How to Synergize Sylas with Nilah on the Same Team Sylas is in the b tier of champions

Sylas with Nilah

How to Win With Sylas and Nilah Paired Together Nilah is in the s tier of champions
Mage Assassin
Fighter Assassin

How to Synergize Sylas and Nilah

based on 3,879 Sylas with Nilah pairs
Win Rate
52.7 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Sylas has fought alongside Nilah in 3879 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much great data straight from the publishers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Sylas synergize with Nilah. It is very rare for Sylas to play with Nilah as allies. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 1.3% of games with Sylas.

Sylas Nilah Synergy Summary

Sylas has done a good job of fighting on the same side as Nilah. On average, he wins a whopping 52.7% of games the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Sylas when playing with Nilah by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with them, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sylas Nilah Synergy Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealHextech Alternator

Core Sylas Items

~22 Mins
Night HarvesterRabadon's DeathcapShadowflame

Optional Items

Void StaffCosmic DriveZhonya's HourglassMorellonomicon

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sylas to level up w
>
Second ability for Sylas to level up e
>
Last skill for Sylas to max out q

Runes

Precision Conqueror Presence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
Resolve Second WindUnflinching
Adaptive Force Adaptive Force Armor
Sylas's passive ability p
Sylas q ability q
Sylas w ability w
Sylas e ability e
Sylas's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Nilah

Tips for Playing as Sylas with Nilah

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.

Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.

Sylas Nilah Synergy Stats

Sylas Image
Win Rate
52.7 %
VS
Win Rate
47.3 %
Nilah Image
7.8
< Kills >
7.8
6.2
< Deaths >
6.4
6.6
< Assists >
6.8
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.74
81
< Minions Killed >
85
0.6
< Dragons Killed >
0.59
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.38
558
< Physical Damage >
562
19,252
< Magic Damage >
19,589
1,003
< True Damage >
1,016
20,813
< Damage Dealt >
21,167
33,079
< Damage Taken >
33,881
11,117
< Gold Earned >
11,321
1.41
< Towers >
1.38
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
8,607
< Total Healing >
8,991
13,209
< Experience >
13,380
19
< Vision Score >
20
3
< Wards Placed >
3
310
< Time Dealing CC >
316

How to Play with Nilah as Sylas in LoL

The Sylas Nilah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nilah, 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 Nilah. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nilah helps Sylas perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Sylas plays on the same team as Nilah, he observes a little drop in his complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Nilah does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that their presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played with Nilah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Nilah. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nilah.

Moreover, when Sylas plays with Nilah on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Nilah does a decent job of protecting Sylas during teamfights.

Synergies between Sylas and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Sylas with Nilah
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sylas
Nilah
Synergy

Is Sylas better when played alongside Nilah?

There is no top ally for Sylas that will always be his best teammate. However, overall, Nilah is a superb ally for Sylas. By locking into the same side as Sylas, they raises their win rate by 3.9% to 52.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a very strong synergy between Sylas and Nilah that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Nilah has a much greater difficulty compared to Sylas. That means you need to be cautious when lining up Nilah comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by aligning Sylas and Nilah together, you may not be giving your other teammates a lot of utility. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Nilah teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Sylas Players

How We Calculated Our Sylas Nilah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sylas and Nilah, we analyzed 3,879 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 Nilah 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order to work well with Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to have in your Sylas and Nilah synergy build include Night Harvester, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. When Sylas incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Nilah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 52.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nilah with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Sylas players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Sylas and Nilah pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.7% win rate overall.

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