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Sylas, the Unshackled, is a mage and assassin champion of medium difficulty. Across our 2042 analysed ranked games, Sylas is mostly played in Mid (44% of its games), and more rarely in the Jungle (41%), with a 48.5% win rate in that role: tier C among Mid champions (#32 of 42, ranked by win rate). Sylas's damage is mostly magic (92%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 52.4% in long games (over 35 min, 105 games) versus 47.8% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).
Averages measured over 899 Mid games played with Sylas, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Sylas is a fighter-mage who wins long trades. After each ability, his passive stores a charge that makes his next attack faster and more dangerous. Kingslayer heals him against champions, and his ultimate lets him steal an enemy's ultimate ability: his potential depends as much on his targets as on himself.
Q
AA
AA
W
AA
AA
When: You want a short, profitable trade.
Chain Lash to slow, an attack with the passive charge, then Kingslayer to heal and deal damage.
E
E
W
Q
AA
AA
When: The target is too far for Kingslayer.
Abscond dashes you in a direction; recast it to throw your chains and pull yourself toward the enemy hit. Follow with Kingslayer and Chain Lash.
R
When: An enemy has just used a useful ultimate, or one you can reuse.
Hijack lets you cast an enemy's ultimate freely. Pick the right moment: a stolen ultimate that hits no one is a free turn for the opponent.
Cast Chain Lash across your opponent's path to slow them and make the chain intersection explode. Keep Kingslayer for a profitable trade, since it heals you when it hits a champion. Your passive makes every chain stronger: avoid casting a single isolated ability.
The most-played core build is Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker (195 games, 54.4% win rate), usually with Spellslinger's Shoes (47.8% over 318 games).
Spellslinger's Shoes47.8% · 318 games
Crimson Lucidity49.6% · 262 games
Chainlaced Crushers49.8% · 235 games
Flash + Ignite49.0% · 475 games
Flash + Teleport47.3% · 410 games
Presence of Mind99%
Legend: Haste100%
Last Stand90%
Second Wind79%
Unflinching61%
Sudden Impact100%
Grisly Mementos89%
Relentless Hunter86%
Scorch94%
Transcendence88%
Sudden Impact100%Grisly Mementos71%Relentless Hunter72%Legend: Haste57%
Cut Down52%For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Sylas's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
Hextech Rocketbelt
52.7%
Riftmaker
55.2% ▲
Zhonya's Hourglass
62.4% ▲
Shadowflame
57.8% ▲
Bloodletter's Curse
51.8% ▲
Lich Bane
45.8%The item that stands out most is Zhonya's Hourglass: 62.4% win rate, +8 points versus its usual win rate.
Hextech Rocketbelt
47.6%Riftmaker
50.0%Zhonya's Hourglass
52.6%Shadowflame
46.9% ▼
Rabadon's Deathcap
50.0%Lich Bane
28.6%No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Hextech Rocketbelt
49.5%Riftmaker
50.5%Zhonya's Hourglass
50.6% ▼Shadowflame
49.5%Lich Bane
50.0% ▲Bloodletter's Curse
38.9% ▼The item that stands out most is Lich Bane: 50.0% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.
Viktor
Sylas: 31.0%29 games
Viktor has the edge in 69% of the 29 Mid duels against Sylas. See the Viktor guide.
Twisted Fate
Sylas: 33.3%21 games
Twisted Fate has the edge in 67% of the 21 Mid duels against Sylas. See the Twisted Fate guide.
Katarina
Sylas: 38.9%18 games
Katarina has the edge in 61% of the 18 Mid duels against Sylas. See the Katarina guide.
Galio
Sylas: 38.9%18 games
Galio has the edge in 61% of the 18 Mid duels against Sylas. See the Galio guide.
Locke
Sylas: 46.7%15 games
Locke has the edge in 53% of the 15 Mid duels against Sylas. See the Locke guide.
Zed64.7% · 17 games
Yone57.9% · 19 games
Yasuo57.1% · 21 games
Ekko52.9% · 17 games
Ahri51.2% · 43 gamesWin rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Sylas's matchups.
The most-played core build is Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker (195 games, 54.4% win rate), usually with Spellslinger's Shoes (47.8% over 318 games).
Sylas's toughest matchups in Mid are Viktor (31.0% win rate over 29 games), Twisted Fate (33.3% win rate over 21 games), and Katarina (38.9% win rate over 18 games).
Sylas posts its best win rates against Zed (64.7%), Yone (57.9%), and Yasuo (57.1%).
Win rate varies with game length: 52.4% in long games (over 35 min, 105 games) versus 47.8% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).
The most-played rune page uses Conqueror with the Resolve secondary tree (503 games, 48.3% win rate).
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