Sylas

Sylas Build

the Unshackled

Role: Mid Pick Rate: 6.6% Win Rate: 50.06%

Recommended Build

Summoner Spells

Flash Flash
Ignite Ignite

Skill Priority

W E Q

Items

Start
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Core
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
Sorcerer's Shoes Sorcerer's Shoes
Shadowflame Shadowflame
Late
Zhonya's Hourglass
Rabadon's Deathcap

Runes

Most Played
Precision
Conqueror
Conqueror 57.3% · 50.2% WR
Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind 55.9% · 50.3% WR
Legend: Haste
Legend: Haste 57.2% · 50.3% WR
Last Stand
Last Stand 54.8% · 50.2% WR
Resolve
Second Wind
Second Wind
Unflinching
Unflinching
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Best WR
Domination
Electrocute
Electrocute 41.5% · 50.4% WR
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact 41.4% · 50.5% WR
Grisly Mementos
Grisly Mementos 38.9% · 50.2% WR
Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter 36.5% · 50.3% WR
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating 0.1% · 38.6% WR
Overgrowth
Overgrowth 0.1% · 40.5% WR
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Tenacity and Slow Resist
Tenacity and Slow Resist

Skill Order

Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Win Rate by Elo

Iron Iron 40.65%
Bronze Bronze 45.49%
Silver Silver 47.41%
Gold Gold 48.28%
Platinum Platinum 49.22%
Emerald Emerald 49.70%
Diamond Diamond 50.91%
Master Master 51.18%
Grandmaster Grandmaster 52.21%
Challenger Challenger 57.34%
All Elos All Elos 50.29%

Best Counters and Matchups for Sylas

See all counters for Sylas

Top 5 Counters Against Sylas

Heimerdinger
Heimerdinger Matchup detail
36.4% WR -8.2%
Singed
39.1% WR -6.1%
Kog'Maw
43.0% WR -4.8%
Riven
43.1% WR -2.7%
Varus
43.2% WR -6.3%

Top 5 Best Matchups for Sylas

Corki
60.9% WR +6.2%
Nasus
60.7% WR +12.5%
Smolder
59.5% WR +5.5%
Gangplank
Gangplank Matchup detail
57.8% WR +9.3%
Tristana
Tristana Matchup detail
57.3% WR +4.5%

