Champion sheet · Mid

Sylas

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

33.3%#8 of 173 champions

Pick: 13.0%picked in 378 of 2,915 games
Ban: 20.3%432 bans over 2,127 games, against 19.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid54.5% between 48.7% and 60.1% over 202 gamesSoloQ 49.0%: no clear gap

Median length28.9 minsoloQ 27.5 min

Amateur: 2,915 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 233,241 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.LengthSpells
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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
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 Mid.

LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.9 min
SoloQ
27.5 min
Median of 28.9 min in amateur play, against 27.5 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
77%
SoloQ
68%
Played in 77% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (68%).

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

RunesConqueror55% · 8,961

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite68% · 11,054

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 77% · 209 games

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 59% · 23 games

Core (3 legendaries)30% · 1,759

30%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?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.