Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
The Darius Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Darius sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sylas. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sylas helps Darius perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Darius plays on the same team as Sylas, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Sylas does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played with Sylas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Sylas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Sylas.
Additionally, when Darius plays with Sylas on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Sylas does a decent job of protecting Darius in team fights.
There is no top champion pairing for Darius that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Sylas is a very typical ally for Darius. By being on the same team as Darius, he lowers their win rate by -0.5% to 48.7%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Darius and Sylas that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Sylas has a greater difficulty than Darius. That means Darius players must be very careful when enlisting Sylas comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing alongside, Darius players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Darius and Sylas together, you will not be granting your team very much support. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Sylas ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Darius in order to work well with Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to include in your Darius and Sylas synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Death's Dance. When Darius included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Sylas than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 48.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Sylas with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Sylas with Darius are given for all skill levels, merged. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.