 2,367 | ||||||
 Swain | 4 | 55.74% | 1,821 | Win | Win | Win | Amazing ult to steal, conqueror is strong here but the laning phase is tough. Swain's range is small but his Q is on a low CD so be mindful. Zhonyas goes well with his ult | |
 Syndra | 9 | 50.28% | 3,067 | Skill | Skill | Lose | One of Syndra's hardest matchups, she can poke and keep you off minions, if you try to dash she can just e to keep you off. Her ult is not great to steal either since you can only have 3 sphere out of the 5 possible with syndra. Go Q max for this lane, you'll have to lose some cs but stay in range of xp. Respect the lane , if she's popular consider banning | |
 Talon | 6 | 51.48% | 1,756 | Skill | Skill | Win | Talon has the best level 2 in the game, do not get cheesed. Talon can outtrade you because his passive is brutal despite your healing with bleed and ignite. Talon ultimate is useful to steal for camoflauge and movement speed to chase or escape. You can easily win if you hard respect talon pre level 3 you'll be fine. | |
 Teemo | 47.79% | 1,496 | ||||||
 Tristana | 9 | Skill | Skill | Lose | Same as the Lucian matchup | |||
 Trundle | 53.27% | 888 | ||||||
 Tryndamere | 53.1% | 1,678 | ||||||
 TwistedFate | 6 | Win | Win | Win | He will keep shoving the lane and roaming, you should take TP to match him. When he shoves the wave, clear it as soon as possible and don't let it reach tower. If you clear the wave and make it go into TF's tower he can't roam. Do not be afraid to use mana on the wave. Do not steal TF ult unless you have an objective up, its a teamplay ultimate with a very long CD so make it count. | |||
 Urgot | 49.03% | 1,648 | ||||||
 Vayne | 48.34% | 3,140 | ||||||
 Veigar | 7 | 49.39% | 1,237 | Win | Skill | Lose | Veigar cage is hard to deal with on Sylas, his model is very small and hard to hit as well. If you do land an E2 on him you will 1 shot him but he's a very annoying matchup. His ultimate is excellent to steal and you can use it during E2 for an instant execute. Don't go in on veigar till the cage is down | |
 Velkoz | 5 | 52.39% | 1,317 | Win | Skill | Skill | Respect him in the early levels and all in after 3, make sure he doesn't have a large minion wave when you fight him. Velkoz is immobile so its easy to e2 on him, his ultimate is not the best on sylas since you don't have velkoz passive. When Velkoz burns his E its easy to jump on him, use your dash to avoid his Q | |
 Vex | 46.98% | 1,590 | ||||||
 Viktor | 7 | 50.71% | 4,254 | Skill | Skill | Lose | He scales better than Sylas but the laning phase isn't too bad due to Viktor's long cd's and his passive. You need to play around his gravity field early. Play passive till level 3, Viktor will likely try to kill you before then, after 3 you can go for trades. Go very aggressive and don't let him kite you and go for the burst | |
 Vladimir | 2 | 52.18% | 2,290 | Win | Win | Skill | Vladimir's lane phase is terrible and you can take advantage of that to keep him from scaling and snowball a lead. You can consistently outtrade him due to long cooldowns, Vlad's ultimate is useful to do damage and heal yourself. Bait out Vladimir pool and track all of his long cooldowns, ignite is strong here | |
 Volibear | 49.95% | 2,000 | ||||||
 Warwick | 48.26% | 1,577 | ||||||
 Wukong | 50.04% | 2,334 | ||||||
 Xerath | 4 | 55.75% | 1,670 | Win | Skill | Lose | Similar to velkoz, the main threat is Xerath E stun, you need to bait out his E and then go in for the kill. His poke is annoying and don't eat free W and Q poke until you hit level 3 which you will then go aggressive for trades. Xerath's ultimate is useful to play artillery but don't do it in the middle of fights and keep your distance before using it like Jhin/Xerath does | |
 Yasuo | 6 | 48.75% | 4,849 | Lose | Skill | Skill | You lose hard pre 3 especially if they have conquerer, he'll try to poke you as you cs so go around the minions and be wary, Yasuo passive is also rough, use Sylas Q to pop his shield before you fight him. Yasuo Windwall can block your ability to steal ultimates.Yasuo R is great to steal because you can use it off of your own E2 chains. Rush Seeker's armguard first here | |
 Yone | 52.5% | 4,726 | Lose | Skill | Skill | Skill dependent matchup, Yone has great scaling but his laning isnt that bad. Sylas can play aggressive in this lane and you shouldnt struggle when you fight him post 3 with electrocute combos. Be mindful of Yone E, Yone R is great for comboing with your own chains. | ||
 Yorick | 51.62% | 1,418 | ||||||
 Zed | 4 | 52.91% | 5,271 | Skill | Skill | Skill | Once Zed uses shadow, he's pretty immobile. Its not too hard to manuever around him and burst him when his W is down. Post6, dont ult zed first, let him ult first then ult him second. Always be watchful of shadows. Post 3 you can trade pretty well with him. Go Zhonyas 2nd item and get Seeker's armguard asap. Zed's ultimate is very useful and you get a shadow when you cast it which you can recast to teleport back | |
 Ziggs | 6 | 51.12% | 714 | Win | Skill | Lose | He has a lot of poke and respect him levels 1-3, after 3 you can look for trades. He'll use his W to try to kite you but its not easy for him to get away from you. Ziggs R can be used mid E to do massive burst. The main complication of this lane is Zigg's range and poke, if you stick to him its a free lane | |
 Zilean | 51.47% | 1,564 | ||||||
 Zoe | 9 | 48.99% | 1,541 | Lose | Skill | Skill | Extremely brutal laning phase, she'll get an ignite for free and she's good at kiting you. If you go in, she's gonna bubble you. Be respectful of her levels 1 to 3, be watchful of what summoner spells she has. Its best to work together with jungler to kill her. Take ignite and do your best to burst her. Be aggressive when her bubble is down |