Sylas with Jax
How to Synergize Sylas and Jax
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Sylas Jax Synergy Summary
Best Sylas vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Jax
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Jax
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 Jax Will Play
Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage such as Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade.
Jax can Leap Strike to friendly units, including wards. You can use them to plan your escape.
Sylas Jax Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jax as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas Jax synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jax, 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 Jax. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Jax helps Sylas perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sylas plays on the same team as Jax, he gets a little increase in his total damage output. This change could signal that Jax supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played alongside Jax on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Jax. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Jax.
Moreover, when Sylas plays with Jax on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Jax does a decent job of covering Sylas in teamfights.
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Is Sylas better when played alongside Jax?
There is no one best companion for Sylas that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, overall, Jax is a very typical ally for Sylas. By playing on the same side as Sylas, he increases their win rate by 0.5% to 49.5%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Sylas and Jax that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Jax has a lower difficulty than Sylas. That means Sylas players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Jax teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, Sylas players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by grouping Sylas and Jax together, you will not be giving your other allies enough support. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Jax teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order to synergize with Jax during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to include in your Sylas and Jax synergy build consist of Cryptbloom, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Sylas included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Jax than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sylas had an average win rate of 49.5% helping carry Jax with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Sylas and Jax pairings, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Jax with Sylas are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.