Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
The Blitzcrank Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Blitzcrank sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sylas. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Sylas helps Blitzcrank perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Blitzcrank tries to synergize with Sylas, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This may indicate that Sylas does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played with Sylas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sylas.
Moreover, when Blitzcrank plays with Sylas on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Sylas does a decent job of protecting Blitzcrank during teamfights.
There is no ideal ally for Blitzcrank that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Sylas is a below average ally for Blitzcrank. By playing on the same team as Blitzcrank, he decreases their win rate by -2.8% to 48.8%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Blitzcrank and Sylas that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Sylas has a greater difficulty than Blitzcrank. That means you must be very careful when lining up Sylas allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by aligning Blitzcrank and Sylas together, you may not be providing your other allies very much attack damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Sylas ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to pair well with Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Blitzcrank and Sylas synergy build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Sylas than with most other common item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average winrate of 48.8% helping carry Sylas with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.
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