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Fiddlesticks vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Fiddlesticks in LoLFiddlesticks is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Fiddlesticks

based on 2,424 Fiddlesticks vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our data, Fiddlesticks did battle with Sylas in 2424 games. Using so many games with Fiddlesticks versus Sylas gives us faith in our capability to provide useful data and a recommended build to destroy Sylas. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Fiddlesticks has to counter Sylas in only 3.8% of his games.

Fiddlesticks vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Fiddlesticks does a dismal job of beating Sylas. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.6% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Fiddlesticks against Sylas matches, Fiddlesticks’s team is 0.2% less probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Sylas.

Best Fiddlesticks vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealSorcerer's Shoes

Core Fiddlesticks Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffMalignanceLiandry's TormentShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Fiddlesticks to level upw
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Second ability for Fiddlesticks to level upq
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Last skill for Fiddlesticks to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeTriple TonicFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Fiddlesticks's passive ability p
Fiddlesticks's q ability q
Fiddlesticks's w ability w
Fiddlesticks's e ability e
Fiddlesticks's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Fiddlesticks

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!

Fiddlesticks vs Sylas Counter Stats

Fiddlesticks Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Sylas Image
5.6
< Kills >
8.9
6.6
< Deaths >
7.2
9
< Assists >
6.5
1.27
< Killing Sprees >
2.06
38
< Minions Killed >
127
1.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.24
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.39
302
< Physical Damage >
539
17,506
< Magic Damage >
23,175
1,142
< True Damage >
798
18,951
< Damage Dealt >
24,511
33,002
< Damage Taken >
31,027
11,178
< Gold Earned >
12,002
1.08
< Towers >
1.57
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
16,725
< Total Healing >
8,046
12,809
< Experience >
14,057
45
< Vision Score >
20
4
< Wards Placed >
9
739
< Time Dealing CC >
277

How to Counter Sylas with Fiddlesticks in LoL

The stats provided here show several influential Fiddlesticks against Sylas counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Fiddlesticks may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sylas..

Fiddlesticks usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Sylas. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Fiddlesticks and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Fiddlesticks
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Fiddlesticks
Sylas

Who is Better, Fiddlesticks or Sylas?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Fiddlesticks usually loses when playing against Sylas, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Fiddlesticks makes a poor counter to Sylas.

While Fiddlesticks does have a lower win rate than Sylas, when they face off with one another, Fiddlesticks also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Fiddlesticks into Sylasas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Fiddlesticks also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. 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 Fiddlesticks vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Fiddlesticks is a bad counter for Sylas. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Fiddlesticks against Sylas.

Additional Information for Fiddlesticks Players

How We Calculated Our Fiddlesticks vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Fiddlesticks, we analyzed 2,424 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 Sylas as Fiddlesticks 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Fiddlesticks in order to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Fiddlesticks typically gets a lot less CS as Sylas. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Fiddlesticks versus Sylas build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Fiddlesticks combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Sylas than with most other common builds. In fact, Fiddlesticks boasted an average winrate of 47.6% when countering Sylas with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Sylas as Fiddlesticks, Fiddlesticks players should take the First Strike, Triple Tonic, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Fiddlesticks vs Sylas counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Fiddlesticks x Sylas tips and builds for a a particular division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides displayed are calculated using all games played with both champs.