Sylas

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Comp identity — Mid / Jungle

Leans Catch — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Catchnatural · 60%
Attackworkable · 40%
Splitforced · 20%
Sylas creates the picks that turn games into 4v5s. Enough Attack and Split sits in the kit to fight front-to-back when the enemy forces it. Kingslayer (W) heals off the target's missing health, so sustain scales up the lower the enemy's HP is (execute-adjacent heal).

Kit quirks

Kingslayer (W) heals off the target's missing health, so sustain scales up the lower the enemy's HP is (execute-adjacent heal)
E (Abscond/Abduct) is a two-part dash: reposition first, then optionally return with a stunning chain-whip that knocks the target airborne
Ultimate steals the enemy's actual ultimate for up to 90s, converting AD ratios to AP scaling when needed

How Sylas actually performs in ranked solo queue · 254 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Mid47% WR · 117.0 games
Jungle49% WR · 88.0 games
Support47% WR · 23.9 games
Top50% WR · 21.2 games
Bot52% WR · 3.6 games

Strongest duos

Best matchups

No favored matchups recorded.

Hardest matchups

SyndraMid-4%

Lee SinJungle-1%

Dragons & win rate

Win rate when Sylas's team secured at least one of each drake, next to the all-champion rate in that same state. Teams that take dragons are usually already ahead, so every champ wins more with them — the honest read is the gap, i.e. whether Sylas beats the average team that also has the drake. Single-drake samples are thin; treat small counts as suggestive.

Ocean55%vs 63% avg-8pp51g

Infernal67%vs 60% avg+7pp46g

Cloud58%vs 60% avg-2pp38g

Chemtech58%vs 62% avg-4pp36g

Hextech61%vs 62% avg-1pp31g

Mountain (Earth)61%vs 59% avg+2pp31g

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Sylas — The Unshackled

Class: Burst, Skirmisher
Resource: Mana
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Middle
Released: 2019-01-25 (V9.2)
Last changed: V26.20
Price: 1,575 BE · 790 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	600	+122	2674
Health regen (per 5s)	9	+0.9	24.3
Mana	400	+70	1590
Mana regen (per 5s)	8	+0.8	21.6
Armor	29	+5.2	117.4
Magic resist	32	+2.55	75.35
Attack damage	61	+3	112
Attack speed	0.645	+3.5%	1.029
Attack speed ratio	0.645
Attack range	175
Movement speed	340

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 525
Selection height: 135
Selection radius: 100
Pathing radius: 35
Attack cast time (s): 0.26
Attack total time (s): 1.55
Attack delay offset: -0.0995

ARAM: damage dealt ×1.05 · damage taken ×1

URF: damage dealt ×0.95 · damage taken ×1

Abilities

Passive

Petricite Burst

Effect radius: 300

Innate: Whenever Sylas casts an ability, he generates a stack of Unshackled for 4 seconds, refreshing on subsequent casts and stacking up to 3 times.

Unshackled: Sylas' next basic attack gains 125% bonus attack speed and is empowered to have an uncancellable windup and consume a stack to whirl his chains around him, dealing 130% AD (+ 30% AP) magic damage to the primary target and 40% AD (+ 20% AP) magic damage to nearby enemies.

Unshackled deals 115% damage to monsters, and executes minions that are secondary targets and would be left below 25 health.

Petricite Burst can critically strike for (175% + 30%) damage only against the primary target.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: SelfDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Not BlockedParries: See Notes

Notes (9)

If Unshackled has less than 0.5 seconds remaining and Sylas begins an attack, its duration will refresh to 1 second to prevent it from expiring during the windup.
Spellblade damage does not get converted to magic damage, and will deal its damage only to the primary target.
Applies basic damage to the primary target and area damage to secondary targets.
Unshackled stacks are granted at the end of the abilities' cast time.
Petricite Burst's damage cannot critically strike against secondary targets.
Petricite Burst only applies on-hit effects to the primary target.
Petricite Burst attacks benefit from life steal.
Petricite Burst can be dodged, blocked, or missed while Sylas is blinded as the primary target but not as a secondary target.
Petricite Burst's damage incorrectly critically strikes for (175% + 30%) damage rather than (200% + 30%).(bug)

Chain Lash

Cost: 55 ManaCooldown: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6Cast time: 0.4Target range: 50 • 775Effect radius: 180 • 200

Active: Sylas lashes out two chains that converge to the target location and extend beyond it up to a maximum range, dealing magic damage to enemies hit and slowing them for 1.5 seconds.

