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

Sylas vs Lissandra

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

based on 4,683 Sylas vs Lissandra matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Lissandra as Sylas came out of an analysis of 4683 ranked games where both champs faced each other. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Sylas fights Lissandra in only 1.6% of his games.

Sylas vs Lissandra Matchup Summary

Sylas does a decent job of beating Lissandra. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.5% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Sylas vs Lissandra games, Sylas’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood against Lissandra.

Best Sylas vs Lissandra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealHextech Alternator

Core Sylas Items

~22 Mins
Night HarvesterRabadon's DeathcapShadowflame

Optional Items

Banshee's VeilZhonya's HourglassCosmic DriveVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite 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

Domination Dark Harvest Sudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Inspiration Magical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive Force Adaptive Force Armor
Sylas's passive ability p
Sylas q ability q
Sylas w ability w
Sylas e ability e
Sylas's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
11
R
12
Q
13
Q
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Lissandra as Sylas

Tips for Playing as Sylas against Lissandra

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.

Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.

Advice to Win Against Lissandra

Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.

The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.

Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.

Sylas vs Lissandra Counter Stats

Sylas Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Lissandra Image
8.1
< Kills >
5.3
6.5
< Deaths >
6.3
7
< Assists >
8.7
1.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
86
< Minions Killed >
155
0.61
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.4
497
< Physical Damage >
1,280
20,097
< Magic Damage >
17,742
972
< True Damage >
1,123
21,566
< Damage Dealt >
20,146
33,832
< Damage Taken >
21,566
11,463
< Gold Earned >
10,587
1.41
< Towers >
1.7
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,579
< Total Healing >
2,324
13,459
< Experience >
13,374
20
< Vision Score >
21
3
< Wards Placed >
5
327
< Time Dealing CC >
247

How to Counter Lissandra with Sylas in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight several important Sylas against Lissandra matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lissandra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lissandra..

Sylas often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Lissandra. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sylas and Lissandra

Damage Types Compared

Sylas
Lissandra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sylas
Lissandra

Who is Better, Sylas or Lissandra?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually wins when trying to fight Lissandra, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a good counter to Lissandra.

While Sylas does have a higher winrate compared to Lissandra, when facing one another, Sylas also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sylas into Lissandra.

Moreover, Sylas has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lissandra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Lissandra matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Sylas is a decent counter for Lissandra. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sylas against Lissandra.

Additional Information for Sylas Players

How We Calculated Our Sylas vs Lissandra Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lissandra as Sylas, we analyzed 4,683 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 Lissandra 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to counter Lissandra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sylas typically racks up less CS compared to Lissandra. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Sylas versus Lissandra build include Night Harvester, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. When Sylas incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Lissandra than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Sylas had an average win rate of 51.5% when playing against Lissandra with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Lissandra as Sylas, Sylas players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Sylas vs Lissandra counters, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.

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