Patch History

V14.17
  • Kingslayer Damage AP ratio reduced to 60% AP from 70% AP.
V14.16
  • Stats Base health increased to 600 from 575.
  • Petricite Burst Primary target AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 25% AP.
  • Kingslayer Base damage increased to 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 from 65 / 100 / 135 / 170 / 205.
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Now properly keeps the passive effects of Jax's Grandmaster-At-Arms and Master Yi's Highlander for the duration of the active spells.
V14.15
  • Stats Base armor increased to 29 from 27.
  • Chain Lash Explosion base damage reduced to 60 / 115 / 170 / 225 / 280 from 70 / 125 / 180 / 235 / 290. Explosion AP ratio reduced to 80% AP from 90% AP. Cooldown reduced to 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds from 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7.
  • Kingslayer Damage AP ratio reduced to 70% AP from 80% AP. Heal AP ratio reduced to 20% AP from 35% AP. New Effect: Heal now scales with Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)5% of his bonus health.
  • Abduct AP ratio reduced to 80% AP from 100% AP.
V14.10
  • Hijack Bug Fix: No longer keeps stolen abilities if their hold timer ends during the windup or cast of Empowered Recall.
V14.9
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Now properly gains a charge of Essence Rush on takedown when using Ahri's Spirit Rush. Bug Fix: Hijacking Taliyah's Weaver's Wall from a user while either recast is available for them no longer grants Sylas the recasts themselves, which would be useless without the first cast, instead of granting the entire ability.
V14.8
  • Chain Lash Monster detonation damage increased to 100% from 70%. Minion damage unchanged.
V14.7
  • Chain Lash Monster detonation damage increased to 70% from 40%. Monster base detonation damage increased to 49 / 87.5 / 126 / 164.5 / 203 from 28 / 50 / 72 / 94 / 116. Monster detonation AP ratio increased to 63% AP from 36% AP. Minion damage unchanged.
V14.5
  • Petricite Burst Bug Fix: Critical strikes with the empowered attacks now properly benefit from critical strike damage modifiers. Bug Fix: Damage now properly benefits from life steal.
  • Kingslayer Bug Fix: Now properly draws the aggro of enemy minions towards the caster if it is used against an enemy champion.
  • Hijack Bug Fix: No longer incorrectly converts AD ratios to AP even if his adaptive damage type was AD.
V14.1
  • Petricite Burst Bug Fix: Empowered attack's damage now counts as 'single target' against the primary target for the purposes of other systems, such as Press the Attack.
V13.24 - December 12th Hotfix
  • Kingslayer Base damage reduced to 65 / 100 / 135 / 170 / 205 from 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210. Damage AP ratio reduced to 80% AP from 90% AP. Minimum heal AP ratio reduced to 35% AP from 40% AP.
V13.24
  • Ashen Slayer Sylas, Battle Wolf Sylas, Prestige PROJECT: Sylas, PROJECT: Sylas Hijack Bug Fix: Clone model from Hallucinate no longer has corrupted textures if the enemy Shaco was using the following skins: Prestige Soul Fighter Shaco, Soul Fighter Shaco, Winterblessed Shaco, Crime City Nightmare Shaco and Arcanist Shaco.
V13.22
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Champion portrait UI for hijacked ultimates now displays the correct character icon to indicated the copied ultimate even if the target was a different champion at the time.
V13.16
  • Stats Base mana increased to 400 from 310.
V13.14
  • Abduct Bug Fix: Hitting the ability no longer sometimes has the dash destination offset a long distance from the target's location when the immediate area near the target was not pathable (blocked by units or terrain).
V13.11
  • Hijack Bug Fix: No longer sometimes becomes disabled if the caster dies during the cast time of a hijacked Weaver's Wall. Bug Fix: No longer causes a giant wall to appear when using the PROJECT: Sylas skin with specific ultimates.
V13.10
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Can now properly cast Samira's Inferno Trigger without any stacks of her Daredevil Impulse.
V13.4
  • General Bug Fix: Particle types are now properly aligned with Battle Wolf Sylas' body parts.
V12.23
  • Hijack Bug Fix: On-target cooldown for Tahm Kench's Devour now properly calculates from its cooldown instead of 0 (the wrapper spell's cooldown), which caused it to use Hijack's minimum target cooldown instead.
V12.22
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Now always steals the active effect of K'Sante's All Out and not the recast if the target had All Out active.
V12.17
  • Stats Base health reduced to 575 from 595.
  • Chain Lash Cooldown increased to 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds from 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6.
V12.16
  • Hijack Bug Fix: VFX bug when stealing an enemy Ekko's Chronobreak with the Star Guardian Ekko or Prestige Star Guardian Ekko skin has been fixed.
V12.14
  • General Bug Fix: Knocked up/stunned animation is now correctly played.
V12.12
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Casting a stolen Final Spark no longer consumes 100 mana or fails if used while he has less than 100 current mana.
V12.11
  • Kingslayer Mana cost reduced to 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 from 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100. Minimum heal AP ratio increased to 40% AP from 35% AP. Cooldown reduced to 12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6 seconds from 13 / 11.5 / 10 / 8.5 / 7.
