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.
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
The Sylas Gragas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gragas, 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 Gragas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gragas helps Sylas perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sylas is an ally to Gragas, he sees a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This change may signal that Gragas does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played together with Gragas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Gragas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gragas.
Moreover, when Sylas plays with Gragas on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Gragas does a decent job of protecting Sylas in teamfights.
There is no one best ally for Sylas that will always be his best synergy. Yet, Gragas is a very typical teammate for Sylas. By being on the same side as Sylas, he improves their win rate by 0.4% to 49.4%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Sylas and Gragas that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Gragas has a lower difficulty than Sylas. That means Sylas players don't need to be careful when arranging Gragas allies to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by aligning Sylas and Gragas together, you may not be granting your side a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Gragas ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Sylas in order to pair well with Gragas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Sylas and Gragas synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Sylas incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Gragas than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gragas with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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