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Shen Outdamages you from level 3 onwards. Without support from your jungler you fall behind as he is able to zone you off of minions.
Aatrox
Aatrox has the potential to outplay Sylas due to the fact most abilities force sylas to stand still for a second to finish animations allowing him to hit his q's with ease.
Akali
Akali has good all in potential and outplay potential but falls off if not given anything to play off of so lanes against akalis are always manageable.
Camille
Camille has high mobility and burst damage but low sustainability as long as you avoid her w's and cancel her e's with your e2 you can deal with her in lane.
Cassiopeia
Cassio is one of the worst matchups for Sylas as her W blocks Sylas's W (unless melee range) E1 E2 and flash.
Without jungle this lane is hard to get ahead against.
Cho'Gath
Cho in a duel loses nearly always as you can dodge his Q's with E1 and his silence does not last long enough to one shot you.
In this matchup sylas out scales cho as he can use his ult to scale his HP and become a menace to enemies team.
Darius
Use E1 to dodge Darius Q heal and you can outduel him level 5,9+.
Diana
If does not get fed from your teammates you outscale her.
Dr. Mundo
Early game is kinda hard but if you get antiheal you outscale.
Fiora
Play around her passive and it is a free lane. Watchout dont E2 her W and you have high kill potential
Gangplank
You have high kill pressure early. Easily starved off of xp if wave managed correctly.
Garen
Hard to play against, he outdamages you and out sustains you. Silence is long enough for him to OS you.
Gnar
Infuriating to play against but you can use his ult when he cant.
Gwen
Only Cons going against gwen, is you cant long range E2.
Illaoi
Insanely hard to play against illaoi, use e1 to dodge illaoi e, focus on disengaging when she ults.
Irelia
Easily outplayable can dodge both E and R with E1
Jax
Early game you can gimmick jax by dodging his E however late game he is a monster you can't stop.
Kayle
You beat her at all levels able to one shot her late game.
Kennen
Early game avoid getting poked, from level 6 you out sustain Kennen able to out duel him.
Kled
Insanely hard to win lane against. Only redeeming feature is you acquire a good engage for your team late.
Malphite
AFK lane, don't get poked out. Provides one of the best ults late game able to one shot most 2khp targets.
Maokai
Even lane, good ult to take to engage late.
Mordekaiser
Continuous damage from Morde causes Sylas to be safe early game. This causes Sylas to play from behind in lane.
Ornn
Easy lane to farm up, good ult late.
Pantheon
Panth all in beats Sylas early so in lane you need to play safe until level 9 power spike.
Poppy
Whilst poppy's W stops Sylas' ranged W and E you out damage and out sustain a poppy allowing you to have free reign in lane.
Renekton
He has high kill potential on you forcing you to play safe and fall behind early. Late game Sylas outscales him but requires assistance early.
Riven
In early game the lane is 50/50, easily out playable from both sides depends on who gets the favourable engagement and manages waves properly.
Sett
Difficult lane, you lose in every situation due to the fact that setts build botrk and wits end causes you to fall behind even in late.
Singed
Lane depends on the skill level of the singed play due to the fact that if there is no proxy going on, sylas can out sustain and out duel him. Singed R is actually really good to take due to the movement speed and ability power it provides allowing you to be even more slippery.
Sion
Easy lane, win at almost all stages, able to cancel r dodge his Q with E at all stages of the game, R good to roam mid or shadow jungler.
Trundle
He can kill you in lane easily due to his base stats but if you can get through laning phase even you can out scale him in teamfights.
Tryndamere
Easily freezable on, you win duels if you take them in small skirmishes playing around Sylas W, Watchout for trynd Ignite and trynd R will be up before your own R.
Urgot
Don't play.
Vladimir
Difficult to play against, in lane he can out sustain you becoming even more useful the later the game goes.
Volibear
Voli's pushing power forces Sylas to play around jungler, falling behind on XP no kill pressure until level 9. However insanely good ult to take mid game to dive enemies.
Wukong
Depends on the players however generally Sylas loses due to wukong W outplays.
Yasuo
Hard to lane against due to Yasuo players stacking Lifesteal and out sustaining Sylas.
Very bad ult to take if no knockup on team.
Yone
Able to kill yone very early on however he outscales you in most situations.
Yorick
Hard to lane against with the recent buffs to yorick. Useless ult to take in a duel as well due to the fact that yorick's minions deal way more damage.
Zed
Zed generally has no kill pressure against Sylas due to the fact that you can chain Zed after every R allowing you to reverse burst him with your own R.
Alistar
Good CC and tanks allowing Sylas to focus on dueling enemies.
Bard
Great Roaming potential with Sylas.
Allows you to prep E2 with Bard R.
Blitzcrank
Blitzcrank's ability to provide Sylas with free picks is great to put him ahead.
Karma
Karma E speed up enables Sylas to easily engage and disengage.
Leona
Good potential whilst roaming.
Lulu
Great utility, speeds up heals shields etc.
Morgana
Morgana's E is a very good tool for sylas to be able to hyper carry and be as slippery as possible.
Zilean
Just zilean things man
Synergies
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Alistar
Good CC and tanks allowing Sylas to focus on dueling enemies.
Bard
Great Roaming potential with Sylas.
Allows you to prep E2 with Bard R.
Blitzcrank
Blitzcrank's ability to provide Sylas with free picks is great to put him ahead.
Karma
Karma E speed up enables Sylas to easily engage and disengage.
Leona
Good potential whilst roaming.
Lulu
Great utility, speeds up heals shields etc.
Morgana
Morgana's E is a very good tool for sylas to be able to hyper carry and be as slippery as possible.
Thanks to Searz for the awesome guide format! You can find it here.
Hi, I'm known as SPJohnWD, a small time streamer on Twitch who has recently started playing Sylas, initially in mid but transferred over to the top lane. Within a month I managed to climb from Plat 4 to Plat 1 across 80 or so games, here's my op,gg.
The reason behind me creating this guide is so that I can potentially help out other individuals who wish to start playing Sylas but dislike going mid and would rather play top lane, that is exactly what I wanted.
Pros and Cons
Pros
+ Great sustain mid to late + High damage (One shots squishies) + Ability to engage + Insane roaming + High skill cap + Adaptable to enemy compositions easily + Does not get boring due to his unique ult
Cons
- No disengage tool - Relies on hitting E2 and Everfrost - Countered by heavy tanks/heal reduction - Falls behind if can't roam and affect the map - Difficult to manage all possible ult synergies with kit - Easily counter picked
Thank you
Thank you for checking out my guide, pretty barebones for now as this is my first time making a guide but I will be updating this guide with each patch so look forward to new content here.
I hope this guide has helped you out and if so, I'd appreciate if you dropped a vote up.
Changelist:
(11.10)
Nothing of note. Going to test out Sylas jungle this patch.
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