Sylas
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW- Pick
- 12.2%picked in 793 of 6,486 games
- Ban
- 21.2%687 bans over 3,246 games, against 19.9% in soloQ
Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournamentsOne clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Spells
- How to play itConqueror, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compNo trait above other top laners; the most marked: Damage in mid game (rank 75).
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
What changes in tournaments?
One clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
- Amateur
- 72%
- SoloQ
- 55%
Not enough games to judge: core.
How to play it?
Conqueror, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesConqueror74% · 3,434
SpellsFlash + Ignite55% · 2,547
SkillsWnot collected in soloQ- Hextech Rocketbelt
- Riftmaker
- Zhonya's Hourglass
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
No trait above other top laners; the most marked: Damage in mid game (rank 75).
- Its most marked traitDamage in mid gametop25%929 · top laners: 868
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
Nothing above top laners.
Like other top laners
- Damage in lane
- Damage in mid game
- Damage in late game
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Absorbs damage
- Plays teamfights
- Takes its kills in duels
- Lets allies carry kills
- Crowd control (CC)
- Team damage
What it is not
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 70 in lane, 75 in mid game and 58 in late game, out of 100 top laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 67% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 70 of 100 among top laners639 · median 599
- Damage in mid game · rank 75 of 100 among top laners929 · median 868
- Damage in late game · rank 58 of 100 among top laners1,105 · median 1,079
- Gold at 15 min · rank 74 of 100 among top laners+273 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 67 of 100 among top laners+268 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 48 of 100 among top laners909 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 51 of 100 among top laners53% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 53 of 100 among top laners29% · median 28%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 28 of 100 among top lanersrank 28 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 65 of 100 among top laners0.9 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 66 of 100 among top laners22% · median 20%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
Ban it or pick it?
Priority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.6%4,089 picks of 672,391ban 19.9% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.5%48 picks of 9,366ban 20.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%1 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
45.4% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Top- 0.9%G117 games of 1,918
- 1.2%G223 games of 1,918
- 0.6%G3+4 games of 632
Not enough series yet: published from 30.