Sylas vs Rammus
How to Beat Rammus as Sylas
based on 2,194 Sylas vs Rammus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Rammus Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Rammus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Rammus
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 Rammus
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
Sylas vs Rammus Counter Stats
How to Counter Rammus with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some vital Sylas versus Rammus counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rammus. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Sylas normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Rammus. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Rammus
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Who is Better, Sylas or Rammus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually loses when taking on Rammus, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a bad counter to Rammus.
While Sylas does have a lower winrate compared to Rammus, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sylas into Rammus.
Moreover, Sylas also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rammus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sylas is a somewhat poor counter to Rammus. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sylas against Rammus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to counter Rammus during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas on average gets much more CS relative to Rammus. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Sylas versus Rammus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Rammus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Rammus with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Rammus as Sylas, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Sylas vs Rammus counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.
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