What are the best runes for Sylas Mid?

Conqueror in Precision with Resolve secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (47.5% win rate).

What is the best build for Sylas?

Rush Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker and Zhonya's Hourglass. It wins 49.4% of Mid games on patch 26.20.

Is Sylas good on patch 26.20?

Sylas has a 48.7% win rate in Mid this patch, which makes it a strong pick.

Ekko, Yasuo, Ahri 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 48.7% win rate across 8,258 games (5.6% pick rate, 18.2% ban rate). Sylas is an early-game champion (50.3% before 25 minutes) that wants to close games out before it falls off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

48.7%

Pick

5.6%

Ban

18.2%

Games

8,258

Region

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

Summoner Spells

// The build · 49.4% win ratevs 48.7% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start48.6%−0.1

First back

Core · in order49.4%+0.7

The whole build

Boots50.2%+1.5

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

47.5% 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 min50.3%

25-30 min48.4%

30-35 min47.5%

35-40 min49.5%

40+ min43.2%

42%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

51.4%

48.7%

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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 49.4% of Mid games; Conqueror is the keystone of choice; most players max W → E → Q.