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Kassadin with Sylas

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How to Synergize Kassadin and Sylas

based on 387 Kassadin with Sylas pairs
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.45
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kassadin has gone into battle with Sylas in 387 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much accurate data directly from the developers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Kassadin play with Sylas. It is very rare for Kassadin to play with Sylas as allies. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 0.7% of matches with Kassadin.

Kassadin Sylas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kassadin does a poor job of fighting on the same side as Sylas. Typically, he wins an acceptable 48.8% of rounds the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Kassadin when playing alongside Sylas by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kassadin vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalTear of the Goddess

Core Kassadin Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassRod of Ages

Optional Items

Malignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kassadin to level upe
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Second ability for Kassadin to level upq
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Last skill for Kassadin to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Kassadin's passive ability p
Kassadin's q ability q
Kassadin's w ability w
Kassadin's e ability e
Kassadin's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
3
E
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Kassadin and Sylas

Tips for Playing as Kassadin with Sylas

Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.

Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.

Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.

Advice to Understand How Sylas Will Play

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.

Kassadin Sylas Synergy Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Sylas Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.7
5.3
< Deaths >
5.5
5.7
< Assists >
5.7
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
171
< Minions Killed >
170
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,707
< Physical Damage >
1,726
19,492
< Magic Damage >
20,251
568
< True Damage >
582
21,768
< Damage Dealt >
22,560
29,431
< Damage Taken >
29,444
11,955
< Gold Earned >
12,061
1.7
< Towers >
1.69
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,212
< Total Healing >
5,994
15,404
< Experience >
15,396
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
191
< Time Dealing CC >
187

How to Play with Sylas as Kassadin in LoL

The Kassadin 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, Kassadin sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sylas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sylas helps Kassadin perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kassadin is paired with Sylas, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Sylas does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played together 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 with Sylas.

Moreover, when Kassadin plays with Sylas on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Sylas does a decent job of covering Kassadin during team fights.

Synergies between Kassadin and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kassadin
Sylas

Is Kassadin better when played alongside Sylas?

There is no one best champion pairing for Kassadin that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Sylas is a not very good companion for Kassadin. By being on the same team as Kassadin, he decreases their win rate by -1.2% to 48.8%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Kassadin and Sylas that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Sylas has a much lower diffuclty than Kassadin. That means Kassadin players don't need to be very careful when lining up Sylas teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by bringing Kassadin and Sylas together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of sustained damage output. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Sylas ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin Sylas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kassadin and Sylas, we analyzed 387 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kassadin with Sylas comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Kassadin to synergize with Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to build first in your Kassadin and Sylas synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Sylas than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Sylas with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Sylas with Kassadin are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.