  • Abscond Cooldown reduced to 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 seconds from 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10.
  • Hijack Bug Fix: A hijacked Grand Challenge now properly has its heal scale with AP.
V12.10
  • Stats Base health increased to 595 from 525. Health growth increased to 129 from 115. Armor growth increased to 5.2 from 4. Magic resistance growth increased to 2.55 from 1.75.
  • Kingslayer Minimum base heal reduced to 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 from 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125. Minimum heal AP ratio reduced to 35% AP from 40% AP.
V12.8
  • Hijack Cooldown reduced to 80 / 55 / 30 seconds from 100 / 70 / 40.
V12.7
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Now properly reverts back to Hijack even after the caster dies with Vex's Shadow Surge's recast being active.
V12.1
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Fixed interactions with stolen Lux's Final Spark and stolen Miss Fortune's Bullet Time.
V11.20
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where he would not get another cast of Vex's stolen Shadow Surge if the marked target died within the ability's reset window.
V11.19
  • Stats Base mana increased to 310 from 280. Base mana regeneration increased to 8 from 7.
V11.17
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the cooldown would sometimes not revert correctly if he died while casting a hijacked ultimate. Bug Fix: Fixed several visual bugs that occured when he hijacked Gun Goddess Miss Fortune's Bullet Time.
V11.15
  • Chain Lash Detonation base damage increased to 70 / 125 / 180 / 235 / 290 from 60 / 115 / 170 / 225 / 280. Detonation AP ratio increased to 90% AP from 80% AP.
  • Kingslayer Base heal reduced to 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 from 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150. Maximum base heal reduced to 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 from 60 / 120 / 180 / 240 / 300. Heal AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 45% AP. Maximum heal AP ratio reduced to 80% AP from 90% AP.
V11.14
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Hijacking Devour now properly allows Sylas to apply stacks of An Acquired Taste on his basic attacks against enemy champions.
V11.13 - June 22nd Hotfix
  • Hijack Bug Fix: No longer keeps Rek'Sai's Void Rush for one additional cast. Bug Fix: Hijacking Jayce's ultimate while he is in Cannon Form once again gives Sylas Transform Mercury Cannon, instead of Transform Mercury Hammer, which would not give Sylas access to Jayce's melee abilities when cast, either.
V11.12
  • General Adjusted splash artwork for Prestige PROJECT: Sylas.
  • PROJECT: Sylas Chromas now use its respective chain colors for Chain Lash and Abduct.
V11.10
  • Petricite Burst Bug Fix: Muramana's Shock now triggers on secondary targets properly.
V11.7
  • Petricite Burst Bug Fix: Can no longer gain charges when using certain item actives, such as Everfrost's Glaciate or Galeforce's Cloudburst.
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where stealing an ultimate would remove Petricite Burst stacks.
V11.6
  • Petricite Burst Bonus attack speed increased to 125% from 80%.
  • Kingslayer Cooldown reduced to 13 / 11.25 / 9.5 / 7.75 / 6 seconds from 13 / 11.5 / 10 / 8.5 / 7. Mana cost reduced to 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 from 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110. Heal AP ratio reduced to 45% AP from 50% AP.
V11.3
  • Chain Lash Mana cost changed to 55 at all ranks from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70.
  • Kingslayer Base damage increased to 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 from 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200. Damage AP ratio increased to 90% AP from 85% AP.
V11.1 - January 6th Hotfix
  • Hijack Bug Fix: When he hijacks Ekko's Chronobreak, he is no longer able to use it twice immediately.
V10.25
  • Petricite Burst Bug Fix: Now properly gets kill credit for empowered attacks landed.
V10.23
  • Stats Mana growth increased to 70 from 50.
  • Hijack Undocumented: Sylas now loses all Petricite Burst stacks upon receiving a new spell via Hijack
V10.20
  • Hijack Bug Fix: No longer loses all of his mana after stealing Shyvana's Dragon's Descent.
V10.19
  • Hijack Cooldown reduced to 100 / 70 / 40 seconds from 100 / 80 / 60.
V10.14
  • Hijack Bug Fix: No longer keeps Elise's Rappel until he steals her ultimate again if he dies while casting it.
V10.13
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Now permanently gains health and increases in model size from successful kills with a stolen Feast from an enemy Cho'Gath.
V10.11
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Now properly gains bonus attack speed from Petricite Burst when holding Jax's Grandmaster's Might. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where he would not deal damage to all enemies with a stolen Karthus' Requiem.
V10.9
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Timer for specific champions will no longer show in spectator mode.
V10.7 - April 1st Hotfix
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Sylas and allies will now properly gain Shield of Durand's magic damage shield if Sylas casts Hero's Entrance.
V10.4
  • Chain Lash Lash base damage increased to 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 from 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100.
V10.2 - January 27th Hotfix
