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How to Win Lee Sin vs Sylas Counter MatchupLee Sin is in the b tier of champions

Lee Sin vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Lee Sin in LoLLee Sin is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Lee Sin

based on 3,975 Lee Sin vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games every week. In our database, Lee Sin faced off against Sylas in 3975 games. With so many games with Lee Sin versus Sylas gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare actionable stats and a supported build to defeat your rival. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Lee Sin is forced to battle against Sylas in only 3.5% of his matches.

Lee Sin vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lee Sin has done a below average job of countering Sylas. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.6% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Lee Sin against Sylas rounds, Lee Sin’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Lee Sin vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
TunnelerCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Lee Sin Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageDeath's DanceMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Lee Sin's passive ability p
Lee Sin's q ability q
Lee Sin's w ability w
Lee Sin's e ability e
Lee Sin's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Lee Sin

Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Sylas

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

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!

Lee Sin vs Sylas Counter Stats

Lee Sin Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Sylas Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.8
6.2
< Deaths >
7.2
8.4
< Assists >
6.6
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
33
< Minions Killed >
125
1.43
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.4
13,655
< Physical Damage >
937
2,823
< Magic Damage >
21,034
966
< True Damage >
793
17,444
< Damage Dealt >
22,765
34,983
< Damage Taken >
30,095
11,610
< Gold Earned >
11,326
1.33
< Towers >
1.54
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
16,401
< Total Healing >
7,688
12,899
< Experience >
13,407
24
< Vision Score >
20
11
< Wards Placed >
9
429
< Time Dealing CC >
278

How to Counter Sylas with Lee Sin in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several vital Lee Sin against Sylas counter stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..

Lee Sin normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Sylas. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Lee Sin and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Lee Sin
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lee Sin
Sylas

Who is Better, Lee Sin or Sylas?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when taking on Sylas, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a bad counter to Sylas.

While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate than Sylas, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Sylas.

Furthermore, Lee Sin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin 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 allies during team fights.

Lee Sin is a garbage counter for Sylas. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Lee Sin

Lee Sin Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.3% winrateIvernIvern43.1% winrateRellRell43.4% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune43.6% winrate

Lee Sin Wins Against

KarthusKarthus53.2% winrateHweiHwei52.2% winrateNidaleeNidalee52.1% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa51.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 50.5% 14111 GamesJarvan IVJarvan IV+ 51.5% 266 GamesZacZac+ 53.1% 1059 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.9% 925 Games

Additional Information for Lee Sin Players

How We Calculated Our Lee Sin vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Lee Sin, we analyzed 3,975 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 Lee Sin 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin to counter Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lee Sin most often gets a lot less CS compared to Sylas. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Sylas build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Sylas than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average winrate of 47.6% battling Sylas with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of beating Sylas as Lee Sin, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Lee Sin vs Sylas battles, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.6% winrate overall.

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