Champion profile

Sylas in draft

Played at Mid in 50% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

34 %

picked or banned · 9th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.2%

Picked 12% · 800 of 6,542 gamesBanned 21% · 696 of 3,272 drafts with bans

Win rate at Mid

6,542 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW

Population: amateur tournaments created with tournament codes — neither solo queue nor the pro scene.

Everything below reads on 396 games at Mid. · 422 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (3,272 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftMixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.Banned, it makes room for

Annie

Vex

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other mid lanersMap pressureSplit-pushNo poke

03 · With / againstGood against Syndra.Good against

Syndra70%37 gamesBad againstno clear pairBad duo withno clear pairGood duo with

Nautilus67%30 games

04 · Build2 paths: Hextech Rocketbelt or Lich Bane.

Conqueror

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Mid picks taken by Sylas, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

3.2%19,632 picks out of 610,295banned in 20.0% of games · 19,625 of 98,270patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

3.0%283 picks out of 9,366banned in 20.7% of games · 390 of 1,886patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

3.2%70 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 40% and 47% since 16.12 · 45.4% on 16.21 · 42.0% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	45.4%	2,671	Conqueror64% · 142
16.20	42.0%	7,858	Conqueror65% · 403
16.19	43.6%	6,733	Conqueror67% · 398
16.18	43.7%	5,762	Conqueror70% · 342
16.17	43.5%	5,728	Conqueror66% · 326
16.16	42.4%	5,992	Conqueror74% · 377
16.15	46.8%	5,530	Conqueror77% · 417
16.14	46.5%	5,702	Conqueror76% · 457
16.13	44.2%	7,391	Conqueror72% · 481
16.12	39.7%	5,118	Conqueror65% · 308

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Mixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.

696 bans of 3,272 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: taken at any point of the series.

G15.7%
G25.9%
G3+5.9%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Syndra14

Ahri12

Locke11

series, of 110 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (110), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Mid when Sylas is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Mid, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Annie
1.9% → 4.0%
Vex
1.8% → 3.2%

696 games where it is banned · 2,188 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

Comps with Sylas ban these champions in phase 2 more often than other comps.

Cassiopeia×2.03
Vex×1.72
Ryze×1.63
Galio×1.53
Hwei×1.49
Poppy×1.38

1 other feared counter, at a lower ratio× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

Phase by phase

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

Damage / mintick = the mid laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min4.6 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · mid laners: 3.2

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itmid laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on mid laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itMap pressureSplit-push

What it is notNo poke

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:12 (5:12), 1st item at 11:36 (11:54), 2nd at 21:00 (20:24), 3rd at 27:18 (26:36).

396 games · median minute of each milestone, mid laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
AhriMID	84	Leans its waybetween 49% and 67%
OrnnTOP	46	Favourablebetween 51% and 74%
AsheADC	45	Leans its waybetween 46% and 69%
Kai'SaADC	44	Leans against itbetween 30% and 53%
SeraphineSUP	44	Evenbetween 38% and 62%
Jarvan IVJGL	42	Leans its waybetween 47% and 71%
JinxADC	39	Leans its waybetween 41% and 66%
SyndraMID	37	Favourablebetween 57% and 81%
NautilusSUP	34	Leans its waybetween 42% and 69%
WukongJGL	31	Leans its waybetween 40% and 69%

show 99 other pairs

Xin ZhaoJGL	31	Evenbetween 37% and 66%
LeonaSUP	31	Favourablebetween 53% and 80%
YunaraADC	30	Leans its waybetween 39% and 67%
OriannaMID	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
LuluSUP	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
ViJGL	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
MilioSUP	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
ViktorMID	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
TristanaADC	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
AlistarSUP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
BraumSUP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
RenektonTOP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
AmumuJGL	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
EzrealADC	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
KarmaSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
RellSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
ShenTOP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
SionTOP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
JhinADC	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
ThreshSUP	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
CaitlynADC	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
SivirADC	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
XayahADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
RakanSUP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
GnarTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
NamiSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
OlafTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
AkaliMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
RyzeMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
LucianADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
MaokaiJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
NocturneJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
VeigarMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ZeriADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
AatroxTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
CamilleTOP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
GalioMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
HweiMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
XerathMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
VarusADC	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
BardSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
NeekoSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
JaxTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
PantheonJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
GarenTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
UrgotTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
TaliyahMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
FioraTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GwenTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
NasusTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
PoppyTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
RumbleTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
TrundleJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AuroraMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ApheliosADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ViktorADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ZiggsADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AmumuSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
JannaSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GragasTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
HecarimJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZaahenJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZacJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AzirMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LissandraMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LockeMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MelMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SwainMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
VexMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
KalistaADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SorakaSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MaokaiTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SettTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VayneTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Dr. MundoJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LilliaJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Rek'SaiJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
EkkoMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
YoneMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZedMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SennaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 109 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 396 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, filtered regions.

Patch + region16.21 · 49 games
Patch16.21 · 221 games
2 patches840 games
Window396 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Conqueror+

Resolve

59% · 29 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport

76% · 37 games

First maxed skill

74% · 36 games

show 3 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orElectrocute+Sorcery16% · 8 games
orElectrocute+Precision10% · 5 games

Other spells

orFlash + Ignite25% · 12 games

49 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

2 item paths, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Hextech Rocketbelt71% · 11:42
Riftmaker70% · 21:54
Zhonya's Hourglass80% · 30:30
Lich Bane21% · 11:24

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).