How to Win Sylas vs Ahri Counter Matchup Sylas is in the b tier of champions

Sylas vs Ahri

How to Beat Ahri as Sylas in LoL Ahri is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Ahri as Sylas

based on 3,804 Sylas vs Ahri matchups
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
6.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our database, Sylas did battle with Ahri in 3804 matches. Having so many matchups for Sylas versus Ahri provides us confidence in our capability to prepare informative data and a supported build to defeat your rival. This counter pairing is relatively uncommon. Sylas is forced to battle against Ahri in only 6.5% of his rounds.

Sylas vs Ahri Matchup Summary

Sylas does a decent job of countering Ahri. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.0% of games the champs battle each other in. In Sylas versus Ahri matches, Sylas’s side is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Ahri.

Best Sylas vs Ahri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealLost Chapter

Core Sylas Items

~22 Mins
EverfrostRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Lich BaneShadowflameCosmic DriveMorellonomicon

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sylas to level up w
>
Second ability for Sylas to level up q
>
Last skill for Sylas to max out e

Runes

Precision Conqueror Presence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
Resolve Bone PlatingRevitalize
Adaptive Adaptive Armor
Sylas's passive ability p
Sylas q ability q
Sylas w ability w
Sylas e ability e
Sylas's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Q
9
W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Ahri as Sylas

Tips for Playing as Sylas against Ahri

Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.

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.

Advice to Win Against Ahri

Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.

Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.

Sylas vs Ahri Counter Stats

Sylas Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Ahri Image
7.7
< Kills >
6.2
6.7
< Deaths >
6
6.2
< Assists >
8
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
130
< Minions Killed >
147
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.46
521
< Physical Damage >
1,606
17,024
< Magic Damage >
13,416
974
< True Damage >
4,605
18,519
< Damage Dealt >
19,628
27,868
< Damage Taken >
18,531
10,956
< Gold Earned >
10,766
1.55
< Towers >
1.92
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,535
< Total Healing >
4,496
13,170
< Experience >
13,241
18
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
9
305
< Time Dealing CC >
77

How to Counter Ahri with Sylas in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several valuable Sylas against Ahri counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ahri..

Sylas normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ahri. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sylas and Ahri

Damage Types Compared

Sylas
Ahri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sylas
Ahri

Who is Better, Sylas or Ahri?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sylas usually wins when playing against Ahri, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a good counter for Ahri.

While Sylas does have a higher winrate than Ahri, when facing one another, Sylas also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Sylas into Ahri.

Additionally, Sylas has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Ahri matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Sylas is a decent counter to Ahri. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sylas against Ahri.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sylas

Sylas Loses Against

Illaoi Illaoi 40.4% winrate Wukong Wukong 43.6% winrate Master Yi Master Yi 44.1% winrate Singed Singed 44.2% winrate

Sylas Wins Against

Hecarim Hecarim 55.4% winrate Olaf Olaf 54% winrate Ryze Ryze 53.9% winrate Malphite Malphite 53.9% winrate

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Additional Information for Sylas Players

How We Calculated Our Sylas vs Ahri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ahri as Sylas, we analyzed 3,804 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 Ahri as Sylas 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sylas often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Ahri. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Sylas versus Ahri build include Everfrost, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Sylas included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Ahri than with most other common builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 51.0% battling Ahri with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of beating Ahri as Sylas, Sylas players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Sylas vs Ahri clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.

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