Magic Damage: 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (+ 40% AP)
Slow: 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35%

After a 0.6-second delay, the chains' intersection explodes to deal magic damage to enemies within, reduced to 40% against minions.

Magic Damage: 60 / 115 / 170 / 225 / 280 (+ 80% AP)
Total Magic Damage: 100 / 175 / 250 / 325 / 400 (+ 120% AP)
Minion Damage: 24 / 46 / 68 / 90 / 112 (+ 32% AP)
Total Minion Damage: 64 / 106 / 148 / 190 / 232 (+ 72% AP)

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (clamped)Affects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Not Blocked

Notes (1)

The detonation's effect radius center is placed at the intersection between the chains from the initial cast, meaning a max range cast can create a detonation that reaches further than the chains do.

Kingslayer

Cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 ManaCooldown: 12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6Cast time: noneTarget range: 400Queue threshold: 0.5

Active: Sylas dashes to the front of the target enemy's location then strikes them to deal magic damage.

Magic Damage: 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 (+ 60% AP)

If this damages a champion, Sylas is also healed, increased by 0% – 100% (based on his missing health).

Minimum Heal: 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+ 30% AP) (+ 5% of his bonus health)
Maximum Heal: 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 (+ 60% AP) (+ 10% of his bonus health)

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: MagicMinion Aggro: DrawnSpell shield: BlockedGrounded: DisabledKnockdown: Interrupted

Notes (4)

The damage will be dealt if the dash completed uninterrupted, and regardless of how far the target's location is at the end of the dash.
Sylas will heal even if the target champion dies before the dash is completed.
The only exception is if the target becomes untargetable, in which case Kingslayer will have no effect.
Kingslayer's cast generates an additional stack of Hail of Blades despite the ability not resetting his basic attack timer.(bug)

Map-specific differences (3)

Minimum heal AP ratio changed to 20% AP.
Maximum heal AP ratio changed to 40% AP.
Cooldown changed to 13 / 11.5 / 10 / 8.5 / 7 seconds.

Abscond

Cost: 65 ManaCooldown: 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9Cast time: noneTarget range: 400Speed: 1450

Active: Sylas dashes to the target location. Within 3.5 seconds, he can cast Abduct after a 0.2-second delay from casting Abscond.

Kingslayer can be cast during the dash.

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (clamped)Affects: SelfGrounded: DisabledKnockdown: Interrupted

Notes (1)

No additional details.

Abduct

Cast time: 0.25Range: 950 • 790Width: 120Speed: 2500 - 400 • 1800

Active: Sylas whips out his chains in the target direction that deal magic damage to the first enemy hit and reveal and stun them for 0.5 seconds. Upon hitting the target, Sylas dashes to their location and knocks them up for 0.5 seconds upon arrival.

Magic Damage: 80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+ 80% AP)

Sylas is unable to cast Chain Lash while the chains are in flight.

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: BlockedGrounded: DisabledKnockdown: Interrupted

Notes (9)

Abduct counts as an ability activation for the purposes of on-cast effects such as Spellblade and triggering Force Pulse's passive.
Sylas will not dash to his target if the chains are blocked by spell shield.
The target will be revealed for 2 seconds if the dash is interrupted.
Abduct will still apply the knock up if the target is untargetable by the end of the dash.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the start of the cast time.
Sylas is unable to perform actions while dashing to the target, and becomes able to again after 0.05 seconds of the dash ending.
Sylas will not dash to the target hit if he is channeling or dashing from a Hijacked ability.
Abduct will not apply the knock up when this happens.
If the chains connect before a pre-channel cast time is complete then Sylas will dash to the target and the ability will cancel.

