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Brand vs Sylas

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How to Beat Sylas as Brand

based on 7,417 Brand vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Sylas as Brand came out of an evaluation of 7417 ranked games where both champs battled one another. This pairing is relatively rare. Brand has to counter Sylas in only 3.2% of his rounds.

Brand vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Brand has done a decent job of beating Sylas. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.9% of games the champions face one another in. In Brand against Sylas matches, Brand’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood. This implies that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Sylas.

Best Brand vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterZaz'Zak's RealmspikeStormsurge

Optional Items

CryptbloomVoid StaffRabadon's DeathcapShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
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Second ability for Brand to level upe
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Last skill for Brand to max outq

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Sylas

You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.

You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.

Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.

Advice to Win Against Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Brand vs Sylas Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Sylas Image
6
< Kills >
8.5
7.1
< Deaths >
7.5
9.1
< Assists >
6.5
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.93
62
< Minions Killed >
124
0.64
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.35
850
< Physical Damage >
587
22,413
< Magic Damage >
22,281
1,349
< True Damage >
815
24,612
< Damage Dealt >
23,684
25,283
< Damage Taken >
31,526
11,047
< Gold Earned >
11,634
1.52
< Towers >
1.42
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
6,018
< Total Healing >
7,819
12,849
< Experience >
13,873
36
< Vision Score >
20
14
< Wards Placed >
9
232
< Time Dealing CC >
275

How to Counter Sylas with Brand in LoL

The stats shown here feature several significant Brand versus Sylas counter stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sylas..

Brand normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Sylas. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Brand and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Sylas

Who is Better, Brand or Sylas?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when trying to fight Sylas, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a good counter to Sylas.

While Brand does have a higher winrate than Sylas, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Brand into Sylas.

Furthermore, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Sylas matchups, Brand is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Brand is a decent counter for Sylas. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Brand against Sylas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Brand

Brand Loses Against

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Brand Wins Against

ZeriZeri58.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee57.2% winrateXayahXayah55.8% winrateYuumiYuumi55.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

NilahNilah+ 55.4% 3348 GamesBardBard+ 55.5% 3915 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 56.1% 14071 GamesMaokaiMaokai+ 56.5% 6844 Games

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Brand, we analyzed 7,417 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Sylas as Brand comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Brand to counter Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand usually picks up less CS compared to Sylas. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Brand versus Sylas build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Brand incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Sylas than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Brand had an average winrate of 51.9% when playing against Sylas with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Sylas as Brand, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Brand vs Sylas battles, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.

If you want to see Brand versus Sylas tips and counter stats for a a specific division rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and build suggestions displayed are computed using every match with data with both champions.