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.
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
The Sylas Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Amumu. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Amumu helps Sylas perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sylas tries to synergize with Amumu, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Amumu provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played alongside Amumu on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Amumu.
Additionally, when Sylas plays with Amumu on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Amumu does a decent job of covering Sylas in team fights.
There is no top champion pairing for Sylas that will always be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Amumu is a very typical ally for Sylas. By locking into the same side as Sylas, he improves their win rate by 0.7% to 49.7%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Sylas and Amumu that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Amumu has a lower difficulty than Sylas. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Amumu allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, Sylas players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Sylas and Amumu together, you will not be giving your side much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Amumu ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Sylas in order to work well with Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to get in your Sylas and Amumu synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Sylas used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Amumu than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when playing alongside Amumu with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Sylas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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