Vex vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Vex
based on 2,508 Vex vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Vex
Advice to Win Against Sylas
Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.
Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!
Vex vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Vex in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Vex versus Sylas matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..
Vex often has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. On average, they takes less damage than Sylas. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Vex or Sylas?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vex usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Sylas, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Vex makes an ok counter for Sylas.
While Vex does have a higher winrate than Sylas, when facing one another, Vex also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vex into Sylas.
Moreover, Vex also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vex vs Sylas matchups, Vex is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Vex is a decent counter to Sylas. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vex against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vex to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sylas. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Vex versus Sylas build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Luden's Companion. When Vex incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better vs. Sylas than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vex boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Sylas with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Sylas as Vex, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Vex vs Sylas LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% winrate overall.
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