Sylas·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Sylas Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Second Wind and Unflinching in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Rod of Ages as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Riftmaker. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Cosmic Drive. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 52.3% winrate over 4 918 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Sylas Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Scorch with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Hextech Rocketbelt, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Shadowflame as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 52.3% win rate over 1 412 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Scorch with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Rod of Ages as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Riftmaker as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 53.9% win rate across 829 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Sylas Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Second Wind with Unflinching as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blackfire Torch as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Riftmaker as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. The ability order for this build is W - E - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 54.0% win rate over 605 matches played.

Situational Sylas Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Sylas build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.