How to beat Sylas

Common role: Mid

A sustain skirmisher who steals and casts the enemy's ultimate against them.

What makes Sylas dangerous

Sylas heals off his abilities, chains and pulls with his E, and his signature ultimate hijacks an enemy champion's ultimate to use himself — often a game-changing steal like Malphite's or Karthus's ult. He's a durable, self-healing skirmisher who thrives in extended and grouped fights.

How to play against Sylas

• 1Mind which of your ultimates he can steal — a Sylas with your engage or teamfight ult is dangerous. Bait or hold high-value ults when he's in range.
• 2Cut his healing with Grievous Wounds — his whole sustain comes from his abilities. Anti-heal makes his all-ins losing trades.
• 3Dodge his E chain (the second-part pull). Without landing it he has no engage or escape, and his combo falls apart.
• 4He's a melee skirmisher — poke him in lane before he has items and don't extend fights he out-sustains.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Healing is hard-countered by Grievous Wounds.
• ✓E chain is dodgeable — deny his engage.
• ✓Squishy early before items.
• ✓Weak to poke and disengage in lane.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Sylas's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Arranque de petricita

  Tras lanzar un hechizo, Sylas acumula una carga de Arranque de petricita. Los ataques básicos de Sylas gastan una carga y hacen que sus cadenas giren alrededor de él, lo que inflige daño mágico adicional a los enemigos golpeados. Mientras Sylas tiene una carga de Arranque de petricita, obtiene velocidad de ataque.

• Q
  Latigazo de cadenas

  Sylas arremete con sus cadenas, que se cruzan en la ubicación objetivo e infligen daño a los enemigos y los ralentizan. Tras unos segundos, se produce una explosión de energía mágica desde el punto de intersección de las cadenas, lo que inflige daño.

• W
  Matarreyes

  Sylas embiste a un enemigo con fuerza mágica para infligir daño y curarse a sí mismo contra campeones enemigos.

• E
  Fuga / Rapto

  Sylas se desliza hacia una ubicación. Puede volver a usar la habilidad para lanzar sus cadenas y deslizarse hasta el enemigo que golpee.

  Strong: a chain that pulls him in (or you to him) — his engage and escape. Weak: dodge the second-part pull and his combo falls apart.

• R
  Apropiación

  Sylas roba la habilidad definitiva del enemigo y puede lanzarla libremente.

  Strong: steals and casts an enemy champion's ultimate — often a game-changing engage. Weak: bait or hold high-value ults when he's in range so he can't steal them.

Itemization

Sylas is AP with heavy healing. Grievous Wounds is core, magic resist blunts his burst, and dodging his E chain denies his engage. Be aware of which ultimate he can steal from your team.

This guide covers Sylas's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.