  • Kingslayer Bug Fix: No longer gets another instance of Kingslayer upon hitting a target with Abduct within 0.5 - 2 seconds of the Kingslayer cast.
V10.2
  • Chain Lash Bug Fix: Is now properly disabled during Abduct after casting a stolen ultimate.
  • Abduct Undocumented: Now applies an instance of Kingslayer to Abduct's target if Abduct is casted shortly after Kingslayer.
V10.1 - January 8th Hotfix
  • Petricite Burst Primary target AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)130% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)110% AD. Bonus attack speed increased to 80% from 60%.
  • Chain Lash Detonation base damage increased to 60 / 115 / 170 / 225 / 280 from 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240.
  • Kingslayer Cooldown reduced to 13 / 11.5 / 10 / 8.5 / 7 seconds from 14 / 12.5 / 11 / 9.5 / 8.
V10.1
  • Stats Base health reduced to 525 from 585. Health growth increased to 115 from 95. Base armor reduced to 27 from 32. Armor growth increased to 4 from 3. Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 39. Magic resistance growth increased to 1.75 from 1.25.
  • Petricite Burst Primary target AP ratio increased to 25% AP from 20% AP. Effect radius reduced to 300 units from 400. New Effect: Now grants Champions hit with Martial Cadence (P)60% bonus attack speed while he has a charge. Maximum charges increased to 3 from 2. New Effect: Damage to secondary targets now executes minions below 25 health.
  • Chain Lash Cooldown increased to 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds from 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5. Lash base damage reduced to 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 from 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145. Lash AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 60% AP. Undocumented: Lash slow duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2. Detonation base damage increased to 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 from 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145. Detonation AP ratio increased to 80% AP from 60% AP. Detonation damage reduction against minions and monsters increased to 60% from 45%. Removed: The detonation no longer slows for 22.5 / 30 / 37.5 / 45 / 52.5% for 2 seconds.
  • Kingslayer Removed: No longer resets Sylas' basic attack timer. Damage AP ratio increased to 85% AP from 65% AP. Undocumented: Base heal reduced to 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 from 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 / 150. Cooldown reduced to 14 / 12.5 / 11 / 9.5 / 8 seconds from 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12. Removed: Damage is no longer increased by 50% against targets below Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)40% of their maximum health. Removed: Healing is no longer increased by 75% if Sylas is below Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)40% of his maximum health. New Effect: Healing is now increased by Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0% − 100% (based on Sylas' missing health). Mana cost increased to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 from 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60.
  • Abscond Removed: No longer resets Sylas' basic attack timer. Cooldown reduced to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds from 14 at all ranks. Removed: No longer shields for 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+ 100% AP) against magic damage for 2 seconds upon dashing.
  • Abduct Base damage increased to 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 from 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130. AP ratio increased to 100% AP from 20% AP. Removed: Can no longer cast Chain Lash while dashing. Lock out after dashing reduced to 0.05 seconds from 0.2. Undocumented: Sylas can now basic attack before the chains reach his target.
  • Hijack Removed: No longer resets Sylas' basic attack timer.
V9.24b - December 20th Hotfix
  • Kingslayer Undocumented: Is no longer cancelled by Abduct's dash.
  • Hijack Transformed Petricite Burst stacks no longer trigger on-hit effects an additional time.
V9.22
  • Stats Base health regeneration increased to 9 from 7. Health regeneration growth reduced to 0.9 from 1. Base magic resistance increased to 39 from 36.1.
  • Kingslayer Mana cost reduced to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70.
V9.21
  • Hijack Bug Fix: When Hijacking Nidalee's Aspect of the Cougar and using her Takedown, he'll now properly do damage with it. Undocumented: Petricite Burst no longer triggers when attacking with Takedown. Undocumented: Transformed Petricite Burst stacks (i.e stacked while in cougar form) no longer deal double damage. Undocumented: Transformed Petricite Burst stacks now trigger on-hit effects an additional time instead of an additional 3 times. Undocumented: No longer consumes all transformed stacks with one basic attack. Undocumented: Now prioritizes consuming Sylas stacks and then transformed stacks. Undocumented: Petricite Burst now deals damage if a single transformed stack is consumed.
V9.19 - September 26th Hotfix
  • Stats Base armor increased to 32 from 28. Armor growth increased to 3 from 2.5.
V9.19
  • Stats Base armor reduced to 28 from 32. Armor growth reduced to 2.5 from 3.
  • Petricite Burst Removed: No longer has a base damage of 9 − 60 (based on level). Removed: No longer deals 50% reduced damage against minions who aren't his primary target. AD ratio increased to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)110% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)100% AD. Non-primary target AD ratio reduced to Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)40% AD from Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)100% AD.
