Sylas vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Sylas
based on 14,084 Sylas vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Sylas vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Sylas against Jhin counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jhin’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..
Sylas usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Jhin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Jhin
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Who is Better, Sylas or Jhin?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sylas usually loses when playing against Jhin, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a poor counter to Jhin.
While Sylas does have a lower winrate than Jhin, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Sylas into Jhin.
Furthermore, Sylas also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Jhin matchups, Jhin 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 somewhat poor counter to Jhin. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sylas against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order to counter Jhin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Jhin. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Sylas versus Jhin build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Sylas bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Jhin than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sylas had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Jhin with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Jhin as Sylas, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Sylas vs Jhin fights, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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