Sylas with Lucian
How to Synergize Sylas and Lucian
based on 8,163 Sylas with Lucian pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sylas Lucian Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Lucian
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 Lucian Will Play
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Sylas Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, 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 Lucian. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Lucian helps Sylas perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sylas plays on the same team as Lucian, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference could indicate that Lucian does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played together with Lucian on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Lucian.
Additionally, when Sylas plays with Lucian on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Lucian does a decent job of covering Sylas during team fights.
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Is Sylas better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no one best ally for Sylas that will always be his top teammate. However, Lucian is a not very good teammate for Sylas. By locking into the same side as Sylas, he lowers their win rate by -1.1% to 47.9%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Sylas and Lucian that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Lucian has a greater difficulty than Sylas. That means you should be careful when enlisting Lucian teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Sylas and Lucian together, you will not be providing your side enough crowd control. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Lucian ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to pair well with Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Sylas and Lucian synergy build consist of Cryptbloom, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Lucian than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when playing alongside Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Sylas and Lucian pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.9% winrate overall.
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