Sylas with Nocturne
How to Synergize Sylas and Nocturne
based on 6,242 Sylas with Nocturne pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sylas Nocturne Synergy Summary
Best Sylas vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Nocturne
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 Nocturne Will Play
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
Sylas Nocturne Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nocturne as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas Nocturne synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nocturne, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nocturne. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nocturne helps Sylas perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sylas is paired with Nocturne, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Nocturne supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played with Nocturne on the same side, 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 with Nocturne.
Moreover, when Sylas plays with Nocturne on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Nocturne does a decent job of protecting Sylas during teamfights.
Synergies between Sylas and Nocturne
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Is Sylas better when played alongside Nocturne?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Sylas that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, Nocturne is a fantastic teammate for Sylas. By locking into the same side as Sylas, he increases their win rate by 3.1% to 52.1%. This demonstrates that there is an important strategic relationship between Sylas and Nocturne that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Nocturne has a lower difficulty than Sylas. That means Sylas players don't need to be very careful when lining up Nocturne teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Sylas and Nocturne together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a lot of utility. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Nocturne ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Sylas to pair well with Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Sylas and Nocturne synergy build consist of Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Sylas included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Nocturne than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when playing alongside Nocturne with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Sylas players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
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