Rank 1 SYLAS NA's ULTIMATE Guide!

Build Overview

This will be your main page, although I do change into Domination secondary with Sudden + Relentless If I think I do not need Second Wind in the matchup (like vs most Melee's).

Standard starting items.

Lucids will be your choice 80% of the time, honestly I even rush it with Conq since pure AH is VERY important with you especially early game.

Always get a Dark Seal in first backs If you can, Alternator is a good alternative option as well If you have exact 1100 gold.

Rocket is core no matter what you do, it's by far the best first item. Zhonya vs Shadow depends but you will always get more value with Zhonya, ESPECIALLY If you're ahead. Rift is good as well but ONLY vs a lot of bruisers/tanks, If your priority is to kill the squishy adc that game then you want pure damage.

All of these items are viable and good. Rabadon should be in your final build no matter what. Banshee only If they have multiple APs OR they have important spells you need to block, like Syndra, Blitz, etc... also really good If youre ahead. Abyssal and Randuins is a MUST if you're already ahead, your game plan now is to not die as you already have enough damage and these 2 are the best tank items for Sylas. Rift and Cosmic is good as second item usually with Conq but rarely better then Zhonya, I can only see it being better vs a comp where the fight will drag for multiple minutes, or where you have a Swain R type of ults, which is rare currently but it's still good.

TP is bad this season, always Ignite.

This is the most common Skill Order for Conq Sylas, you get most value with W max as you want to spam with this rune to get the most of it. 2 points on early Q helps with wave push and early damage as W doesn't matter as much before lvl9 unless you're ahead. However I Q -> W or Q -> E or even W -> Q max is still good but those are very specific and I only would do Q -> W and W -> Q vs Bruisers in general because you usually fist fight them, rare for mid lane. Q -> E max with Conq still isn't bad If enemy comp is Conq pref but matchup might be farm heavy, then I would opt into Q but most melee's you'll probably fight, which is where you take Conq mainly anyway.

Build Overview

This is your main Domination tree. Secondary is full aggressive but is the most rewarding. Some games it's actually good to go DH instead of Electrocute as well, but mainly in games you're vs a squishy but you think it's either a FREE matchup so you don't need Elec's early power OR it's a FARM matchup where you can still scale. The difference between both is Elec helps a lot with bad matchups, like LB, Ryze, etc... and DH scales like a monster where Elec falls off hard after 30+ mins.

Standard starting items.

Sorcs will be your main choice but it still depends, If they have the same mid/jungle damage source, then you go the boot that counters them. Otherwise Sorc always main as you want damage.

Always get a Dark Seal in first backs If you can, Alternator is a good alternative option as well If you have exact 1100 gold.

Rocket is core no matter what you do, it's by far the best first item. Zhonya vs Shadow depends but you will always get more value with Zhonya, ESPECIALLY If you're ahead.

All of these items are viable and good. Rabadon should be in your final build no matter what. Banshee only If they have multiple APs OR they have important spells you need to block, like Syndra, Blitz, etc... also really good If youre ahead. Abyssal and Randuins is a MUST if you're already ahead, your game plan now is to not die as you already have enough damage and these 2 are the best tank items for Sylas.

TP is bad this season, always Ignite.

With Elec you mainly do Q -> E max but W -> E is not the worst either. Q max just works best because it lets you match vs mages and their push and you can control your mana a lot better as Q's mana does not go up with levels.