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Sylas vs Anivia

How often does Sylas beat Anivia in Top?

Sylas into Anivia in Top: 40% observed win rate across 45 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 99 gold.

Sylas at 15:00

Typical gap to Anivia, from 45 games that reached 15:00.

Does Sylas counter Anivia?

No counter here: Sylas sits at 40% over 45 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 Anivia: the Sylas game plan

Someone usually dies here around 4:34 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:31. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Sylas's Top build, with receipts

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.

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