Sylas Build
The patch 26.1 Sylas build uses Boots of Swiftness, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, Riftmaker, Oracle Lens. This Sylas build has a 5.28% pick rate and a 54.44% win rate in LoL patch 26.1. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Sylas build choices below.
Petricite 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 Petricite Burst, he gains attack speed.
Chain 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.Cost:- 55
Cooldown:- 10/
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- 6
Range:- 775
Kingslayer
Sylas lunges at an enemy with magical force dealing damage and healing himself against enemy champions.
Cost:- 50/
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Cooldown:- 12/
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- 6
Range:- 400
Abscond / Abduct
Sylas dashes to a location. Sylas can recast the ability to throw his chains out, pulling himself to an enemy he hits.
Cost:- 65
Cooldown:- 13/
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Range:- 400
Hijack
Sylas steals the enemy's ultimate ability and can cast it freely.
Cost:- 75
Cooldown:- 80/
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Range:- 950
- Mage,
- Assassin
Select a Sylas Build
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass
Hextech Rocketbelt
Riftmaker- Zhonya's Hourglass
- Hextech Rocketbelt
- Zhonya's Hourglass
- Hextech Rocketbelt
Rabadon's Deathcap
Best Sylas Build - Highest Win Rate Items
This Sylas build focuses on ability power for maximum spell damage. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
These are Sylas's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Zhonya's Hourglass (53.2% WR, +4.9% WR diff, 42.4% pick rate) provides 50 Armor, 105 AP. Hextech Rocketbelt (47.9% WR, -0.4% WR diff, 71.1% pick rate) provides 300 Health, 70 AP. Rabadon's Deathcap (56.2% WR, +7.9% WR diff, 13.4% pick rate) provides 130 AP. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
3,250Sylas build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Gold Efficiency, Magic Damage. Lower in: Magic Resistance, Physical Damage.
Top situational items for Sylas include Shadowflame, Riftmaker. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Sylas are Armored Advance. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Sylas is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.
Combined statistics from all items in this Sylas build.
Armor:85
Movement Speed:45
Ability Power:485
Health:650
When facing Sylas's top counters like Yasuo, Lux, Volibear, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. If counter champions are building high damage, prioritize magic resistance items against AP threats in your situational item slots to reduce burst damage and improve trading potential. Your core build provides strong damage output. Against tanky counter picks, consider penetration items or percentage-based damage from your situational options to maintain kill pressure. Adapt your final build slots with items like Shadowflame or Riftmaker based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Sylas performance.
This Sylas burst mage build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 54.2% win rate across 354 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include devastating ability power scaling with 485 total AP, strong physical damage mitigation, substantial health pool for survivability. Choose this build when your team needs magic damage, especially if teammates are primarily AD-focused. Sylas with this build can punish teams that stack armor. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. However, be aware that this build limited ability haste may result in longer cooldowns. With a total gold cost of 16,900, this Sylas build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Sylas build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Champions that use similar core items to Sylas. These builds share at least 2 core items with the current sylas build and may have similar playstyles and power spikes.
Sylas Build - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Sylas build?
The best Sylas build in this patch includes Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Rabadon's Deathcap. This build has a 54.24% win rate and is picked 4.26% of the time.
What are Sylas's core items?
Sylas's core items are Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Rabadon's Deathcap. These items provide the best stats and synergies for Sylas's kit and playstyle in League of Legends.
What are the best boots for Sylas?
Armored Advance are the best boots for Sylas. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Sylas's playstyle. They are included in 4.3% of Sylas builds.
What is the best trinket for Sylas?
Oracle Lens is the best trinket for Sylas. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Oracle Lens helps Sylas maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Sylas builds?
Yes, alternative Sylas builds include options like Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Hextech Rocketbelt. Different builds can be more effective depending on team composition and matchups.
Where does MetaBot source build data for Sylas?
MetaBot sources its build data for Sylas directly from the Riot Games API, provided to developers for ingesting game data from League of Legends. MetaBot analyzes hundreds of thousands of matches daily to help it determine build statistics.
How does MetaBot determine what the best Sylas builds are?
MetaBot filters out any matches that don't use complete builds for Sylas. From there, we aggregate the Sylas builds data and use that to determine which builds are finding the most success in the current League of Legends meta. High performing builds with low confidence intervals resulting from thin data are dropped from our final results.