Jhin vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Jhin
based on 14,084 Jhin vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Sylas
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
Advice to Win Against Sylas
Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.
Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!
Jhin vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Jhin in LoL
The stats shown here show several important Jhin vs. Sylas matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..
Jhin normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Sylas. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jhin and Sylas
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Who is Better, Jhin or Sylas?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jhin usually wins when taking on Sylas, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Jhin makes a good counter to Sylas.
While Jhin does have a higher winrate than Sylas, when on opposite teams, Jhin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Jhin into Sylas.
Moreover, Jhin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Sylas matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Jhin is a decent counter to Sylas. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jhin against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jhin in order to counter Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin most often gets a similar amount of CS as Sylas. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Jhin versus Sylas build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Jhin included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Sylas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Jhin had an average winrate of 51.6% when countering Sylas with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Sylas as Jhin, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Gathering Storm, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Jhin vs Sylas clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
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