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Sylas vs Zed

You playSylas

Tier 349% win#20 mid

Sylas full build

An even matchup

50.2%

3,512 games across 3 sites, up to 1.9 points apart

AgainstZed

49% win#10 midTier 2

Zed full build
50.2%49.7%

How to play it

Be careful of Zed’s Living Shadow (W) – Razor Shuriken (Q) pokes. Focus on farming lane and engage once your abilities come off cooldown. Maintain your Conqueror stacks up when engaging combat.

Lane tip from this patch's games, play aggressive

Against your usual Sylas

Same as usual: keystone, spells, start, boots, core, max order

Full build into Zed

Mid lane, this patch's games

Start

Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion

50.2% win96% pick

Spells

FlashIgnite

49.9% win79% pick

Runes

ConquerorPresence of MindLegend: HasteLast StandUnflinchingSecond WindAdaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

45.3% win24% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

49.3% win47% pick

Core

Hextech RocketbeltRiftmakerZhonya's Hourglass

47.4% win25% pick

Skills

FirstEWQ

MaxWEQ

Sample A50.0%943 games
Sample B51.8%1,445 games
Sample C49.9%1,124 games−300 gold at 15
See this lane as Zed

Sylas's easiest lanes

Sylas's win rate. Rare opponents rank lower.

  1. Malphite426 games59.3%
  2. Syndra3,045 games51.6%
  3. Orianna2,133 games51.8%
  4. Ryze918 games52.9%
  5. Lissandra2,323 games51.4%

Sylas's hardest lanes

Sylas's win rate. Rare opponents rank lower.

  1. Zoe889 games42.3%
  2. Swain468 games41.7%
  3. Aurora926 games43.5%
  4. Azir521 games43.1%
  5. Pantheon490 games43.4%

Who beats Zed

Their win rate into Zed. Rare opponents rank lower.

  1. Malphite1,369 games55.8%
  2. Akshan1,085 games55.7%
  3. Anivia1,038 games54.7%
  4. Pantheon560 games55.7%
  5. Annie884 games54.8%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.