Sylas Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.0%
- Pick rate
- 6.9%
- Ban rate
- 18.4%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Precision +
Resolve 
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Presence of Mind
Legend: Haste
Cut Down
Second Wind
Overgrowth
Summoner spells
62.5%
24 games
Max order
W
Q
E
88.9%
18 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Sylas
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Sylas wins 50.0% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (1,239 games).
- Most common core: Hextech Rocketbelt → Riftmaker → Zhonya's Hourglass — 70% win rate over 43 games.
- Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 60% of games with a 50% win rate.
- Best matchup: Annie (78% over 9 games). Hardest: Tristana (33% over 15 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Banned in 18% of games — have a backup pick ready.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 70.0% | 2% (30) | |
| 66.7% | 1% (12) | |
| 63.0% | 2% (27) | |
| 60.5% | 10% (119) | |
| 58.1% | 35% (432) | |
| 53.8% | 1% (13) | |
| 53.6% | 42% (517) | |
| 53.1% | 12% (143) | |
| 52.7% | 21% (264) | |
| 50.7% | 12% (152) | |
| 50.1% | 88% (1,096) | |
| 33.3% | 0% (6) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Precision +
Resolve
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Presence of Mind
Legend: Haste
Last Stand
Second Wind
Unflinching
Precision +
Resolve
Precision +
Resolve
Keystones
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
50.1%60% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
49.4%37% pick
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
54.5%3% pick
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Fleet Footwork
Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS.
50.0%0% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
50.2%50% pick
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Flash + Ignite
49.2%48% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
62.5%2% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
W
E
Q
63.0%127 games
Q
W
E
58.1%43 games
Q
E
W
48.5%33 games
Most common first three levels: E → W → Q (53%), E → Q → W (52%), Q → E → W (55%).
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PPetricite BurstAfter casting a spell, Sylas stores a charge of Petricite Burst. Sylas's basic attacks will expend a charge and whirl his energized chains around him dealing bonus magic damage to enemies hit. While Sylas has a charge of...
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QChain Lash
Sylas lashes his chains out, intersecting at his targeted location dealing damage to and slowing enemies. After a delay, magical energy explodes from the intersection point dealing damage.
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WKingslayer
Sylas lunges at an enemy with magical force dealing damage and healing himself against enemy champions.
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EAbscond / Abduct
Sylas dashes to a location. Sylas can recast the ability to throw his chains out, pulling himself to an enemy he hits.
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RHijackSylas steals the enemy's ultimate ability and can cast it freely.