Sylas Jungle, patch 16.11. Below you'll find Sylas's build, runes, toughest counters, strongest duos, and win conditions, every number measured from current-patch Emerald+ ranked games.
Sylas is an AP assassin in the jungle, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 50.8% win rate, 4.7% pick rate, 54,392 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Sylas spikes hardest in the mid game around the two-to-three-item mark — that is the window to force fights and objectives.
How Sylas wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Sylas tips the fight, and using Sylas's mobility to catch isolated targets. The kit grades 8/10 teamfighting, 8/10 mobility. Play around where Sylas is thin, disengage and siege (3/10, 2/10), and the enemy loses their angle.
The most-played core build is Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass, which holds a 48.3% win rate across 9,340 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.
The matchup to respect is Veigar, where Sylas sits at just 40.1%, the lane swings the other way into Malphite (62.2%), and on the team side, Sylas gains the most from a Gangplank (+8.7% pair win rate).
Most-played core build and runes for Sylas Jungle this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
Champions that beat Sylas Jungle the most this patch, anywhere on the enemy team. Top ban targets.
Who Sylas Jungle wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Sylas's win rate this patch.
Sylas is also played in these other roles this patch.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Sylas's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.