  • Chain Lash Bug Fix: Tooltip now displays the correct time of delay before detonation.
V9.17
  • Hijack Bug Fix: If he dies immediately after casting Pantheon's Grand Starfall via Hijack, he will no longer be locked out of using items and basic abilities.
V9.16
  • Chain Lash New Effect: The detonation now deals 45% reduced damage to monsters.
  • Hijack Bug Fix: Now properly heals himself when casting a Hijacked Renewal from Karma.
V9.14
  • Stats Base health regeneration reduced to 7 from 7.5.
  • Petricite Burst Damage to minions who aren't his primary target increased to 50% from 30%.
  • Chain Lash Detonation base damage increased to 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 from 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120. Detonation AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 40% AP.
  • Abscond New Effect: Now shields against magic damage for 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+ 100% AP) for 2 seconds upon dashing. Cooldown reduced to 14 seconds at all ranks from 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14. Mana cost changed to 65 at all ranks from 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75.
  • Abduct Removed: No longer shields for 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+ 100% AP) for 2 seconds if he hits an enemy champion or monster. Knockup duration reduced to 0.35 seconds from 0.5.
  • Hijack Cast range reduced to 950 units from 1050. Stolen ultimate duration reduced to 90 seconds from 120. Cooldown increased to 100 / 80 / 60 seconds from 85 / 50 / 15. Minimum enemy ultimate cooldown increased to 40 seconds from 20. Bonus AD ratio conversion reduced to 0.4% AP per Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)1% bonus AD from 0.5% AP per Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)1% bonus AD. Total AD ratio conversion reduced to 0.6% AP per Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)1% total AD from 0.7% AP per Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)1% total AD.
V9.13
  • Stats Base attack damage increased to 61 from 58. Health growth increased to 95 from 85.
  • Kingslayer Base damage increased to 65 / 100 / 135 / 170 / 205 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
  • Abscond Bug Fix: Tooltip now properly mentions all mana scaling per rank information.
V9.12
  • Petricite Burst New Effect: Now can store up to 2 charges. Base damage increased to 9 − 60 (based on level) from 5 − 47.5 (based on level). New Effect: Now deals 30% damage to minions who aren't his primary targets.
  • Chain Lash Detonation base damage reduced to 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 from 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145. Detonation AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 60% AP. Detonation radius against minions reduced to 180 units from 200.
  • Kingslayer Base heal strength increased to 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 / 150 from 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140. Heal AP ratio increased to 50% AP from 40% AP.
  • Abscond Removed: No longer shields for 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 90% AP) for 2 seconds upon dashing. Cooldown increased to 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 seconds from 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10.
  • Abduct New Effect: Now shields for 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+ 100% AP) for 2 seconds if he hits an enemy champion or monster.
V9.9
  • Kingslayer Base damage increased to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150.
V9.7
  • Stats Base health regeneration reduced to 7.5 from 9.5.
  • Kingslayer Base damage reduced to 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
  • Abscond Cooldown increased 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds from 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10.
V9.6 - March 20th Hotfix
  • Hijack Bug Fix: No longer gains unlimited shrooms and missiles after using Hijack on Noxious Trap and Missile Barrage, respectively. Bug Fix: After stealing Noxious Trap, Hijack no longer goes on a 30 minute cooldown after casting his Abscond / Abduct and using up remaining shrooms.
V9.6
  • Kingslayer Heal AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 45% AP. Bonus healing at low-health reduced to 75% from 100%.
V9.5
  • Kingslayer Base heal changed to 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 from 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170. Heal AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 35% AP. Damage AP ratio increased to 65% AP from 55% AP. Bug Fix: No longer heals twice if the target died because of Kingslayer.
V9.4
  • Chain Lash Detonation radius against champions increased to 180 units from 150. New Effect: Now includes an indicator to show the detonation location and radius.
  • Kingslayer Base heal reduced to 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 from 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190. New Effect: Icon border now glows when he is within the maximum healing threshold. New Effect: Kingslayer's damage displays as a cosmetic critical strike if his target was within the bonus damage threshold. Undocumented: Now makes allied Tentacles slam (those spawned by a hijacked Leap of Faith and those spawned by an allied Illaoi).
