Sylas vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Sylas
based on 2,568 Sylas vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Sylas vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several influential Sylas against Gwen matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gwen..
Sylas usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Gwen
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Who is Better, Sylas or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually loses when trying to fight Gwen, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a bad counter to Gwen.
While Sylas does have a lower win rate than Gwen, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sylas into Gwen.
Furthermore, Sylas also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Gwen matchups, Gwen is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sylas is a bad counter for Gwen. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order to counter Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Gwen. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Sylas versus Gwen build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Sylas combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Gwen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sylas had an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Gwen with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Gwen as Sylas, Sylas players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Sylas vs Gwen LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.9% win rate overall.
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