Sylas with Kayn
How to Synergize Sylas and Kayn
based on 5,777 Sylas with Kayn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sylas Kayn Synergy Summary
Best Sylas vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Kayn
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Kayn
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 Kayn Will Play
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Sylas Kayn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayn as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas Kayn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayn, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kayn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kayn helps Sylas perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sylas is paired with Kayn, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Kayn helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played together with Kayn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kayn.
Additionally, when Sylas plays with Kayn on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Kayn does a decent job of covering Sylas in teamfights.
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Is Sylas better when played alongside Kayn?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Sylas that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Kayn is a very typical ally for Sylas. By playing on the same team as Sylas, he improves their win rate by 0.9% to 49.9%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Sylas and Kayn that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Kayn has a greater difficulty than Sylas. That means you must be careful when finding Kayn comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Sylas and Kayn together, you will not be providing your other allies very much utility. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Kayn ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Sylas to work well with Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Sylas and Kayn synergy build include Banshee's Veil, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Kayn than with most other common item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 49.9% helping carry Kayn with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Sylas and Kayn pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.
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