Akalivs Sylas
Akali vs Sylas is a moderate matchup in LoL patch 26.14. Sylas wins with a 51.5% win rate (+3.1%) over Akali based on 130 games. Sylas wins the early laning phase while Akali scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Akali build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Akali vs Sylas matchup.
Akali Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Akali performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who Wins the Akali vs Sylas Matchup?
Akali vs Sylas Matchup Summary
The Akali vs Sylas matchup is a moderate matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 130 recent matches analyzed, Sylas wins with a 51.5% win rate compared to Akali's 48.5%, giving Sylas a 3.1 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Sylas controls the early laning stage, but Akali outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Sylas needs to press advantages before Akali reaches their power spikes, while Akali should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Sylas leads by 0.6s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. While Sylas is slightly favored, Akali can absolutely win this lane through smart trading patterns and wave management. Focus on playing around your cooldowns, conceding CS only when necessary, and capitalizing on Sylas's mistakes. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Akali vs Sylas Laning Phase Breakdown
Akali is favored during the laning phase against Sylas, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Akali holds advantages in farming, damage and gold income, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Akali Build Against Sylas
Spellslinger's Shoes is the optimal boots choice against Sylas, providing the mobility and stats Akali needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Akali against Sylas are Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass and Hextech Gunblade. This combination gives Akali an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 100.0% win rate across 3 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Sylas. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Akali vs Sylas matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Akali43.6%
Sylas56.4%Akali52.0%Sylas48.0%Sylas dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 56.4% win rate — a 12.7 percentage point lead over Akali. This lopsided early game means Sylas can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
In the late game (25+ minutes), Akali takes over with a 52.0% win rate, leading Sylas by 4.0 percentage points. Akali scales more effectively into team fights and objective contests.
This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Sylas must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Akali reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Akali survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.
Best Akali Runes Against Sylas
Domination
Resolve
The Domination and Resolve rune setup gives Akali the best tools to compete against Sylas in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Akali matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.14. The table below shows Akali's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Akali build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.31% | 217 | 5.8 | 870 | 11,141 | 46.9% | 51.2% | |
| 50.93% | 214 | 5.7 | 933 | 10,905 | 51.7% | 50.4% | |
| 49.33% | 150 | 5.6 | 820 | 11,463 | 51.9% | 48.0% | |
| 51.08% | 139 | 5.7 | 965 | 11,457 | 66.1% | 41.0% | |
| 48.46% | 130 | 5.7 | 924 | 11,277 | 43.6% | 52.0% | |
| 37.40% | 123 | 5.5 | 851 | 11,152 | 42.5% | 34.2% | |
| 42.24% | 116 | 5.7 | 770 | 11,669 | 41.5% | 42.7% | |
| 47.37% | 114 | 5.7 | 903 | 11,351 | 55.1% | 41.5% | |
| 50.50% | 101 | 5.7 | 759 | 10,697 | 41.3% | 58.2% | |
| 52.04% | 98 | 5.7 | 861 | 11,383 | 48.7% | 54.2% | |
| 46.59% | 88 | 5.7 | 785 | 11,121 | 54.5% | 41.8% | |
| 50.63% | 79 | 6.0 | 854 | 11,089 | 57.6% | 45.6% | |
| 52.86% | 70 | 5.5 | 867 | 11,242 | 46.7% | 57.5% | |
| 44.12% | 68 | 5.0 | 810 | 11,007 | 46.4% | 42.5% | |