Hijack

Cost: 75 ManaCooldown: 80 / 55 / 30Cast time: 0.25Target range: 950Speed: 2200On-target cooldown: 200% of target's base ultimate cooldown

Active: Sylas launches his chains at the target enemy champion, gaining a copy of their ultimate ability and revealing them for 0.825 seconds. Sylas cannot select the same champion again for a set duration, and can hold the hijacked ultimate for up to 90 seconds, during which he can recast Hijack.

Recast: Sylas casts his hijacked ultimate ability at no cost, scaling based on Hijack's rank and his own statistics.

Hijacked ultimates and abilities that do not scale with ability power have their attack damage ratios converted to ability power ratios, scaling with 0.6% AP per 1% total AD, and 0.4% AP per 1% bonus AD respectively.

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to castAffects: Self, EnemiesSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (101)

Petricite Burst's stack from casting Hijack is given after Sylas receives the Hijacked ability.
Hijack's per target cooldown is indicated by a ring under recently targetted enemy champions, and is only visible to Sylas and each individual enemy.
If Sylas casts Hijack on a clone, no ultimate is stolen and the ability will be placed on full cooldown.
The same does not occur for champions within a zombie state.
Clones do not copy Hijack's target cooldown indicator, potentially revealing them to Sylas.
Neeko's Inherent Glamour does not hide her personal cooldown indicator, nor does she copy her allies'.
If the target becomes untargetable, dies, or is too far away or no longer in sight during the cast time, this ability will cancel but does not go on cooldown nor pay its cost (if applicable).
If the same happens when casting an on-target stolen ability, the ability will instead cancel and go on cooldown.
If Hijack is intercepted by Braum's Unbreakable, Sylas will gain a copy of Glacial Fissure instead and an on-target cooldown will be applied to him.
If Braum has an on-target cooldown on him (by being previously Hijacked) upon interception, no ultimate will be stolen.
Since the copied ability scales based on Hijack's rank, abilities can be copied regardless of their rank.
Hijack will copy all passives, actives and recast effects of the stolen ability. Hijack will not trigger the effects of other abilities unless absolutely necessary.
Shape-shifting ultimates will transform Sylas into the target's alternate form, replacing his basic abilities and base stats. Namely: Cougar Form, Spider Form, Cannon Form and Dragon Form.
Dragon's Descent transforms Sylas' mana, into Shyvana's fury, being able to replenishing it by basic attacking. At the end of the effect, Sylas gains his previous mana.
Dragon's Descent does not refresh ability cooldowns upon transforming.
Spider Form freezes Sylas' original cooldowns on their current values, causing them to not come off cooldown during Spider Form. (bug)
Upon transforming back from Cannon Form, Sylas' next basic attack deals Transform Mercury Hammer's bonus magic damage and uses his critical strike animation.
Transforming into Cannon Form with more than 2 stacks of Unshackled and then casting Hypercharge will limit its effect until the currently held Unshackled stacks are spent. (bug)
Transforming into Cougar Form with more than 2 stacks of Unshackled and then casting Takedown will disable Takedown's effect until the buff timer runs out. (bug)
Permanent transformations last for ~5 minutes or until toggled off.
The alternate abilities of transforming champions will cost mana and scale with the ranks as appropriate for the ability (e.g. ranks in R for Nidalee and ranks in Q/W/E for Jayce/Elise).
Upon transforming, a Petricite Burst stack will be deducted.
Petricite Burst stacks will still be gained from abilities cast in alternate forms, but the stacks are gained independently from the normal ones.
If Sylas has both normal and transformed stacks, Petricite Burst will prioritize consuming Sylas stacks before the transformed ones.
