Viktor with Sylas
How to Synergize Viktor and Sylas
based on 431 Viktor with Sylas pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Viktor Sylas Synergy Summary
Best Viktor vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Viktor and Sylas
Tips for Playing as Viktor with Sylas
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
Advice to Understand How Sylas Will Play
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.
Viktor Sylas Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sylas as Viktor in LoL
The Viktor Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Viktor sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sylas. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sylas helps Viktor perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Viktor tries to synergize with Sylas, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change may signal that Sylas does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Viktor is played with Sylas 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 synergisticly with Sylas.
Moreover, when Viktor plays with Sylas on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Sylas does a decent job of covering Viktor during teamfights.
Synergies between Viktor and Sylas
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Is Viktor better when played alongside Sylas?
There is no perfect ally for Viktor that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Sylas is a relatively poor companion for Viktor. By locking into the same side as Viktor, he drops their win rate by -1.9% to 48.3%. This proves that there is a bad strategic relationship between Viktor and Sylas that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Sylas has a much lower diffuclty than Viktor. That means Viktor players don't need to be very careful when lining up Sylas teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Viktor and Sylas together, you probably will not be providing your side very much support. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Sylas ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Viktor in order to pair well with Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Viktor and Sylas synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor used at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Sylas than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 48.3% when playing alongside Sylas with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Viktor players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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