Sylas vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Sylas
based on 1,738 Sylas vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Heimerdinger
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Advice to Win Against Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Sylas vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several strategic Sylas against Heimerdinger matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Heimerdinger..
Sylas usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Sylas or Heimerdinger?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sylas usually loses when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Sylas makes a poor counter for Heimerdinger.
While Sylas does have a lower winrate than Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Sylas also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Sylas into Heimerdinger.
Moreover, Sylas has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Sylas is a terribly counter to Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sylas against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas often picks up a similar amount of CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Sylas versus Heimerdinger build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Sylas incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Heimerdinger than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sylas had an average winrate of 48.0% when playing against Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Heimerdinger as Sylas, Sylas players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Sylas vs Heimerdinger clashes, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Heimerdinger as Sylas are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.