Sylas·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Sylas Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Scorch and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Lich Bane as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Cryptbloom. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 55.3% winrate over 45 016 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Sylas Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Second Wind with Unflinching in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Lich Bane, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Shadowflame as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Cryptbloom. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 54.1% win rate over 6 239 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Scorch with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Luden's Companion as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Lich Bane as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Cryptbloom. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 54.5% win rate across 4 265 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Sylas Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Second Wind with Unflinching as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Lich Bane as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Cryptbloom. The ability order for this build is W - E - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.3% win rate over 2 673 matches played.

Situational Sylas Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Sylas build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.