Sylas Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 49.4%
- Pick rate
- 6.2%
- Ban rate
- 17.2%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18
Start with
Finish these three
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.
Precision
Resolve
Summoner spells
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 49.4% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (1,679 games).
- Most common core: Hextech Rocketbelt → Zhonya's Hourglass → Riftmaker — 58% win rate over 233 games.
- Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 58% of games with a 49% win rate.
- Best matchup: Irelia (78% over 18 games). Hardest: Azir (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Banned in 17% of games — have a backup pick ready.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 80.0% | 1% (10) | |
| 80.0% | 0% (5) | |
| 60.0% | 1% (25) | |
| 57.1% | 1% (14) | |
| 53.8% | 2% (26) | |
| 53.1% | 2% (32) | |
| 51.3% | 7% (115) | |
| 50.0% | 0% (6) | |
| 50.0% | 0% (4) | |
| 48.0% | 9% (148) | |
| 47.7% | 4% (65) | |
| 44.8% | 18% (297) |
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.
Precision
Resolve
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.
47.6%12% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
45.2%7% 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%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
44.5%10% pick
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Flash + Ignite
47.2%9% pick
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Cleanse + Flash
100.0%0% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
W
E
Q
100.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: E → W → Q (100%).
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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.