Sylas vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Sylas
based on 2,888 Sylas vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Alistar
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 Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Sylas vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Sylas vs. Alistar counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between this pair of champions. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Alistar. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Sylas often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Alistar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Alistar
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Who is Better, Sylas or Alistar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually fairs equally well when facing off against Alistar, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes an ok counter for Alistar.
While Sylas does have a higher winrate than Alistar, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sylas into Alistar.
Additionally, Sylas also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Alistar matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Sylas is a decent counter for Alistar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sylas in order to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas typically picks up much more CS as Alistar. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Sylas versus Alistar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Sylas bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Alistar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sylas had an average win rate of 50.1% when playing against Alistar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Alistar as Sylas, Sylas players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Sylas vs Alistar clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Alistar as Sylas are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.