Rek'Sai vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Rek'Sai
based on 637 Rek'Sai vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Sylas
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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!
Rek'Sai vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several influential Rek'Sai vs. Sylas counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sylas..
Rek'Sai typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Sylas. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Sylas
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Sylas?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually wins when playing against Sylas, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Rek'Sai makes a good counter to Sylas.
While Rek'Sai does have a higher winrate compared to Sylas, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rek'Sai into Sylas.
Additionally, Rek'Sai also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Sylas matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Rek'Sai is a decent counter for Sylas. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Sylas. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Rek'Sai versus Sylas build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Sylas than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average winrate of 52.0% battling Sylas with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Sylas as Rek'Sai, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Sylas LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.0% winrate overall.
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