Champion sheet · Support

Sylas

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

43.0%#2 of 173 champions

Pick: 19.5%picked in 5,549 of 28,449 games
Ban: 23.5%5,441 bans over 23,178 games, against 21.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Support46.4% between 41.2% and 51.6% over 248 gamesSoloQ 47.2%: no clear gap

Median length28.9 minsoloQ 27.2 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itElectrocute, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 97% of supports.Map pressureDuelistDamage
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?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.4%
SoloQ
0.6%
0.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
23.6%
SoloQ
21.2%
23.6% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 21.2% in soloQ over 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.9 min
SoloQ
27.2 min
Median of 28.9 min in amateur play, against 27.2 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute83% · 10,167

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite90% · 11,089

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 84% · 26 games

Core (3 legendaries)12% · 231

12%of soloQ games

Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame

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 97% of supports.

Map pressuretop3%6.5 · supports: 4.5
Takes its kills in duelstop7%27% · supports: 17%
Team damagetop19%15% · supports: 9%

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

What marks it

Map pressure
Duelist
Damage

Like other supports

Damage in late game
Absorbs damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
Little CC
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 89 in lane, 77 in mid game and 73 in late game, out of 100 supports.

419+131 vs 288

529+188 vs 342

535+147 vs 388

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

Sylassupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 95% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

6.5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 89 of 100 among supports419 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 77 of 100 among supports529 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 73 of 100 among supports535 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 93 of 100 among supports+491 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 95 of 100 among supports+674 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 97 of 100 among supports6.5 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 58 of 100 among supports498 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 14 of 100 among supports47% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 93 of 100 among supports27% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 2 of 100 among supportsrank 2 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 22 of 100 among supports0.8 · median 1
Team damage · rank 81 of 100 among supports15% · median 9%

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.