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Sylas Mid build & stats

MageAssassin B 254 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
49.2%
Pick rate
6.1%
Ban rate
16.9%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
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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

Solid sample

Finish these three

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
2,650 gold
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
3,100 gold
9,250 gold
62.5% WR 8 games

Boots

Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
1,250 gold
56.8% 37 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
58.8% WR
51 games · 20% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
51.1% 176 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 49.2% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (254 games).
  • Most common core: Hextech Rocketbelt → Zhonya's Hourglass → Riftmaker — 46% win rate over 46 games.
  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 56% of games with a 48% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Lissandra (78% over 9 games). Hardest: Syndra (18% over 11 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Sylas is an early-game champion: 53% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 44% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
  • Banned in 17% 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
45.7% WR
46 games · 18% pick
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
48.0% WR
25 games · 10% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
46.2% WR
13 games · 5% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
47.1% WR
138 games · 54% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
52.6% WR
57 games · 22% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
56.8% WR
37 games · 15% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil
 75.0% 2% (4)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 60.0% 6% (15)
Lich Bane Lich Bane
 55.9% 13% (34)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 51.0% 40% (102)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 50.0% 16% (40)
Riftmaker Riftmaker
 49.3% 54% (136)
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
 49.1% 85% (216)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 45.8% 46% (118)
Rod of Ages Rod of Ages
 40.0% 2% (5)
Void Staff Void Staff
 33.3% 1% (3)
Cosmic Drive Cosmic Drive
 25.0% 2% (4)
Hextech Gunblade Hextech Gunblade
 20.0% 2% (5)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
39.7% WR
73 games · 29% 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
58.8% WR
51 games · 20% pick
Electrocute Sudden Impact Grisly Mementos Relentless Hunter Scorch Transcendence
Domination Domination + Precision Precision
57.9% WR
19 games · 7% pick
Electrocute Sudden Impact Grisly Mementos Relentless Hunter Legend: Haste Presence of Mind

Keystones

  • 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. 47.6%56% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 50.5%42% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 51.1%69% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 47.2%28% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 20.0%2% 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.