Sylas with Akshan
How to Synergize Sylas and Akshan
based on 1,218 Sylas with Akshan pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sylas Akshan Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Akshan
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Akshan
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 Understand How Akshan Will Play
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Sylas Akshan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akshan as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas Akshan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akshan, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Sylas sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akshan. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Akshan helps Sylas perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sylas is an ally to Akshan, he observes a little drop in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Akshan does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that their allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played alongside Akshan on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Akshan.
Additionally, when Sylas plays with Akshan on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Akshan does a poor job of covering Sylas during team fights.
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Is Sylas better when played alongside Akshan?
There is no perfect synergy for Sylas that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. However, Akshan is a very typical ally for Sylas. By locking into the same team as Sylas, they decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 48.0%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Sylas and Akshan that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Akshan has a much lower diffuclty than Sylas. That means Sylas players don't need to be cautious when lining up Akshan comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Sylas and Akshan together, you probably will not be giving your side enough attack damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Akshan teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Sylas in order to work well with Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to use in your Sylas and Akshan synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Sylas included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Akshan than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, Sylas players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Sylas and Akshan pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% win rate overall.
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