  • Hijack Removed: No longer draws turret aggro when stealing an enemy's ultimate. Bug Fix: No longer fizzles if he loses sight of his target before the cast finishes.
V9.2 - January 31st Hotfix
  • Hijack Bug Fix: If he casts a stolen Kayn's Umbral Trespass on a spellshielded target, his ult now properly reverts to Hijack instead of staying as Umbral Trespass. Bug Fix: If he Hijacks Sion's Unstoppable Onslaught while Sion is in his passive form, the stolen ult now properly scales with Sylas' R rank instead of Q rank (which allowed it to deal huge "rank 5" damage).
V9.2 - January 28th Hotfix
  • Stats Base attack damage increased to 58 from 55.04. Magic resist growth increased to 1.25 from 0.5.
  • Abduct Base damage increased to 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130 from 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110.
V9.2 - Added
  • Petricite Burst (Innate) Innate: After casting a spell, Sylas' next basic attack is modified to whirl his chains around him, dealing 5 − 48 (based on level) Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)(+ 100% AD) (+ 20% AP) magic damage to the target and nearby enemies.
  • Chain Lash (Q) Active: Sylas lashes out with his chains that converge to the target location and extend beyond it up to a maximum range, dealing 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 (+ 60% AP) magic damage and slowing enemies hit by 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% for 2 seconds. After a 0.5-seconds delay, the chains' intersection detonates with the same magic damage and slows enemies hit by 50% for 2 seconds. Against minions the detonation deals 45% reduced damage. Mana Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70. Cooldown: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 seconds.
  • Kingslayer (W) Active: Sylas lunges at a target enemy with a powerful strike, dealing 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 55% AP) magic damage, increased by 50% against targets Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)below 40% health. Against enemy champions, Sylas heals for 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 (+ 35% AP) health, doubled if he's Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)below 40% health. Mana Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70. Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12 seconds.
  • Abscond / Abduct (E) First Cast - Abscond: Sylas dashes forward to the target location and shields himself for 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 90% AP) health for 2 seconds. For the next X seconds, Sylas may cast Abduct. Second Cast - Abduct: Sylas whips out his chains in the target direction, dealing 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110 (+ 20% AP) magic damage and stunning the first enemy hit, pulling himself towards them, and knocking them up for 0.5 seconds upon arrival. Mana Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75. Cooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10 seconds.
  • Hijack (R) Passive: While Hijack is available, Sylas can select a target enemy champion to gain a copy of their ultimate ability at the cost of mana. Sylas cannot select the same champion again for a set duration. Active: Sylas casts his hijacked ultimate ability without cost, scaling based on Hijack's rank and his own statistics. All Hijacked ultimates and abilities that do not scale with Damage to champions with Center of the Universe (P)ability power have their Champions hit with Bandage Toss (Q) at greater than 75% of max rangeattack damage ratios converted to Damage to champions with Center of the Universe (P)ability power ratios, scaling with 0.7% AP per Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)1% total AD, and 0.5% AP per Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)1% bonus AD. Mana Cost: 75. Cooldown: 85 / 50 / 15 seconds. On-Target Cooldown: 200% of target's ultimate cooldown, with a minimum of 20 seconds.

Recommended build

What players actually run on Sylas on the current patch: summoner spells, skill priority, starting, core and late items, runes and skill order.

Every entry comes with its pick rate (how often it is chosen) and, where available, its win rate. For runes, Most Played is the page the majority takes and Best WR the variant that wins most among those with enough games: when they differ, the second is usually the sharper choice, the first the safer one.

Win rate by elo

Sylas's win rate in each rank tier, from Iron to Challenger, plus all tiers combined.

A champion that climbs with rank is usually one that rewards mechanics or game knowledge; one that peaks in low elo is often easy to pick up and punished by better players. Read the tier you play in, not the average. Tiers with no data for this patch are hidden.

Counters and matchups

A preview of the counters page: the five opponents Sylas struggles against the most, and the five it beats most often, on the current patch.

Percentages are Sylas's own win rate in each duel, with the gap to its overall win rate. The full lists, with every matchup that has enough games, are on the counters page linked below each table.

Patch history

Balance changes that touched Sylas, patch by patch, most recent first, as published in the official patch notes.

The ten latest patches are shown, the older ones fold out. Use it to read the win rate movements above: a jump right after a patch is usually a buff or a nerf, not a change in how people play the champion.