Sylas with Olaf
How to Synergize Sylas and Olaf
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Sylas Olaf Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Olaf
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 Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Sylas Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, 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 Olaf. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Olaf helps Sylas perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sylas is an ally to Olaf, he gets a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Olaf does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played together with Olaf on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Olaf.
Additionally, when Sylas plays with Olaf on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Olaf does a decent job of covering Sylas in team fights.
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Is Sylas better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Sylas that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Olaf is a very typical companion for Sylas. By being on the same side as Sylas, he raises their win rate by 0.5% to 49.5%. This shows that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Sylas and Olaf that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Olaf has a lower difficulty than Sylas. That means Sylas players don't need to be careful when lining up Olaf comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, Sylas players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Sylas and Olaf together, you probably will not be granting your team very much crowd control. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Olaf ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Sylas to synergize with Olaf during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Sylas and Olaf synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Olaf than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Olaf with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, Sylas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
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