Sylas

Sylas Popular Build

48.30%WR
Sylas F tier

The patch 26.1 Sylas most played 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.

  • Sylas passive ability - Petricite Burst - League of Legends
    Petricite Burst

    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.

  • Sylas Q ability - Chain Lash - League of Legends
    Chain Lash

    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/
    • 9/
    • 8/
    • 7/
    • 6
    Range:
    • 775
  • Sylas W ability - Kingslayer - League of Legends
    Kingslayer

    Kingslayer

    Sylas lunges at an enemy with magical force dealing damage and healing himself against enemy champions.

    Cost:
    • 50/
    • 60/
    • 70/
    • 80/
    • 90
    Cooldown:
    • 12/
    • 11/
    • 9/
    • 8/
    • 6
    Range:
    • 400
  • Sylas E ability - Abscond / Abduct - League of Legends
    Abscond / Abduct

    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/
    • 12/
    • 11/
    • 10/
    • 9
    Range:
    • 400
  • Sylas R ultimate ability - Hijack - League of Legends
    Hijack

    Hijack

    Sylas steals the enemy's ultimate ability and can cast it freely.

    Cost:
    • 75
    Cooldown:
    • 80/
    • 55/
    • 30
    Range:
    • 950
Classes:
  • Mage,
  • Assassin
Patch:26.1
Sample Size:687,817 ranked games
Lane:All Lanes
Tier:All Tiers
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These are Sylas's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Riftmaker (51.1% WR, +2.8% WR diff, 51.2% pick rate) provides 350 Health, 70 AP. 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. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.

Sylas build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Lower in: Gold Efficiency, Magic Resistance, Physical Damage.

Top situational items for Sylas include Mejai's Soulstealer, Shadowflame. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.

The best boots for Sylas are Boots of Swiftness. Adjust based on enemy team comp.

The recommended trinket for Sylas is Farsight Alteration for vision control and map awareness.

Combined statistics from all items in this Sylas build.

  • Total movement speed Movement Speed:55
  • Total health Health:750
  • Total ability power Ability Power:375
  • Total armor Armor:50

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 Mejai's Soulstealer or Shadowflame 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 54.1% win rate across 984 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include devastating ability power scaling with 375 total AP, 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. Consider the enemy team composition when finalizing your situational items to maximize Sylas's effectiveness. However, be aware that this build limited ability haste may result in longer cooldowns. With a total gold cost of 14,700, this Sylas build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Rocketbelt 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 popular 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 Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Hextech Rocketbelt. This build has a 54.07% win rate and is picked 11.84% of the time.

What are Sylas's core items?

Sylas's core items are Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Hextech Rocketbelt. 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?

Boots of Swiftness are the best boots for Sylas. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Sylas's playstyle. They are included in 11.8% of Sylas builds.

What is the best trinket for Sylas?

Farsight Alteration is the best trinket for Sylas. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Farsight Alteration 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.