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
  Petrisit Patlaması

  Sylas, yetenek kullanmasının ardından bir Petrisit Patlaması yükü biriktirir. Sylas'ın normal saldırıları bir yük harcayarak enerji kazanan zincirlerini kendi çevresinde sallamasını sağlar. Zincirler, isabet ettikleri rakiplere ilave büyü hasarı verir. Sylas, Petrisit Patlaması yüküne sahipken saldırı hızı kazanır.

• Q
  Kırbaç Zincir

  Sylas'ın savurduğu zincirler, hedef konumda kesişerek isabet alan rakiplere hasar verir ve onları yavaşlatır. Bir gecikmenin ardından kesişme noktasında rakiplere hasar veren bir büyü patlaması gerçekleşir.

• W
  Kral Katili

  Sylas büyü gücüyle bir rakibin üstüne atılarak hasar verir ve yeteneği rakip şampiyonlara karşı kullandığında iyileşir.

• E
  Firar / Kaçır

  Sylas hedef noktaya atılır. Yeteneği yeniden kullandığında zincirlerini fırlatır ve kendini isabet alan ilk rakibe çeker.

  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
  Gasp

  Sylas rakibinin ultisini gasp ederek bunu istediği gibi kullanabilir.

  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.