| 54.84% | 62 | 5.2 | 734 | 9,878 | 57.7% | 52.8% | |
| 58.33% | 60 | 5.8 | 855 | 12,111 | 60.0% | 57.5% | |
| 60.00% | 60 | 6.1 | 892 | 12,064 | 66.7% | 56.4% | |
| 40.35% | 57 | 5.5 | 803 | 10,829 | 40.0% | 40.6% | |
| 50.88% | 57 | 5.9 | 824 | 10,895 | 58.3% | 45.5% | |
| 45.45% | 55 | 5.8 | 842 | 10,813 | 48.3% | 42.3% | |
| 45.45% | 55 | 5.8 | 1,070 | 11,937 | 50.0% | 43.6% | |
| 51.85% | 54 | 5.4 | 982 | 10,645 | 55.6% | 48.1% | |
| 49.06% | 53 | 5.9 | 700 | 10,413 | 47.8% | 50.0% | |
| 48.94% | 47 | 6.1 | 892 | 11,539 | 52.9% | 46.7% | |
| 47.73% | 44 | 5.7 | 857 | 11,789 | 37.5% | 53.6% | |
| 50.00% | 44 | 5.1 | 865 | 11,437 | 52.9% | 48.1% | |
| 52.38% | 42 | 6.2 | 908 | 11,754 | 52.6% | 52.2% | |
| 43.90% | 41 | 5.0 | 861 | 11,839 | 30.8% | 50.0% | |
| 48.78% | 41 | 5.7 | 801 | 10,426 | 47.4% | 50.0% | |
| 46.15% | 39 | 6.0 | 909 | 12,082 | 36.4% | 50.0% | |
| 43.59% | 39 | 5.0 | 884 | 12,555 | 55.6% | 40.0% | |
| 48.65% | 37 | 5.9 | 899 | 12,432 | 36.4% | 53.9% | |
| 34.29% | 35 | 5.5 | 1,011 | 11,961 | 23.1% | 40.9% | |
| 45.71% | 35 | 5.9 | 922 | 12,452 | 66.7% | 34.8% | |
| 64.71% | 34 | 5.4 | 813 | 11,705 | 83.3% | 54.5% | |
| 37.50% | 32 | 5.8 | 942 | 11,231 | 44.4% | 28.6% | |
| 56.25% | 32 | 6.0 | 906 | 11,142 | 33.3% | 70.0% | |
| 56.25% | 32 | 6.3 | 786 | 10,864 | 53.3% | 58.8% | |
| 45.16% | 31 | 5.6 | 791 | 9,942 | 35.3% | 57.1% | |
| 45.16% | 31 | 5.1 | 823 | 11,220 | 57.1% | 35.3% | |
| 54.84% | 31 | 5.7 | 862 | 10,665 | 76.9% | 38.9% | |
| 76.67% | 30 | 5.7 | 972 | 12,597 | 78.6% | 75.0% | |
| 48.28% | 29 | 5.7 | 988 | 11,443 | 61.5% | 37.5% | |
| 44.83% | 29 | 5.1 | 897 | 13,329 | 62.5% | 38.1% | |
| 51.72% | 29 | 5.5 | 926 | 12,629 | 38.5% | 62.5% | |
| 55.56% | 27 | 5.8 | 928 | 11,964 | 41.7% | 66.7% | |
| 62.96% | 27 | 6.2 | 971 | 10,509 | 71.4% | 53.9% | |
| 40.74% | 27 | 6.0 | 1,014 | 11,433 | 18.2% | 56.3% | |
| 42.31% | 26 | 6.1 | 880 | 11,428 | 30.0% | 50.0% | |
| 62.50% | 24 | 6.3 | 910 | 12,165 | 90.0% | 42.9% | |
| 43.48% | 23 | 5.6 | 791 | 11,667 | 44.4% | 42.9% | |
| 50.00% | 22 | 6.0 | 925 | 12,096 | 45.5% | 54.5% | |
| 63.64% | 22 | 5.9 | 818 | 9,842 | 63.6% | 63.6% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 6.1 | 1,060 | 13,181 | 50.0% | 46.7% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 6.3 | 1,125 | 12,191 | 20.0% | 50.0% | |
| 47.37% | 19 | 6.5 | 1,011 | 13,094 | 80.0% | 35.7% | |
| 26.32% | 19 | 6.2 | 1,056 | 12,535 | 50.0% | 15.4% | |
| 72.22% | 18 | 5.6 | 940 | 10,959 | 80.0% | 62.5% | |
| 61.11% | 18 | 6.2 | 824 | 10,125 | 42.9% | 72.7% | |
| 50.00% | 18 | 5.7 | 759 | 9,301 | 44.4% | 55.6% | |
| 23.53% | 17 | 5.5 | 745 | 9,762 | 28.6% | 20.0% | |
| 31.25% | 16 | 5.8 | 649 | 9,930 | 33.3% | 30.0% | |
| 62.50% | 16 | 5.8 | 795 | 10,720 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 56.25% | 16 | 6.2 | 820 | 12,145 | 62.5% | 50.0% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 5.5 | 1,018 | 15,495 | 100.0% | 42.9% | |
| 53.33% | 15 | 6.0 | 859 | 10,980 | 44.4% | 66.7% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 5.5 | 902 | 11,566 | 33.3% | 41.7% | |
| 64.29% | 14 | 5.8 | 920 | 12,372 | 80.0% | 55.6% | |
| 71.43% | 14 | 5.2 | 861 | 9,508 | 66.7% | 75.0% | |
| 28.57% | 14 | 5.6 | 859 | 11,598 | 20.0% | 33.3% | |
| 35.71% | 14 | 5.8 | 964 | 9,226 | 37.5% | 33.3% | |
| 30.77% | 13 | 5.4 | 876 | 9,566 | 20.0% | 37.5% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 6.3 | 763 | 10,492 | 80.0% | 28.6% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 5.3 | 877 | 10,656 | 33.3% | 44.4% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 5.2 | 916 | 10,400 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 6.0 | 953 | 11,413 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 63.64% | 11 | 5.9 | 990 | 10,404 | 66.7% | 60.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 5.2 | 847 | 10,691 | 60.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 4.8 | 865 | 12,296 | 33.3% | 71.4% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 6.2 | 666 | 9,829 | 33.3% | 57.1% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 5.6 | 965 | 8,119 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 10 | 5.6 | 765 | 11,523 | 0.0% | 28.6% | |
