Champion sheet · Jungle

Sylas

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

32.9%#9 of 173 champions

Pick: 12.2%picked in 855 of 6,991 games
Ban: 20.7%717 bans over 3,461 games, against 19.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle55.3% between 50.9% and 59.7% over 338 gamesSoloQ 51.0%: no clear gap

Median length28.5 minsoloQ 27.2 min

Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 346,746 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 92% of junglers.Map pressureCCDamage
With / againstBetter than expected against Jarvan IV in amateur play: +13.5 pts over 36 games, range above zero.+13.5 pt36 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.3%
SoloQ
3.3%
2.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.3% in soloQ.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.5 min
SoloQ
27.2 min
Median of 28.5 min in amateur play, against 27.2 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror91% · 23,381

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 25,688

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 98% · 58 games

Core (3 legendaries)56% · 6,946

56%of soloQ games

Hextech Rocketbelt
Riftmaker
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Map pressure first: more map pressure than 92% of junglers.

Map pressuretop8%5.7 · junglers: 4.7
Crowd control (CC)top22%0.9 · junglers: 0.7
Team damagetop22%20% · junglers: 17%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Map pressure
CC
Damage

Like other junglers

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Invade

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 89 in lane, 74 in mid game and 57 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

417+33 vs 383

843+47 vs 796

1,078+22 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Sylasjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 52% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

5.7takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 89 of 100 among junglers417 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 74 of 100 among junglers843 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 57 of 100 among junglers1,078 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 54 of 100 among junglers+28 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 52 of 100 among junglers+74 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 92 of 100 among junglers5.7 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 49 of 100 among junglers845 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 36 of 100 among junglers51% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 69 of 100 among junglers22% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 31 of 100 among junglersrank 31 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 78 of 100 among junglers0.9 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 78 of 100 among junglers20% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 23 of 100 among junglers63 · median 66
Invade · rank 75 of 100 among junglers9% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Jarvan IV in amateur play: +13.5 pts over 36 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV69.4% · expected 56.0% · 36 g+13.5 ptSoloQ +1.0

Wukong61.5% · expected 55.3% · 39 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -1.4

Midgap to expected

Viktor62.5% · expected 54.9% · 32 g+7.6 ptSoloQ -0.9

Ahri55.3% · expected 54.6% · 38 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +4.4

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara73.5% · expected 57.2% · 34 g+16.3 ptSoloQ +0.6

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus72.2% · expected 58.4% · 36 g+13.8 ptSoloQ -1.4

Milio61.3% · expected 54.4% · 31 g+6.9 ptSoloQ +1.3

Matchups and allies

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