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Aphelios with Sylas

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How to Synergize Aphelios and Sylas

based on 3,019 Aphelios with Sylas pairs
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each week. Aphelios has been on the same team as Sylas in 3019 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much accurate data from the creators of League, we are totally sure that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Aphelios synergize with Sylas. It is relatively rare for Aphelios to play alongside Sylas as teammates. This has only occurred in about 3.4% of games with Aphelios.

Aphelios Sylas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios does a poor job of synergizing with Sylas. Typically, he wins a dismal 47.5% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Aphelios when playing alongside Sylas by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aphelios vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeLord Dominik's RegardsThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterRunaan's HurricaneImmortal ShieldbowKraken Slayer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Aphelios and Sylas

Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Sylas

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Advice to Understand How Sylas Will Play

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.

Aphelios Sylas Synergy Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Sylas Image
6.6
< Kills >
6.7
6.2
< Deaths >
6.4
5.9
< Assists >
6
1.54
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
177
< Minions Killed >
176
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.5
20,023
< Physical Damage >
20,370
1,329
< Magic Damage >
1,360
437
< True Damage >
461
21,790
< Damage Dealt >
22,192
18,314
< Damage Taken >
19,033
11,819
< Gold Earned >
11,936
2.45
< Towers >
2.38
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,079
< Total Healing >
5,318
12,423
< Experience >
12,595
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
137
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Sylas as Aphelios in LoL

The Aphelios Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Aphelios sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sylas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sylas helps Aphelios perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Aphelios is paired with Sylas, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Sylas does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played alongside Sylas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Sylas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Sylas.

Additionally, when Aphelios plays with Sylas on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Sylas does a decent job of protecting Aphelios in team fights.

Synergies between Aphelios and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aphelios
Sylas

Is Aphelios better when played alongside Sylas?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Aphelios that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. However, Sylas is a relatively poor teammate for Aphelios. By playing on the same team as Aphelios, he lowers their win rate by -1.1% to 47.5%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Aphelios and Sylas that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Sylas has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means Aphelios players don't need to be cautious when arranging Sylas allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by pairing Aphelios and Sylas together, you will not be providing your other allies very much utility. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Sylas ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios Sylas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aphelios and Sylas, we analyzed 3,019 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Aphelios with Sylas comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Aphelios in order to synergize with Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to include in your Aphelios and Sylas synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Aphelios included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Sylas than with most other common item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 47.5% helping carry Sylas with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Aphelios and Sylas pairings, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Sylas with Aphelios are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.