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Sylas vs Urgot

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How to Beat Urgot as Sylas

based on 2,415 Sylas vs Urgot matchups
Win Rate
45.7 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Urgot as Sylas came out of an examination of 2415 ranked rounds where both champions battled one another. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Sylas is forced to battle against Urgot in only 1.9% of his matches.

Sylas vs Urgot Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Sylas has done a awful job of countering Urgot. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.7% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Sylas against Urgot games, Sylas’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood against Urgot.

Best Sylas vs Urgot Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Sylas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassLuden's Companion

Optional Items

CryptbloomLich BaneMalignanceShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sylas to level upw
>
Second ability for Sylas to level upe
>
Last skill for Sylas to max outq

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Sylas's passive ability p
Sylas's q ability q
Sylas's w ability w
Sylas's e ability e
Sylas's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Urgot as Sylas

Tips for Playing as Sylas against Urgot

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 Urgot

If you are struck by Fear Beyond Death, do your best to avoid falling below the execution threshold (25% of your Maximum Health) until the effect times out.

Urgot relies heavily on blasting opponents with his legs, which have their own cooldowns and only detonate when he attacks in the direction they are facing. Avoid getting hit by multiple.

Urgot can deal and absorb tremendous amounts of damage with Purge, but slows himself while firing.

Sylas vs Urgot Counter Stats

Sylas Image
Win Rate
45.7 %
VS
Win Rate
54.3 %
Urgot Image
8.2
< Kills >
7
7.3
< Deaths >
5.9
6.4
< Assists >
5.3
1.85
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
124
< Minions Killed >
178
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.59
642
< Physical Damage >
20,571
19,997
< Magic Damage >
140
895
< True Damage >
1,773
21,535
< Damage Dealt >
22,485
29,976
< Damage Taken >
27,440
11,423
< Gold Earned >
12,488
1.44
< Towers >
2.75
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
7,270
< Total Healing >
5,052
13,486
< Experience >
15,174
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
281
< Time Dealing CC >
245

How to Counter Urgot with Sylas in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some influential Sylas against Urgot counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Urgot’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Urgot..

Sylas often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Urgot. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sylas and Urgot

Damage Types Compared

Sylas
Urgot
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sylas
Urgot

Who is Better, Sylas or Urgot?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually loses when facing off against Urgot, with a 45.7% win rate. Therefore, Sylas makes a bad counter for Urgot.

While Sylas does have a much lower win rate than Urgot, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Sylas into Urgot.

Furthermore, Sylas also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Urgot. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Urgot matchups, Urgot is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Sylas is a garbage counter to Urgot. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sylas against Urgot.

Additional Information for Sylas Players

How We Calculated Our Sylas vs Urgot Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Urgot as Sylas, we analyzed 2,415 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 Urgot 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 Urgot during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sylas typically gets a similar amount of CS as Urgot. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Sylas versus Urgot build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Urgot than with many other typical builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 45.7% when playing against Urgot with this build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Urgot as Sylas, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Sylas vs Urgot matchups, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.7% win rate overall.

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