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Sylas Jungle build & stats

MageAssassin A 1,904 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
50.9%
Pick rate
7.1%
Ban rate
17.2%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
Master
All divisions Challenger no data Grandmaster Master Diamond no data Emerald no data Platinum no data Gold no data Silver no data Bronze no data Iron no data
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 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
2,650 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
3,100 gold
9,000 gold
53.0% WR 83 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100 gold
53.2% 111 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Inspiration Inspiration
55.6% WR
27 games · 1% 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
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Smite
48.8% 324 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 50.9% of games as Jungle on patch 16.18 (1,904 games).
  • Most common core: Hextech Rocketbelt → Zhonya's Hourglass → Riftmaker — 56% win rate over 536 games.
  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 88% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Rammus (76% over 17 games). Hardest: Quinn (17% over 12 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

Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
53.0% WR
83 games · 4% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
52.2% WR
23 games · 1% pick
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
50.0% WR
8 games · 0% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
53.2% WR
111 games · 6% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
51.7% WR
87 games · 5% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
47.3% WR
55 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Void Staff Void Staff
 100.0% 0% (5)
Cryptbloom Cryptbloom
 66.7% 0% (3)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 58.8% 2% (34)
Bloodletter's Curse Bloodletter's Curse
 58.3% 1% (24)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 54.2% 8% (155)
Lich Bane Lich Bane
 53.6% 1% (28)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 50.0% 3% (54)
Riftmaker Riftmaker
 49.8% 12% (229)
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
 48.2% 16% (301)
Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil
 40.0% 0% (5)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 16.7% 0% (6)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Inspiration Inspiration
49.6% WR
117 games · 6% 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
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Inspiration Inspiration
40.0% WR
30 games · 2% pick
Conqueror Triumph Legend: Haste Last Stand Magical Footwear Cosmic Insight
Precision Precision + Inspiration Inspiration
55.6% WR
27 games · 1% pick
Conqueror Triumph Legend: Haste Last Stand Cosmic Insight Magical Footwear

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. 48.8%15% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 53.3%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Smite Flash + Smite 48.8%17% 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.