Champion sheet · Mid

Sylas

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

47.7%#2 of 173 champions

Pick: 23.3%picked in 4,303 of 18,499 games
Ban: 24.4%4,283 bans over 17,547 games, against 23.7% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid48.1% between 46.1% and 50.0% over 1,752 gamesSoloQ 47.9%: no clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 25.8 min

Amateur: 18,736 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 316,098 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 Mid.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 87% of mid laners.Map pressureSplit-push
With / againstBetter than expected against Ambessa in amateur play: +13.5 pts over 79 games, range above zero.+13.5 pt79 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
24.7%
SoloQ
23.7%
24.7% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 23.7% in soloQ over 123,725 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
25.8 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 25.8 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

RunesConqueror60% · 20,110

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport51% · 17,249

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 72% · 172 games

Core (3 legendaries)41% · 3,798

41%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 87% of mid laners.

Map pressuretop14%4.6 · mid laners: 3.2

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

What marks it

Map pressure
Split-push

Like other mid laners

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 91 in lane, 59 in mid game and 42 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

599+71 vs 528

927+28 vs 899

1,155-24 vs 1,179

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

Sylasmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 55% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

4.6takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 91 of 100 among mid laners599 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 59 of 100 among mid laners927 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 42 of 100 among mid laners1,155 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 42 of 100 among mid laners-44 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 45 of 100 among mid laners-43 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 87 of 100 among mid laners4.6 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 76 of 100 among mid laners815 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 26 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 73 of 100 among mid laners26% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 35 of 100 among mid lanersrank 35 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 69 of 100 among mid laners0.9 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 68 of 100 among mid laners23% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Ambessa in amateur play: +13.5 pts over 79 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

Ambessa62.0% · expected 48.6% · 79 g+13.5 ptSoloQ -2.6

Gnar60.8% · expected 49.0% · 51 g+11.8 ptSoloQ +0.8

K'Sante50.5% · expected 50.0% · 101 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +0.1

Mordekaiser50.0% · expected 46.8% · 52 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -0.7

Jayce54.5% · expected 49.7% · 33 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -0.2

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao56.3% · expected 47.8% · 71 g+8.5 ptSoloQ -0.6

Lillia54.9% · expected 45.2% · 51 g+9.7 ptSoloQ -2.2

Viego54.4% · expected 48.4% · 79 g+6.0 ptSoloQ +0.7

Nocturne57.4% · expected 50.4% · 54 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +1.6

Vi48.1% · expected 48.1% · 162 g+0.1 ptSoloQ +0.9

Midgap to expected

Lissandra59.3% · expected 49.9% · 118 g+9.4 ptSoloQ +4.0

Ahri49.2% · expected 45.3% · 199 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +0.6

Galio54.2% · expected 48.5% · 72 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -1.7

Locke55.3% · expected 50.6% · 38 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -0.4

Orianna52.6% · expected 51.9% · 78 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +0.8

ADCgap to expected

Kai'Sa54.8% · expected 47.6% · 146 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -0.3

Yunara50.9% · expected 45.8% · 163 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +0.7

Ashe49.6% · expected 45.6% · 119 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +1.6

Aphelios57.3% · expected 52.4% · 82 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -2.0

Jinx47.6% · expected 43.9% · 105 g+3.7 ptSoloQ -1.5

Supportgap to expected

Rell48.8% · expected 43.9% · 80 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -1.9

Nautilus50.5% · expected 49.3% · 194 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +0.9

Lulu51.9% · expected 50.2% · 156 g+1.7 ptSoloQ 0.0

Leona48.8% · expected 47.2% · 160 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +0.8

Thresh49.1% · expected 46.7% · 114 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -0.8

With

Topgap to expected

Camille60.0% · expected 50.3% · 55 g+9.7 ptSoloQ +1.9

Jax57.4% · expected 49.3% · 47 g+8.2 ptSoloQ -1.1

Malphite53.5% · expected 49.5% · 114 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +1.8

Ambessa52.1% · expected 47.6% · 94 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -1.4

K'Sante47.8% · expected 46.1% · 90 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +1.8

Junglegap to expected

Sejuani63.3% · expected 48.2% · 49 g+15.1 ptSoloQ +1.2

Nocturne54.1% · expected 45.7% · 61 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +1.1

Viego56.4% · expected 47.7% · 55 g+8.6 ptSoloQ -1.1

Cho'Gath58.7% · expected 49.7% · 46 g+9.0 ptSoloQ +0.5

Naafiri58.1% · expected 49.5% · 43 g+8.6 ptSoloQ -2.9

ADCgap to expected

Jinx63.5% · expected 52.2% · 104 g+11.2 ptSoloQ +0.2

Tristana55.2% · expected 46.6% · 67 g+8.6 ptSoloQ -1.1

Lucian53.8% · expected 47.6% · 93 g+6.1 ptSoloQ -1.2

Caitlyn54.3% · expected 50.2% · 151 g+4.1 ptSoloQ +0.6

Kai'Sa49.7% · expected 48.5% · 151 g+1.1 ptSoloQ -1.0

Supportgap to expected

Milio56.6% · expected 46.5% · 83 g+10.1 ptSoloQ -3.7

Lulu49.1% · expected 45.9% · 173 g+3.2 ptSoloQ 0.0

Blitzcrank53.6% · expected 48.9% · 97 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -1.0

Alistar53.1% · expected 49.1% · 81 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +0.9

Rakan51.4% · expected 47.8% · 74 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -1.9

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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