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How to Win Sylas vs Lillia Counter MatchupSylas is in the a tier of champions

Sylas vs Lillia

How to Beat Lillia as Sylas in LoLSylas is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Lillia as Sylas

based on 7,374 Sylas vs Lillia matchups
Win Rate
45.1 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
5.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Lillia as Sylas resulted from an examination of 7374 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Sylas fights Lillia in only 5.8% of his rounds.

Sylas vs Lillia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Sylas has done a terrible job of beating Lillia. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.1% of games the champs battle one another in. In Sylas versus Lillia rounds, Sylas’s side is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Lillia.

Best Sylas vs Lillia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Sylas Items

~22 Mins
CryptbloomStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneCosmic DriveBanshee's Veil

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sylas to level upw
>
Second ability for Sylas to level upe
>
Last skill for Sylas to max outq

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Sylas's passive ability p
Sylas's q ability q
Sylas's w ability w
Sylas's e ability e
Sylas's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
12
E
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E
14
Q
15
Q
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R

Guide to Countering Lillia as Sylas

Tips for Playing as Sylas against Lillia

Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.

Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.

Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.

Sylas vs Lillia Counter Stats

Sylas Image
Win Rate
45.1 %
VS
Win Rate
54.9 %
Lillia Image
8
< Kills >
6.7
7.2
< Deaths >
5.6
6.4
< Assists >
8.7
1.81
< Killing Sprees >
1.53
126
< Minions Killed >
46
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
1.31
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.45
569
< Physical Damage >
836
22,197
< Magic Damage >
16,865
794
< True Damage >
5,049
23,561
< Damage Dealt >
22,752
31,152
< Damage Taken >
40,443
11,427
< Gold Earned >
12,152
1.45
< Towers >
1.41
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
8,072
< Total Healing >
22,786
13,657
< Experience >
14,191
20
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
6
277
< Time Dealing CC >
415

How to Counter Lillia with Sylas in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several valuable Sylas vs. Lillia counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lillia’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lillia..

Sylas often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Lillia. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sylas and Lillia

Damage Types Compared

Sylas
Lillia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sylas
Lillia

Who is Better, Sylas or Lillia?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually loses when playing against Lillia, with a 45.1% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a poor counter to Lillia.

While Sylas does have a much lower winrate compared to Lillia, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Sylas into Lillia.

Moreover, Sylas has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lillia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Sylas is a trash counter for Lillia. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sylas against Lillia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sylas

Sylas Loses Against

CassiopeiaCassiopeia44.5% winrateLilliaLillia45.1% winrateBel'VethBel'Veth45.3% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.4% winrate

Sylas Wins Against

MalphiteMalphite54.8% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.8% winrateSejuaniSejuani54.4% winrateZiggsZiggs53.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

KledKled+ 53.2% 1441 GamesBardBard+ 53.4% 3585 GamesIvernIvern+ 53.6% 1305 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.6% 5383 Games

Additional Information for Sylas Players

How We Calculated Our Sylas vs Lillia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lillia as Sylas, we analyzed 7,374 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lillia as Sylas comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Sylas Build Lillia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Sylas to counter Lillia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sylas typically accumulates more CS as Lillia. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Sylas versus Lillia build include Cryptbloom, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Lillia than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 45.1% when playing against Lillia with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Lillia as Sylas, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Sylas vs Lillia counters, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.1% win rate overall.

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