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How to Synergize Sylas and Annie

based on 708 Sylas with Annie pairs
Win Rate
45.8 %
K/D/A
1.96
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Sylas has been on the same team as Annie in 708 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much complete data from the publishers of LoL, we are sure that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Sylas synergize with Annie. It is very rare for Sylas to play with Annie as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 0.6% of games with Sylas.

Sylas Annie Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Sylas has done a awful job of teaming up with Annie. On average, he wins a lowly 45.8% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Sylas when fighting on the same team as Annie by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sylas vs Annie Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Sylas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassLuden's CompanionMalignanceCryptbloom

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sylas to level upw
>
Second ability for Sylas to level upe
>
Last skill for Sylas to max outq

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Sylas's passive ability p
Sylas's q ability q
Sylas's w ability w
Sylas's e ability e
Sylas's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
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W
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
15
Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Annie

Tips for Playing as Sylas with Annie

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.

Advice to Understand How Annie Will Play

Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.

Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.

Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.

Sylas Annie Synergy Stats

Sylas Image
Win Rate
45.8 %
VS
Win Rate
54.2 %
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7.8
< Kills >
8.1
7.5
< Deaths >
7.2
6.9
< Assists >
6.5
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.85
92
< Minions Killed >
124
0.41
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.38
694
< Physical Damage >
625
20,153
< Magic Damage >
21,489
842
< True Damage >
797
21,690
< Damage Dealt >
22,911
31,757
< Damage Taken >
30,558
11,384
< Gold Earned >
11,446
1.34
< Towers >
1.52
0.1
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
9,658
< Total Healing >
7,884
13,225
< Experience >
13,594
24
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
9
280
< Time Dealing CC >
279

How to Play with Annie as Sylas in LoL

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

Overall, Sylas sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Annie helps Sylas perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Sylas is an ally to Annie, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Annie does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played together with Annie on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Annie.

Additionally, when Sylas plays with Annie on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Annie does a poor job of protecting Sylas in teamfights.

Synergies between Sylas and Annie

Damage Types Compared

Sylas
Annie
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sylas
Annie

Is Sylas better when played alongside Annie?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Sylas that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Annie is a very bad teammate for Sylas. By playing on the same side as Sylas, she lowers their win rate by -3.2% to 45.8%. This clearly indicates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Sylas and Annie that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Annie has a greater difficulty than Sylas. That means Sylas players should be very careful when enlisting Annie comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by pairing Sylas and Annie together, you will not be giving your team a great deal of sustained damage output. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Annie ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Sylas Players

How We Calculated Our Sylas Annie Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sylas and Annie, we analyzed 708 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 Sylas with Annie 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 Sylas to work well with Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to get in your Sylas and Annie synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Annie than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sylas had an average winrate of 45.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Annie with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Sylas and Annie pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Annie with Sylas are displayed for all ranked divisions. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.