Sylas Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 47.3%
- Pick rate
- 1.0%
- Ban rate
- 18.2%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Domination +
Sorcery 
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Domination
Sorcery
Summoner spells
Max order
W
Q
E
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 47.3% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (408 games).
- Most common core: Hextech Rocketbelt → Riftmaker → Zhonya's Hourglass — 73% win rate over 11 games.
- Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 74% of games with a 47% win rate.
- Best matchup: Kennen (62% over 8 games). Hardest: Akali (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Sylas is an early-game champion: 47% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 37% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75.0% | 1% (4) | |
| 66.7% | 1% (6) | |
| 66.7% | 1% (3) | |
| 63.6% | 3% (11) | |
| 50.4% | 28% (115) | |
| 48.6% | 18% (72) | |
| 48.4% | 8% (31) | |
| 45.7% | 40% (162) | |
| 45.2% | 8% (31) | |
| 40.0% | 7% (30) | |
| 33.3% | 5% (21) | |
| 20.0% | 1% (5) |
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.
43.5%41% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
46.3%10% pick
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Grasp of the Undying
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
66.7%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite
42.7%27% pick
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Flash + Teleport
47.1%25% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
33.3%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
W
E
Q
45.5%22 games
W
Q
E
44.4%9 games
Q
W
E
50.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: E → W → Q (45%), Q → E → W (33%), E → Q → W (20%).
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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.