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Sylas Mid, 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 mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 50.6% win rate, 6.6% pick rate, 77,199 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. Sylas's soft spots are disengage and siege (3/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass, which holds a 54.7% win rate across 8,766 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 Xerath, where Sylas sits at just 40.9%, the lane swings the other way into Malphite (62.5%), and on the team side, Sylas gains the most from a Swain (+9.5% pair win rate).
Sylas's highest-volume core items and rune page this patch. Select the enemy composition above and the build re-optimizes for that exact matchup.
The picks Sylas Mid struggles into most this patch, sorted by your in-matchup win rate. These are your priority bans.
Champions whose presence raises Sylas's win rate most as Mid, by pair WR delta over Sylas's solo performance.
Best Top partners for Sylas
Best Jungle partners for Sylas
Best ADC partners for SylasSylas 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.
