MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Sylas vs Akali
How often does Sylas beat Akali in Top?
Sylas into Akali in Top: 50% observed win rate across 236 ranked games.
Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.
By 15 minutes the median game has Sylas behind by 542 gold.
Sylas at 15:00
- Gold: -542
- CS: -18
- XP: -535
Typical gap to Akali, from 235 games that reached 15:00.
Does Sylas counter Akali?
No counter here: Sylas sits at 50% over 236 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.
Beating Akali: the Sylas game plan
A gold lead at 10:00 puts Sylas at 56% across 84 games. Flip the lead and Sylas falls to 47% across 152.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead in gold at 10:00 | 56% | 84 |
| Behind in gold at 10:00 | 47% | 152 |
| First blood | 53% | 91 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 56% | 75 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 65% | 51 |
Someone usually dies here around 4:14 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:36. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Sylas's Top build, with receipts
Into Akali specifically, Sylas finishes Hextech Rocketbelt first most often: 47.8% over 67 games of this matchup.
The most-finished Sylas core is Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass: 60.1% across 869 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Hextech Rocketbelt (4,327 games).
Skill plan: Sylas players max W first and take E at level 1.