| 22.22% | 9 | 5.4 | 608 | 7,188 | 40.0% | 0.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 5.5 | 983 | 13,337 | 100.0% | 42.9% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 6.6 | 830 | 13,461 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 5.9 | 869 | 11,909 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 5.8 | 834 | 10,309 | 66.7% | 16.7% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 5.4 | 1,050 | 11,651 | 100.0% | 57.1% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 6.4 | 805 | 9,372 | 60.0% | 66.7% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 5.6 | 798 | 10,623 | 66.7% | 20.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 6.2 | 880 | 10,964 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 5.5 | 779 | 12,704 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 6.3 | 890 | 12,442 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 5.4 | 926 | 10,146 | 0.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 7.0 | 850 | 11,594 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 0.00% | 6 | 5.1 | 730 | 12,686 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.8 | 671 | 10,367 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.2 | 932 | 10,945 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 5.6 | 913 | 10,756 | 33.3% | 100.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.0 | 796 | 10,768 | 80.0% | 0.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 5.1 | 711 | 9,448 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.9 | 953 | 12,112 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 5.7 | 909 | 9,321 | 25.0% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.7 | 838 | 11,978 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 973 | 14,663 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 6.1 | 1,068 | 10,012 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 6.1 | 693 | 11,144 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.9 | 881 | 13,928 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
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Akali vs Sylas - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Akali do against Sylas in League of Legends?
Sylas wins the Akali vs Sylas matchup with a 51.5% win rate compared to Akali's 48.5%, a 3.1 percentage point difference. This data is based on 130 recent ranked games in patch 26.14.
How does Akali do against Sylas in the early game?
In the early game, Sylas has the advantage against Akali with a 56.4% win rate versus 43.6%. Sylas players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Akali do against Sylas in the late game?
In the late game, Akali takes over the Akali vs Sylas matchup with a 52.0% win rate compared to 48.0%. Akali scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Akali vs Sylas matchup?
Sylas wins the matchup against Akali with a 51.5% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.14. The 3.1 percentage point advantage means Sylas is moderately favored in this lane matchup based on 130 games analyzed.
What is the best Akali build against Sylas?
The best Akali build against Sylas includes Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Gunblade with Spellslinger's Shoes. This build achieves a 100.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Akali runes against Sylas?
The best Akali runes against Sylas use the Domination primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 62.9% win rate in the Akali vs Sylas matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Akali counter Sylas?
No, Akali struggles against Sylas with only a 48.5% win rate. Sylas has the advantage in this matchup. Akali players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Sylas's lead.
How do I play Akali against Sylas?
When playing Akali against Sylas, play cautiously and avoid Sylas's power spikes. Focus on safe farming — you outscale Sylas in the late game. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.