Sylas vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Sylas
based on 1,516 Sylas vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Sylas vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some important Sylas vs. Braum counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Braum’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Braum. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Sylas typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Braum. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Braum
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Who is Better, Sylas or Braum?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sylas usually loses when trying to fight Braum, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a bad counter for Braum.
While Sylas does have a lower winrate compared to Braum, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sylas into Braum.
Additionally, Sylas also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Sylas is a terribly counter to Braum. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sylas to counter Braum during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas often racks up much more CS relative to Braum. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Sylas versus Braum build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Braum than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 47.7% when playing against Braum with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Braum as Sylas, Sylas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Sylas vs Braum fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.
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