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How to Synergize Sylas and Samira

based on 6,242 Sylas with Samira pairs
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
4.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Sylas has fought alongside Samira in 6242 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much accurate data directly from the hosts of LoL, we feel confident that we can present to you high-quality, usable builds to help Sylas play with Samira. It is somewhat uncommon for Sylas to play alongside Samira as teammates. This has only occurred in about 4.9% of matches with Sylas.

Sylas Samira Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Sylas does a below average job of playing alongside Samira. Usually, he wins a poor 48.0% of matches the champs play on the same team. If you want to play better as Sylas when playing alongside Samira by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sylas vs Samira Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Sylas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentHextech RocketbeltLich BaneCosmic Drive

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 ForceArmor
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
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
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W
6
R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Samira

Tips for Playing as Sylas with Samira

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.

Sylas Samira Synergy Stats

Sylas Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Samira Image
7.8
< Kills >
8.1
7
< Deaths >
7.2
6.8
< Assists >
6.5
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.85
122
< Minions Killed >
124
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.38
609
< Physical Damage >
625
20,909
< Magic Damage >
21,489
783
< True Damage >
797
22,301
< Damage Dealt >
22,911
29,624
< Damage Taken >
30,558
11,244
< Gold Earned >
11,446
1.57
< Towers >
1.52
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
7,674
< Total Healing >
7,884
13,429
< Experience >
13,594
20
< Vision Score >
20
9
< Wards Placed >
9
275
< Time Dealing CC >
279

How to Play with Samira as Sylas in LoL

The Sylas Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, 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 Samira. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Samira helps Sylas perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Sylas plays on the same team as Samira, he sees a small decrease in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Samira does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played alongside Samira on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Samira. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Samira.

Moreover, when Sylas plays with Samira on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Samira does a decent job of covering Sylas during team fights.

Synergies between Sylas and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Sylas
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sylas
Samira

Is Sylas better when played alongside Samira?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Sylas that will no matter what be his top ally. However, overall, Samira is a very typical teammate for Sylas. By locking into the same side as Sylas, she lowers their win rate by -1.0% to 48.0%. This demonstrates that there is only a small synergy between Sylas and Samira that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Samira has a greater difficulty than Sylas. That means Sylas players must be very careful when finding Samira teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Sylas players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by grouping Sylas and Samira together, you will not be providing your team a lot of support. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Samira ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Sylas Players

How We Calculated Our Sylas Samira Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sylas and Samira, we analyzed 6,242 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 Samira 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 synergize with Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best items to include in your Sylas and Samira synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Samira than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sylas had an average winrate of 48.0% when playing alongside Samira with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Samira with Sylas are shown for every ranked division. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.