Viktor vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Viktor
based on 1,634 Viktor vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Sylas
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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!
Viktor vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown here show several significant Viktor against Sylas counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sylas..
Viktor usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Sylas. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Sylas
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Who is Better, Viktor or Sylas?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viktor usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sylas, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Viktor makes an ok counter to Sylas.
While Viktor does have a lower win rate than Sylas, when facing one another, Viktor also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Viktor into Sylasas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Viktor is a somewhat poor counter for Sylas. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viktor in order to counter Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Sylas. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Viktor versus Sylas build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Sylas than with most other common builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when countering Sylas with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Sylas as Viktor, Viktor players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Viktor vs Sylas LoL games, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sylas as Viktor are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.