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.
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
The Sylas Nautilus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nautilus, 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 Nautilus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Nautilus helps Sylas perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sylas tries to synergize with Nautilus, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Nautilus does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played with Nautilus 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 synergisticly with Nautilus.
Moreover, when Sylas plays with Nautilus on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Nautilus does a decent job of protecting Sylas in teamfights.
There is no one best ally for Sylas that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Nautilus is a not very good ally for Sylas. By locking into the same team as Sylas, he decreases their win rate by -2.5% to 46.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Sylas and Nautilus that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Nautilus has a greater difficulty than Sylas. That means Sylas players should be cautious when enlisting Nautilus allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by grouping Sylas and Nautilus together, you will not be granting your team very much AD. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Nautilus ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to pair well with Nautilus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Sylas and Nautilus synergy build consist of Cryptbloom, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when paired up with Nautilus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Sylas had an average winrate of 46.5% helping carry Nautilus with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, Sylas players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Sylas and Nautilus pairings, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.5% win rate overall.
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