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Everything for Sylas Top on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Sylas's win conditions.
Sylas is an AP assassin in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 51.2% win rate, 1.2% pick rate, 13,540 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 56.4% win rate across 1,341 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Nidalee, where Sylas sits at just 43.1%, the lane swings the other way into Malphite (58.0%), and on the team side, Sylas gains the most from a Neeko (+11.4% pair win rate).
Most-played core build and runes for Sylas Top this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
Sylas Top's worst matchups on patch 16.11, ranked by how often they win the lane. Ban these to smooth the game out.
Champions whose presence raises Sylas's win rate most as Top, by pair WR delta over Sylas's solo performance.
Best Jungle partners for Sylas
Best Mid 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.
