If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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 Draven 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, Draven sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sylas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Sylas helps Draven perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Draven plays on the same team as Sylas, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Sylas does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played alongside Sylas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Sylas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sylas.
Moreover, when Draven plays with Sylas on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Sylas does a decent job of covering Draven during teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Draven that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Sylas is a very typical ally for Draven. By locking into the same side as Draven, he decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 49.5%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Draven and Sylas that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Sylas has a much lower diffuclty than Draven. That means Draven players don't need to be very careful when finding Sylas comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Draven and Sylas together, you probably will not be giving your other allies much engage potential. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Sylas ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Draven in order to pair well with Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to include in your Draven and Sylas synergy build include Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Hubris. When Draven bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Sylas than with most other common builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 49.5% helping carry Sylas with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Draven and Sylas pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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