What are the best runes for Sylas Mid?

Conqueror in Precision with Resolve secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (45.9% win rate).

What is the best build for Sylas?

Rush Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker and Zhonya's Hourglass. It wins 53.8% of Mid games on patch 26.20.

Is Sylas good on patch 26.20?

Sylas has a 47.7% win rate in Mid this patch, which makes it a strong pick.

Yasuo, Yone, Zed are among the strongest counters to Sylas Mid this patch, by ranked win rate.

Sylas build

Mid · patch 26.20

Sylas is currently a strong Mid pick on patch 26.20, holding a 47.7% win rate across 6,044 games (7.9% pick rate, 18.4% ban rate). It scales well, its win rate climbs to 47.2% in games past 40 minutes, so playing for the late game pays off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

47.7%

Pick

7.9%

Ban

18.4%

Games

6,044

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 53.8% win ratevs 47.7% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start48.1%+0.4

First back

Core · in order53.8%+6.1

The whole build

Boots49.4%+1.7

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

45.9% win rate

Precision

Resolve

Skill Order

Max order:

W→

E→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min46.2%

25-30 min46.7%

30-35 min49.7%

35-40 min49.4%

40+ min47.2%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

46.2%

50.5%

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// Matchups · who beats SylasAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Doran's Ring, Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker and Zhonya's Hourglass; this core wins 53.8% of Mid games; Conqueror is the keystone of choice; most players max W → E → Q.