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How to Win Leona vs Sylas Counter MatchupLeona is in the s tier of champions

Leona vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Leona in LoLLeona is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Leona

based on 4,895 Leona vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
53.7 %
K/D/A
2.67
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our dataset, Leona battled Sylas in 4895 rounds. Including so many games with Leona vs Sylas provides us confidence in our capability to provide informative data and a pro build to counter your opposition. This matchup is fairly rare. Leona fights Sylas in only 3.5% of her matches.

Leona vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Leona has done a good job of countering Sylas. On average, she wins a terrific 53.7% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Leona versus Sylas games, Leona’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Leona vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalGlowing Mote

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

TrailblazerKaenic RookernSunfire AegisThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
>
Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteHealth ScalingTenacity and Slow Resist
Leona's passive ability p
Leona's q ability q
Leona's w ability w
Leona's e ability e
Leona's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Sylas

Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.

Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.

You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.

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!

Leona vs Sylas Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
53.7 %
VS
Win Rate
46.3 %
Sylas Image
2.1
< Kills >
7.9
6.1
< Deaths >
7.3
14.2
< Assists >
7.1
0.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.8
31
< Minions Killed >
121
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.36
2,877
< Physical Damage >
567
6,877
< Magic Damage >
21,031
964
< True Damage >
814
10,719
< Damage Dealt >
22,413
22,574
< Damage Taken >
30,040
8,534
< Gold Earned >
11,286
1.58
< Towers >
1.5
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
2,659
< Total Healing >
7,622
10,452
< Experience >
13,326
55
< Vision Score >
19
23
< Wards Placed >
9
222
< Time Dealing CC >
278

How to Counter Sylas with Leona in LoL

The stats shown here feature some critical Leona versus Sylas matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Sylas. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Leona normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Sylas. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Sylas

Who is Better, Leona or Sylas?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when facing off against Sylas, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a great counter for Sylas.

While Leona does have a higher winrate compared to Sylas, when facing one another, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Sylas.

Moreover, Leona has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Sylas matchups, Leona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Leona is a great counter for Sylas. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Leona against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Leona

Leona Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.7% winrateZacZac46.9% winrateCassiopeiaCassiopeia46.9% winrateSingedSinged47.4% winrate

Leona Wins Against

YuumiYuumi60.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee60.2% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.4% winrateGragasGragas56.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Aurelion SolAurelion Sol+ 55.6% 2270 GamesSennaSenna+ 56.2% 1595 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 56.7% 22899 GamesLilliaLillia+ 58.3% 8896 Games

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Leona, we analyzed 4,895 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 Leona 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 Leona in order to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona typically racks up a lot less CS as Sylas. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Leona versus Sylas build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Sylas than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 53.7% when playing against Sylas with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Sylas as Leona, Leona players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Leona vs Sylas matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.7% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Leona vs Sylas tips and counter builds for a a specific player tier, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies shown are calculated using all games finished with both champs.