Sylas vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Sylas
based on 3,718 Sylas vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Sylas vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several influential Sylas versus Vi counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi..
Sylas often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Vi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Vi
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Who is Better, Sylas or Vi?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sylas usually loses when taking on Vi, with a 47.0% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a poor counter to Vi.
While Sylas does have a lower winrate than Vi, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Sylas into Vi.
Moreover, Sylas also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Sylas is a trash counter to Vi. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sylas against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sylas to counter Vi during both the lane 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 tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas on average picks up much more CS as Vi. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Sylas versus Vi build include Cryptbloom, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Vi than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 47.0% battling Vi with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Vi as Sylas, Sylas players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Sylas vs Vi fights, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
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