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Sylas

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

43.3%#2 of 173 champions

Pick: 19.7%picked in 5,355 of 27,194 games
Ban: 23.6%5,276 bans over 22,319 games, against 21.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Top50.0% between 45.5% and 54.5% over 328 gamesSoloQ 49.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 26.9 min

Amateur: 27,223 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 66% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 856,529 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
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.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
23.9%
SoloQ
21.3%
23.9% ban rate in amateur play over 13,367 games, against 21.3% in soloQ over 323,918 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.3 min
SoloQ
26.9 min
Median of 29.3 min in amateur play, against 26.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror77% · 9,339

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport50% · 6,114

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 94% · 33 games

Core (3 legendaries)30% · 1,149

30%of soloQ games

Hextech Rocketbelt
Riftmaker
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

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.

639+40 vs 599

929+61 vs 868

1,105+26 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Sylastop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 67% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

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%

04 — With / against

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

Topgap to expected

Malphite56.7% · expected 50.2% · 60 g+6.4 ptSoloQ +6.3

Gnar55.3% · expected 51.5% · 47 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +0.6

Junglegap to expected

Wukong56.7% · expected 47.9% · 30 g+8.8 ptSoloQ -3.6