Sylas vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Sylas
based on 4,333 Sylas vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Veigar
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 Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Sylas vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Sylas vs. Veigar counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Veigar..
Sylas usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Veigar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Veigar
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Who is Better, Sylas or Veigar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually loses when taking on Veigar, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Sylas makes a bad counter to Veigar.
While Sylas does have a lower win rate compared to Veigar, when facing one another, Sylas also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sylas into Veigar.
Furthermore, Sylas also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Sylas is a somewhat poor counter for Veigar. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to counter Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Veigar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Sylas versus Veigar build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Veigar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 48.7% battling Veigar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Veigar as Sylas, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sylas vs Veigar counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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