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Vayne vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Vayne in LoLVayne is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Vayne

based on 6,550 Vayne vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
52.2 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League matches each and every week. In our database, Vayne faced off against Sylas 6550 times. With so many matchups for Vayne vs Sylas gives us faith in our ability to provide actionable stats and a recommended build to smash Sylas. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Vayne encounters Sylas in only 3.2% of her matches.

Vayne vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Vayne has done a good job of beating Sylas. Typically, she wins a whopping 52.2% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Vayne vs Sylas rounds, Vayne’s side is 0.1% less expected to get first blood, implying that she most likely won't get first blood against Sylas.

Best Vayne vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerVampiric Scepter

Core Vayne Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

BloodthirsterJak'Sho, The ProteanTrinity ForceRapid Firecannon

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vayne to level upq
>
Second ability for Vayne to level upw
>
Last skill for Vayne to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vayne's passive ability p
Vayne's q ability q
Vayne's w ability w
Vayne's e ability e
Vayne's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Vayne

Tips for Playing as Vayne against Sylas

Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.

Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.

Advice to Win Against Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Vayne vs Sylas Counter Stats

Vayne Image
Win Rate
52.2 %
VS
Win Rate
47.8 %
Sylas Image
7.6
< Kills >
8.1
6.4
< Deaths >
7.2
5.7
< Assists >
6.6
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
1.84
162
< Minions Killed >
124
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.38
15,256
< Physical Damage >
462
1,569
< Magic Damage >
21,326
4,413
< True Damage >
788
21,239
< Damage Dealt >
22,577
21,098
< Damage Taken >
30,311
12,102
< Gold Earned >
11,397
2.32
< Towers >
1.57
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,787
< Total Healing >
7,766
12,780
< Experience >
13,565
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
66
< Time Dealing CC >
278

How to Counter Sylas with Vayne in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several influential Vayne against Sylas matchup stats that can help us realize the differences between the two. Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sylas..

Vayne typically has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Sylas. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Vayne and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Vayne
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vayne
Sylas

Who is Better, Vayne or Sylas?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vayne usually wins when playing against Sylas, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Vayne makes a good counter to Sylas.

While Vayne does have a higher winrate compared to Sylas, when facing one another, Vayne also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Vayne into Sylasas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Vayne also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Sylas matchups, Vayne is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Vayne is an above average counter to Sylas. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vayne against Sylas.

Additional Information for Vayne Players

How We Calculated Our Vayne vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Vayne, we analyzed 6,550 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 Sylas as Vayne 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 Vayne in order to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vayne on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Sylas. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Vayne versus Sylas build include Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Vayne included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Sylas than with many other common item sets. In fact, Vayne boasted an average win rate of 52.2% battling Sylas with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Sylas as Vayne, Vayne players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Vayne vs Sylas counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.2% winrate overall.

If you want to get Vayne x Sylas tips and counter stats for a a specific rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are calculated using every game with data with both champions.