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How to Win Orianna vs Sylas Counter MatchupOrianna is in the b tier of champions

Orianna vs Sylas

How to Beat Sylas as Orianna in LoLOrianna is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sylas as Orianna

based on 1,755 Orianna vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL games that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Sylas as Orianna came out of an analysis of 1755 ranked matches where both champions engaged each other. This counter matchup is somewhat rare. Orianna is forced to battle against Sylas in only 3.3% of her rounds.

Orianna vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Orianna does a dismal job of beating Sylas. Typically, she wins a lowly 48.0% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Orianna versus Sylas games, Orianna’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, indicating that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Orianna vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteLost Chapter

Core Orianna Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

StormsurgeMalignanceLiandry's TormentSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Orianna to level upq
>
Second ability for Orianna to level upw
>
Last skill for Orianna to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Orianna's passive ability p
Orianna's q ability q
Orianna's w ability w
Orianna's e ability e
Orianna's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
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R
12
W
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W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Sylas as Orianna

Tips for Playing as Orianna against Sylas

Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.

Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.

Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

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!

Orianna vs Sylas Counter Stats

Orianna Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Sylas Image
5.4
< Kills >
8.3
6.2
< Deaths >
7
9.4
< Assists >
6.4
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.9
162
< Minions Killed >
123
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,131
< Physical Damage >
545
19,666
< Magic Damage >
21,359
297
< True Damage >
709
21,095
< Damage Dealt >
22,614
18,778
< Damage Taken >
30,407
11,038
< Gold Earned >
11,475
2.11
< Towers >
1.54
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
1,679
< Total Healing >
7,783
13,978
< Experience >
13,655
20
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
9
335
< Time Dealing CC >
277

How to Counter Sylas with Orianna in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some important Orianna vs. Sylas counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..

Orianna usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Sylas. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Orianna and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Orianna
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Orianna
Sylas

Who is Better, Orianna or Sylas?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when trying to fight Sylas, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Orianna makes a poor counter to Sylas.

While Orianna does have a lower winrate compared to Sylas, when they face off with one another, Orianna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Orianna into Sylasas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Orianna also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Orianna is a bad counter for Sylas. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Sylas.

Additional Information for Orianna Players

How We Calculated Our Orianna vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Orianna, we analyzed 1,755 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 Orianna 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Orianna to counter Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Orianna on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Sylas. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Orianna versus Sylas build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Sylas than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Orianna boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when playing against Sylas with this build.

To have the best chance of defeating Sylas as Orianna, Orianna players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Orianna vs Sylas fights, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Sylas as Orianna are given for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located above.