Ultimates comply with One for All rules if an ally is playing the hijacked champion. For example, an allied Darius' Hemorrhage stacks will increase the damage of the hijacked Noxian Guillotine; or an allied Syndra's Dark Sphere will add extra damage to a hijacked Unleashed Power as well as producing 3 spheres that she can use.
Ahri's Spirit Rush - Gains a charge upon scoring a champion takedown within 3 seconds of damaging them.
Annie's Summon: Tibbers - Grants passive Magic penetration while holding onto Summon: Tibbers and while Tibbers is alive.
Akshan's Comeuppance - Sylas can cast Abscond, but doing so ends the channel prematurely. If Comeuppance is cast after Abduct but before the chains hit a target, Sylas isn't pulled to the target and the channel continues as usual.
Amumu's Curse of the Sad Mummy - Does not apply Cursed Touch.
Aphelios' Moonlight Vigil - Based on the main weapon at the moment of steal.
Crescendum empowers his basic attacks temporarily.
Calibrum does not apply marks.
Severum grants a shield if healed while at full health.
Ashe's Enchanted Crystal Arrow - Does not apply Frost Shot to secondary targets.
Aurora's Between Worlds - Realm Hopper buff scales with Kingslayer's rank.
Brand's Pyroclasm - Does not apply stacks of Blaze.
Cho'Gath's Feast - Gains permanent Feast stacks on-kill.
Corki's Missile Barrage - Gains max charges.
Darius' Noxian Guillotine - Does not apply a stack of Hemorrhage. Upon gaining a reset from a rank 3 Noxian Guillotine, Sylas can hold onto the ability for up to 300 seconds.
Fiora's Grand Challenge - Gains movement speed in the effect and deals bonus Vitals true damage and can trigger the area healing.
Galio's Hero's Entrance - Gives Sylas and allies Shield of Durand's magic shield, based on Kingslayer rank.
Gangplank's Cannon Barrage - Does not steal cannon upgrades.
Gnar's GNAR! - Gains a usable ultimate regardless of cast on Mini Gnar or Mega Gnar.
Gwen's Needlework - Does not apply A Thousand Cuts.
Heimerdinger's UPGRADE!!! - Sylas's basic abilities are replaced with Heimerdinger's empowered abilities. The upgrade buff lasts until the ultimate can be stolen again.
Illaoi's Leap of Faith - Does not reduce cooldown of Kingslayer.
Irelia's Vanguard's Edge - Applies marks of Bladesurge.
Jax's Grandmaster-at-Arms - Applies magic damage on-hit while holding onto Grandmaster-at-Arms and while it is active.
Kassadin's Riftwalk - Only provides one use.
Kai'Sa's Killer Instinct - Sylas' basic attacks, Abduct and nearby allies' immobilizations apply stacks of Plasma, up to 4. Sylas is unable to apply the 5th stack necessary to expunge the stacks.
Kalista's Fate's Call - Only castable with a link (purchasable in the Shop for 0 gold).
Karma's Mantra - Sylas' basic abilities are replaced with Karma's empowered abilities, according to Sylas' own ability ranks (including Hijack for Mantra bonuses).
Katarina's Death Lotus - Can be cast without a target.
Kayn's Umbral Trespass - Based on current form ( Shadow Assassin / Rhaast).
Kha'Zix's Void Assault - Can steal the ability's evolution bonus effects.
Kennen's Slicing Maelstrom - Applies Mark of the Storm.
Kled's Chaaaaaaaarge!!! - Does not need mount to cast.
Kog'Maw's Living Artillery - Only provides one use.
LeBlanc's Mimic - Uses the empowered version of LeBlanc's last cast basic ability. Mimic Sigil of Malice does not apply its mark. If she has not cast any abilities, Mimic Sigil of Malice is copied.
Leona's Solar Flare - Does not apply Sunlight.
Lillia's Lilting Lullaby - Sylas' abilities apply Dream-Laden Bough's debuff, which does not deal its damage over time.
Lucian's The Culling - Can cast Abscond and Abduct freely during the channel.
Lux's Final Spark - Does not apply Illumination.
Master Yi's Highlander - Takedowns reduce basic ability cooldowns while holding onto Highlander and while it is active.
Mel's Golden Eclipse - Sylas' basic attacks and abilities apply stacks of Overwhelm, which will execute targets below the threshold.
Mordekaiser's Realm of Death - Can join the dimension of outgoing realms if cast in the proper range (does not extend their duration).
