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Sylas vs Ryze

How often does Sylas beat Ryze in Top?

Sylas into Ryze in Top: 54% observed win rate across 56 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 133 gold.

Sylas at 15:00

Typical gap to Ryze, from 56 games that reached 15:00.

Does Sylas counter Ryze?

No counter here: Sylas sits at 54% over 56 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 Ryze: the Sylas game plan

Someone usually dies here around 5:21 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:32. 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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