Sylasvs Nunu & Willump
Sylas vs Nunu & Willump is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Sylas wins with a 69.0% win rate (+37.9%) over Nunu & Willump based on 29 games. Sylas holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Sylas build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Sylas vs Nunu & Willump matchup.
Sylas Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Sylas 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 Sylas vs Nunu & Willump?
Sylas wins 63.4% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 51.8% and 73.6% (95% range).
- Expected
- 50.1% From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
- Matchup effect
- +13.3 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 71 games Lane: Jungle
- vs patch 26.18
- +10.2 pts Within normal patch-to-patch noise
Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Mid): 3 games, Sylas won 66.7%.
Key takeaways
- Sylas is favored in this matchup: Sylas wins 63.4% of 71 games, and the whole 95% range (51.8–73.6%) is on the same side of 50%.
- That is 13.3 points better for Sylas than both champions' overall Jungle win rates predict (50.1%), so the matchup itself favors this pick — not just champion strength.
- Sylas usually wins the lane: 589 gold ahead of Nunu & Willump at 15 minutes on average (70 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Sylas players pick Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion + Stealth Ward far more often against Nunu & Willump: 26.8% of their other Jungle games, 38.0% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Sylas and Nunu & Willump played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Sylas's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Sylas vs Nunu & Willump Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Sylas vs Nunu & Willump Win Rate by Game Length
Sylas's win rate against Nunu & Willump by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Sylas's results against Nunu & Willump in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Sylas vs Nunu & Willump Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)SylasSylas gold at 15: +589
- First itemEvenSylas: 0.2 min · Nunu & Willump: 0.2 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Sylas Changes Against Nunu & Willump
Choices Sylas players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Jungle games.
Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsually26.8%vs Nunu & Willump38.0%+11.2 pts55.6% WR here
Best Sylas Build vs Nunu & Willump
Usual Sylas build (Jungle)
78.2% win rate · 55 games
Against Nunu & Willump
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 11 of 53 Sylas games against Nunu & Willump carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Sylas's standard build instead.
- Sylas usually completes Scorchclaw Pup first, at 0.2 min (median of 48 games).
- Nunu & Willump usually completes Gustwalker Hatchling first, at 0.2 min (median of 60 games).
- Skill priority: W > E > Q — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Sylas Runes vs Nunu & Willump
Usual Sylas runes (Jungle)
Conqueror
65.6% win rate · 32 games
Against Nunu & Willump
Conqueror
65.6% win rate · 32 games
Plan your Sylas draft in Draft Lab
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Sylas matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Sylas'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 Sylas build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
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Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Sylas vs Nunu & Willump FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Sylas vs Nunu & Willump?
Sylas is favored in this matchup: Sylas wins 63.4% of 71 games, and the whole 95% range (51.8–73.6%) is on the same side of 50%.
What is Sylas's win rate against Nunu & Willump?
Sylas wins 63.4% of 71 Jungle games against Nunu & Willump on patch 26.19 (95% range 51.8–73.6%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 50.1% would be expected.
Does Sylas counter Nunu & Willump?
Yes. Sylas wins 63.4% of 71 games against Nunu & Willump on patch 26.19, and the whole 95% range is above 50%.
Who wins lane, Sylas or Nunu & Willump?
Sylas usually wins the lane: 589 gold ahead of Nunu & Willump at 15 minutes on average (70 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Sylas outscale Nunu & Willump?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Nunu & Willump strongest against Sylas?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Nunu & Willump is ahead of Sylas beyond the margin of error.
What should Sylas build against Nunu & Willump?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Sylas's usual Jungle core: Riftmaker, Hextech Rocketbelt, Mejai's Soulstealer. The biggest change against Nunu & Willump: Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion + Stealth Ward (26.8% usually, 38.0% here).
What runes should Sylas use against Nunu & Willump?
Conqueror with Precision and Inspiration — 65.6% over 32 games against Nunu & Willump.