Graves vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Graves
based on 5,594 Graves vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Sylas
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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!
Graves vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Graves in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several vital Graves versus Sylas matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sylas..
Graves often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Sylas. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Sylas
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Who is Better, Graves or Sylas?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when trying to fight Sylas, with a 52.9% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a good counter to Sylas.
While Graves does have a higher win rate compared to Sylas, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Graves into Sylas.
Furthermore, Graves also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Sylas matchups, Graves is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Graves is a good counter to Sylas. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves to counter Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually picks up less CS compared to Sylas. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Graves versus Sylas build include Guardian Angel, Black Cleaver, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Graves combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Sylas than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 52.9% when playing against Sylas with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Sylas as Graves, Graves players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Graves vs Sylas counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.9% win rate overall.
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