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How to Win Volibear vs Sylas Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Volibear

based on 2,766 Volibear vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
1.66
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Sylas as Volibear came out of an analysis of 2766 ranked matches where both champions fought each other. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Volibear has to counter Sylas in only 3.4% of his games.

Volibear vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear does a poor job of beating Sylas. On average, he wins a lowly 48.0% of games the champions fight each other in. In Volibear vs Sylas rounds, Volibear’s side is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Volibear vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageNashor's ToothRiftmaker

Optional Items

Titanic HydraFrozen HeartJak'Sho, The ProteanHullbreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindRevitalize
PrecisionPresence of MindLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Volibear

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!

Volibear vs Sylas Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Sylas Image
5.5
< Kills >
8.2
6.8
< Deaths >
6.9
5.8
< Assists >
6.7
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.84
128
< Minions Killed >
121
0.48
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.38
11,105
< Physical Damage >
986
8,421
< Magic Damage >
20,956
654
< True Damage >
719
20,181
< Damage Dealt >
22,661
32,395
< Damage Taken >
30,055
11,332
< Gold Earned >
11,287
2.44
< Towers >
1.57
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,169
< Total Healing >
7,736
13,864
< Experience >
13,412
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
532
< Time Dealing CC >
276

How to Counter Sylas with Volibear in LoL

The stats shown here feature several significant Volibear versus Sylas counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sylas..

Volibear often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Sylas. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Volibear and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Sylas

Who is Better, Volibear or Sylas?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Volibear usually loses when trying to fight Sylas, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, Volibear makes a poor counter for Sylas.

While Volibear does have a lower winrate compared to Sylas, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Volibear into Sylas.

Furthermore, Volibear has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Volibear is a terribly counter to Sylas. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

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Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Volibear, we analyzed 2,766 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 Volibear 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Volibear in order to counter Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Sylas. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Volibear versus Sylas build consist of Spirit Visage, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Sylas than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Volibear had an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Sylas with this counter build.

To have the best probability of defeating Sylas as Volibear, Volibear players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Volibear vs Sylas battles, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% winrate overall.

If you need to view Volibear x Sylas tips and counter stats for a a distinct player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using all matches finished with both champions.