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Sylas vs Graves

What is Sylas's win rate vs Graves?

In Mid, Sylas wins 48% against Graves across 48 observed 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 278 gold.

Sylas at 15:00

Typical gap to Graves, from 48 games that reached 15:00.

Does Sylas counter Graves?

Too close to call. Sylas sits at 48% over 48 games, so neither pick counters the other here. The lane goes to whoever wins the spots below, like the gold lead at 10:00 or staying alive until 15:00, so play for those and let the pick argument go.

How to beat Graves as Sylas

The median first death in this lane comes at 3:30; the level 6 spike lands around 5:36. Respect the all-in window until your spike is online.

What does Sylas build in Mid?

The most-finished Sylas core is Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass: 56.5% across 7,372 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 (39,657 games).

Skill plan: Sylas players max W first and take E at level 1.

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