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How to Win Pantheon vs Sylas Counter MatchupPantheon is in the b tier of champions

Pantheon vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Pantheon in LoLPantheon is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Pantheon

based on 5,853 Pantheon vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of rated League games that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Sylas as Pantheon resulted from an examination of 5853 ranked games where both champions battled one another. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Pantheon is forced to battle against Sylas in only 3.4% of his matches.

Pantheon vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Pantheon does a decent job of countering Sylas. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.9% of games the champions battle one another in. In Pantheon versus Sylas matches, Pantheon’s side is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Sylas.

Best Pantheon vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Pantheon Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Death's DanceMaw of MalmortiusEdge of NightSerylda's Grudge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Pantheon's passive ability p
Pantheon's q ability q
Pantheon's w ability w
Pantheon's e ability e
Pantheon's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Pantheon

Tips for Playing as Pantheon against Sylas

Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.

Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.

If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.

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!

Pantheon vs Sylas Counter Stats

Pantheon Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Sylas Image
7.7
< Kills >
8.2
7
< Deaths >
7.8
7.5
< Assists >
6.9
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
107
< Minions Killed >
120
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.37
20,699
< Physical Damage >
597
764
< Magic Damage >
21,336
1,257
< True Damage >
765
22,721
< Damage Dealt >
22,698
26,206
< Damage Taken >
31,378
11,425
< Gold Earned >
11,476
1.67
< Towers >
1.46
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,082
< Total Healing >
7,896
12,985
< Experience >
13,530
29
< Vision Score >
20
13
< Wards Placed >
9
68
< Time Dealing CC >
275

How to Counter Sylas with Pantheon in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Pantheon vs. Sylas matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..

Pantheon typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Sylas. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Pantheon and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Pantheon
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Pantheon
Sylas

Who is Better, Pantheon or Sylas?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pantheon usually wins when facing off against Sylas, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Pantheon makes a good counter for Sylas.

While Pantheon does have a higher winrate than Sylas, when facing one another, Pantheon also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Pantheon into Sylas.

Additionally, Pantheon has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pantheon vs Sylas matchups, Pantheon is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Pantheon is a decent counter to Sylas. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Pantheon against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Pantheon

Pantheon Loses Against

ZacZac45.3% winrateSingedSinged45.5% winrateTaricTaric45.5% winrateLilliaLillia45.5% winrate

Pantheon Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.4% winrateEliseElise54.3% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Pantheon Players

How We Calculated Our Pantheon vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Pantheon, we analyzed 5,853 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 Pantheon 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

Pantheon Build Sylas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Pantheon in order to counter Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Pantheon on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sylas. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Pantheon versus Sylas build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Pantheon combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Sylas than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pantheon had an average win rate of 51.9% when countering Sylas with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Sylas as Pantheon, Pantheon players should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Pantheon vs Sylas clashes, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.9% winrate overall.

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