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How to Win Zeri vs Sylas Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Zeri

based on 1,263 Zeri vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
49.2 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our data, Zeri faced Sylas in 1263 rounds. Including so many matchups for Zeri vs Sylas provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce actionable statistics and a recommended build to counter Sylas. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Zeri is forced to battle against Sylas in only 3.2% of their games.

Zeri vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri has done a poor job of countering Sylas. Typically, they wins a acceptable 49.2% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Zeri against Sylas games, Zeri’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, indicating that they most likely won't be able to get first blood against Sylas.

Best Zeri vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordNoonquiver

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsExperimental HexplateRunaan's Hurricane

Optional Items

Titanic HydraPhantom DancerNavori QuickbladesKraken Slayer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zeri to level upq
>
Second ability for Zeri to level upe
>
Last skill for Zeri to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Zeri

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!

Zeri vs Sylas Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
49.2 %
VS
Win Rate
50.8 %
Sylas Image
7
< Kills >
8.2
6.3
< Deaths >
7.2
7
< Assists >
6.8
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
186
< Minions Killed >
126
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.39
14,209
< Physical Damage >
457
6,557
< Magic Damage >
22,259
573
< True Damage >
795
21,341
< Damage Dealt >
23,511
22,826
< Damage Taken >
30,747
12,510
< Gold Earned >
11,519
2.28
< Towers >
1.59
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,085
< Total Healing >
8,090
12,659
< Experience >
13,751
18
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
9
118
< Time Dealing CC >
285

How to Counter Sylas with Zeri in LoL

The stats shown here feature several strategic Zeri against Sylas matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Sylas..

Zeri usually has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Sylas. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zeri and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Sylas

Who is Better, Zeri or Sylas?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Sylas, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Zeri makes an ok counter for Sylas.

While Zeri does have a lower winrate than Sylas, when facing one another, Zeri also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Zeri into Sylas.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Zeri is a somewhat poor counter to Sylas. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zeri against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Zeri, we analyzed 1,263 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 Zeri 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

Zeri Build Sylas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zeri 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Sylas. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Zeri versus Sylas build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Experimental Hexplate, and Runaan's Hurricane. When Zeri combined at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs Sylas than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zeri had an average win rate of 49.2% when playing against Sylas with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Sylas as Zeri, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Zeri vs Sylas face-offs, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.

If you need to see Zeri vs Sylas tips and builds for a a particular division rank, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and strategies displayed are computed using all games run with both champions.