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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Sylas Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Kai'Sa

based on 5,400 Kai'Sa vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Sylas as Kai'Sa resulted from an examination of 5400 ranked games where both champions fought one another. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Kai'Sa fights Sylas in only 3.4% of her matches.

Kai'Sa vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a poor job of beating Sylas. On average, she wins a lowly 48.0% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Kai'Sa versus Sylas matches, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Kai'Sa vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
TerminusKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassBloodthirsterStormsurgeGuardian Angel

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Sylas

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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!

Kai'Sa vs Sylas Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Sylas Image
7.8
< Kills >
8.1
6.4
< Deaths >
7.2
6.4
< Assists >
6.7
1.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.82
177
< Minions Killed >
123
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.41
12,408
< Physical Damage >
461
8,081
< Magic Damage >
21,237
406
< True Damage >
793
20,896
< Damage Dealt >
22,491
19,684
< Damage Taken >
30,223
12,415
< Gold Earned >
11,411
2.1
< Towers >
1.59
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,159
< Total Healing >
7,800
12,621
< Experience >
13,553
17
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
9
44
< Time Dealing CC >
278

How to Counter Sylas with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some influential Kai'Sa vs. Sylas matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..

Kai'Sa normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Sylas. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Sylas

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Sylas?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when trying to fight Sylas, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Sylas.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower win rate than Sylas, when on opposite teams, Kai'Sa also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kai'Sa into Sylas.

Moreover, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Kai'Sa is a garbage counter for Sylas. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Sylas.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 5,400 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 Kai'Sa 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Sylas. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Kai'Sa versus Sylas build include Terminus, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Sylas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 48.0% battling Sylas with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Sylas as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Kai'Sa vs Sylas LoL games, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% win rate overall.

If you want to get Kai'Sa vs Sylas tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and guides shown are computed using every game played with these champions.