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How to Win Gragas vs Sylas Counter MatchupGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Gragas

based on 2,380 Gragas vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
49.5 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Sylas as Gragas came out of an evaluation of 2380 ranked matches where both champions opposed each other. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Gragas fights Sylas in only 3.6% of his rounds.

Gragas vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Gragas has done a average job of beating Sylas. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.5% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Gragas against Sylas matches, Gragas’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, indicating that he probably won't get first blood against Sylas.

Best Gragas vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassRod of AgesLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gragas to level upq
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Second ability for Gragas to level upe
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Last skill for Gragas to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gragas's passive ability p
Gragas's q ability q
Gragas's w ability w
Gragas's e ability e
Gragas's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Sylas

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

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!

Gragas vs Sylas Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
49.5 %
VS
Win Rate
50.5 %
Sylas Image
5.9
< Kills >
8
6
< Deaths >
7.3
7.5
< Assists >
6.7
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.84
107
< Minions Killed >
128
0.57
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,506
< Physical Damage >
567
18,595
< Magic Damage >
22,127
616
< True Damage >
759
20,718
< Damage Dealt >
23,453
29,124
< Damage Taken >
30,669
11,171
< Gold Earned >
11,537
1.51
< Towers >
1.6
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
11,820
< Total Healing >
7,773
13,780
< Experience >
13,701
20
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
9
402
< Time Dealing CC >
280

How to Counter Sylas with Gragas in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Gragas versus Sylas counter statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sylas..

Gragas often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sylas. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gragas and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Sylas

Who is Better, Gragas or Sylas?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gragas usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sylas, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Gragas makes an ok counter to Sylas.

While Gragas does have a lower win rate than Sylas, when facing one another, Gragas also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Gragas into Sylas.

Moreover, Gragas also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Gragas is a somewhat poor counter to Sylas. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Gragas

Gragas Loses Against

SingedSinged43.2% winrateLeonaLeona43.5% winrateNilahNilah43.8% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench43.9% winrate

Gragas Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee53.5% winrateYuumiYuumi53.3% winrateAkshanAkshan52.6% winrateKarthusKarthus52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Master YiMaster Yi+ 52.2% 2152 GamesDr. MundoDr. Mundo+ 52.4% 787 GamesTaricTaric+ 52.5% 602 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.7% 2056 Games

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Gragas, we analyzed 2,380 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 Gragas 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

Gragas Build Sylas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gragas to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Sylas. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Gragas versus Sylas build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Sylas than with most other common item sets. In fact, Gragas boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Sylas with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Sylas as Gragas, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Gragas vs Sylas counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.

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