Sylas vs Rengar
How to Beat Rengar as Sylas
based on 4,397 Sylas vs Rengar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Rengar Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Rengar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Rengar
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 Rengar
Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.
Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.
Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.
Sylas vs Rengar Counter Stats
How to Counter Rengar with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Sylas versus Rengar matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rengar..
Sylas normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Rengar. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Rengar
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Who is Better, Sylas or Rengar?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually fairs equally well when taking on Rengar, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes an ok counter to Rengar.
While Sylas does have a higher winrate than Rengar, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sylas into Rengar.
Additionally, Sylas has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rengar. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Rengar matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Sylas is a decent counter for Rengar. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sylas against Rengar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order to counter Rengar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas on average picks up more CS as Rengar. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sylas versus Rengar build include Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Sylas used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Rengar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Rengar with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Rengar as Sylas, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Sylas vs Rengar LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rengar as Sylas are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.