Nasus' Fury of the Sands - Does not reduce cooldown of Chain Lash.
Neeko's Inherent Glamour - Always steals Pop Blossom, regardless of the champion Neeko is disguised as.
Orianna's Command: Shockwave - Cast on self without a Ball.
Pantheon's Grand Starfall - Spear damage scales with Chain Lash's rank.
Quinn's Behind Enemy Lines - Does not cast Skystrike upon attacking an enemy champion. It can be casted manually however.
Rengar's Thrill of the Hunt - Sylas will gain Unseen Predator on his next attack.
Renekton's Dominus - Grants Sylas 20 mana on cast and then 5 mana per second (up to 75 total mana over the duration).
Rek'Sai's Void Rush - Sylas' attacks against enemy champions will apply a mark which can be used to cast the ability.
Riven's Blade of the Exile - Grants AD based on Sylas' AP on cast and grants him 75 bonus attack range for his auto attacks aswell for Chain Lash and Kingslayer.
Samira's Inferno Trigger - Can use without a Grade.
Seraphine's Encore - Allies do not gain Notes.
Shaco's Hallucinate - Creates a Sylas Clone that also copies Sylas' stolen ultimate indicator. The clone behaves like a Shaco clone, being able to Backstab, apply Two-Shiv Poison's slow scaling with Abscond rank, and summoning mini-boxes that deal damage based on Hijack rank.
Shyvana's Dragon's Descent - Has a 200 second base cooldown.
Skarner's Impale - Can freely cast abilities during the suppression, but cannot basic attack or Flash.
Sylas' Hijack - Steals the ability that the enemy Sylas has stolen. Cannot be targeted if no ability has been stolen.
Syndra's Unleashed Power - Throws a minimum of 3 spheres, which are left on the ground afterwards and vanish after 6 seconds.
Talon's Shadow Assault - Does not apply Blade's End.
Tahm Kench's Devour - Sylas' basic attacks apply An Acquired Taste, allowing him to cast Devour on enemies.
Teemo's Noxious Trap - Gains max charges.
Tristana's Buster Shot - Always has 525 cast range as Sylas does not benefit from Draw a Bead's per-level cast range increase.
Twitch's Spray and Pray - Gains 300 attack range and his attacks produce missiles that travel 850 range. These attacks are classified as melee.
Udyr - Steals Wingborne Storm, and can recast to Awaken it. Effects are based on Hijack's rank.
Urgot's Fear Beyond Death - Can cast Kingslayer during the recast.
Varus' Chain of Corruption - Applies stacks of Blight to targets hit that can be detonated by Sylas' other abilities, dealing damage based on Kingslayer rank.
Vayne's Final Hour - Gains the AD and MS bonuses. Additionally, Sylas gains invisibility when he casts Chain Lash.
Vel'Koz's Life Form Disintegration Ray - Does not apply Organic Deconstruction.
Viego's Sovereign's Domination - Always steals Heartbreaker, regardless of the champion Viego is possessing.
Viktor's Arcane Storm - If Viktor has augmented the ability, Sylas' hijacked version will also have the augment's effects.
Xayah's Featherstorm - Feathers do not interact with an ally or enemy Xayah.
Yasuo's Last Breath - Critical strikes ignore 60% of the target's bonus armor after activation.
Yunara's Transcend One's Self - Grants Cultivation of Spirit's active effects, but no other bonuses.
Yuumi's Final Chapter - Can freely cast abilities during the channel.
Zac's Let's Bounce! - Cannot declare attacks nor use any abilities nor while bouncing. Sylas does not create chunks.
Zeri's Lightning Crash - Can gain Overcharge's effects and refresh it on basic attacks (even without being charged) and abilities.
Zed's Death Mark - Shadow does not mimic abilities but can be reactivated to swap places.

Map-specific differences (4)

Sylas can only hold the hijacked ultimate for up to 90 seconds or until the round ends.
Enemy ultimate cooldown is refreshed each round.
If the target of a hijacked Realm of Death dies while inside of it, Sylas will keep their partial stats permanently.(bug)
If Sylas uses another hijacked Realm of Death, he will lose the previous stats and gain the new target's partial stats instead.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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