Sylas vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Sylas
based on 5,426 Sylas vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Sylas vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several influential Sylas vs. Varus matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Sylas often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Varus
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Who is Better, Sylas or Varus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sylas usually wins when playing against Varus, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a good counter for Varus.
While Sylas does have a higher winrate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Sylas into Varus.
Additionally, Sylas has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This 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 Varus matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Sylas is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sylas against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas often racks up a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sylas versus Varus build include Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Sylas used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Varus than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Varus with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Varus as Sylas, Sylas players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Sylas vs Varus counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
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