Sylas vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Sylas
based on 3,671 Sylas vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Ahri
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 Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Sylas vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several influential Sylas against Ahri counter statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ahri’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ahri..
Sylas normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Ahri. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Ahri
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Who is Better, Sylas or Ahri?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually wins when playing against Ahri, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a good counter for Ahri.
While Sylas does have a higher winrate than Ahri, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Sylas into Ahri.
Moreover, Sylas has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ahri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Ahri matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Sylas is a decent counter for Ahri. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sylas in order to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas often picks up a similar amount of CS as Ahri. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sylas versus Ahri build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Sylas bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Ahri than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 51.1% battling Ahri with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Ahri as Sylas, Sylas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Sylas vs Ahri fights, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
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