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Sylas ADC build & stats

MageAssassin – 125 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
46.4%
Pick rate
0.1%
Ban rate
16.4%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.17 16.16 16.9
Division
Master
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Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Built from single items

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
60.0% 5 games

Best three items so far

Stormsurge
Stormsurge
2,800 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
9,250 gold
57.1% WR each item separately

Runes

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
25.0% WR
4 games · 3% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
64.3% 14 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. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Sylas

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Sylas wins 46.4% of games as ADC on patch 16.17 (125 games).
  • Most common core: Hextech Rocketbelt → Zhonya's Hourglass → Riftmaker — 45% win rate over 22 games.
  • Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 45% of games with a 46% win rate.
  • Sylas is an early-game champion: 64% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 31% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
  • Banned in 16% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
33.3% WR
6 games · 5% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
60.0% WR
5 games · 4% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 57.1% 6% (7)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 54.5% 9% (11)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 47.6% 17% (21)
Riftmaker Riftmaker
 47.1% 14% (17)
Lich Bane Lich Bane
 46.2% 10% (13)
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
 40.0% 28% (35)
Bloodletter's Curse Bloodletter's Curse
 28.6% 6% (7)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 25.0% 3% (4)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
25.0% WR
4 games · 3% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
25.0% WR
4 games · 3% pick
Electrocute Sudden Impact Grisly Mementos Relentless Hunter Scorch Transcendence
Domination Domination + Precision Precision
66.7% WR
3 games · 2% pick
Electrocute Sudden Impact Sixth Sense Relentless Hunter Triumph Cut Down

Keystones

  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 45.5%18% pick
  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 37.5%13% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 40.0%4% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 100.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 64.3%11% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 46.2%10% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 33.3%7% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PPetricite Burst

    After 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...

  • 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.

  • WKingslayer

    Sylas lunges at an enemy with magical force dealing damage and healing himself against enemy champions.

  • EAbscond / Abduct

    Sylas dashes to a location. Sylas can recast the ability to throw his chains out, pulling himself to an enemy he hits.

  • RHijack

    Sylas steals the enemy's ultimate ability and can cast it freely.