Sylas vs Lulu
How to Beat Lulu as Sylas
based on 1,988 Sylas vs Lulu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Lulu Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Lulu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lulu as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Lulu
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.
Advice to Win Against Lulu
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
Sylas vs Lulu Counter Stats
How to Counter Lulu with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several vital Sylas versus Lulu matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lulu’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lulu. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Sylas usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Lulu. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Lulu
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Who is Better, Sylas or Lulu?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually wins when taking on Lulu, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a good counter to Lulu.
While Sylas does have a higher winrate than Lulu, when facing one another, Sylas also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Sylas into Lulu.
Additionally, Sylas also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lulu. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Lulu matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Sylas is an above average counter for Lulu. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sylas against Lulu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order to counter Lulu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas often accumulates much more CS relative to Lulu. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Sylas versus Lulu build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Lulu than with most other common item sets. In fact, Sylas had an average winrate of 52.2% when playing against Lulu with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Lulu as Sylas, Sylas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Sylas vs Lulu fights, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lulu as Sylas are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.