Sylas vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Sylas
based on 6,407 Sylas vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Aatrox
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Sylas vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several strategic Sylas vs. Aatrox counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Aatrox..
Sylas usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Aatrox. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Sylas or Aatrox?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sylas usually loses when playing against Aatrox, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Sylas makes a bad counter to Aatrox.
While Sylas does have a lower winrate than Aatrox, when facing one another, Sylas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sylas into Aatrox.
Moreover, Sylas has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Sylas vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sylas is a somewhat poor counter to Aatrox. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to counter Aatrox during both the early game 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 suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Aatrox. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Sylas versus Aatrox build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Aatrox than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 48.5% battling Aatrox with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Aatrox as Sylas, Sylas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Sylas vs Aatrox fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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