Sylas icon
Akali icon

Sylas vs Akali

Watch how pro and Challenger players actually play Sylas into Akali in real ranked games, not a guide. Every VOD carries the build, the runes and a timeline you can jump through.

Watch the games

Sylas vs Akali at a glance

Ranked record In line

Across 3,160 NA and EUW ranked games in mid lane, Sylas wins 50.1% against Akali, in line with the 48.7% Sylas wins in that role overall.

VOD library Favoured

In our library of 15 high-elo VODs (latest patch 26.21), Sylas won 53% against Akali and averaged 7.6/7.4/5.5.

Pro build

The most played Sylas setup into Akali takes Conqueror (Precision and Resolve) and builds Stormsurge, Shadowflame and Zhonya's Hourglass. It shows up in 4 of 15 games with a 75% win rate. The main alternative also takes Conqueror but runs Cut Down (2 games).

Solo kills by level

A solo kill is a kill on the lane opponent with no assist. The bars over each champion above count them by champion level, from 3,160 NA and EUW ranked games in mid lane; the amber marks are where that champion's kills usually fall.

Sylas's solo kills on Akali Fewer kills Later

Sylas gets 1.5 solo kills per game against Akali, fewer than the 1.7 Sylas averages in mid lane, and 32% of them come before level 6, later than the usual 34%.

Akali's solo kills on Sylas More kills Earlier

Akali gets 1.9 solo kills per game against Sylas, more than the 1.7 Akali averages in mid lane, and 30% of them come before level 6, earlier than the usual 18%.

How ranked players build Sylas into Akali

From 3,160 NA and EUW ranked games of this matchup in mid lane, every rank.

Gold at 15 minutes −339 gold

Akali is 339 gold ahead of Sylas at 15 minutes on average, across 3,160 ranked games of Sylas into Akali.

Most common ranked build

3,160 ranked games · 50% win rate
Runes
ConquerorConquerorPresence of MindPresence of MindLegend: HasteLegend: HasteLast StandLast StandSecond WindSecond WindUnflinchingUnflinching Precision / Resolve
Spells
FlashFlashIgniteIgnite
Starting items
Doran's RingDoran's RingDoran's ShieldDoran's Shield
Boots
Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
Core items
Hextech RocketbeltHextech RocketbeltRiftmakerRiftmakerZhonya's HourglassZhonya's Hourglass
Max order
W → E → Q

Pick and win rates

Keystones
  • Electrocute 53% of games · 50% win rate
  • Conqueror 44% of games · 50% win rate
Starting items
  • Doran's Ring 92% of games · 50% win rate
  • Doran's Shield 6% of games · 47% win rate
Boots
  • Sorcerer's Shoes 56% of games · 51% win rate
  • Ionian Boots of Lucidity 19% of games · 50% win rate
  • Mercury's Treads 16% of games · 52% win rate
First item
  • Hextech Rocketbelt 63% of games · 49% win rate
  • Lich Bane 21% of games · 54% win rate
  • Stormsurge 3% of games
Item paths
  1. Hextech Rocketbelt Riftmaker Zhonya's Hourglass 12% of games · 53% win rate
  2. Hextech Rocketbelt Shadowflame Zhonya's Hourglass 8% of games · 54% win rate
  3. Lich Bane Shadowflame Zhonya's Hourglass 5% of games · 55% win rate

How they built Sylas into Akali

Taken from the 15 VODs on this page, patch 26.19–26.21.

Most played setup

4 of 15 games · 75% win rate
Runes
ConquerorConquerorPresence of MindPresence of MindLegend: HasteLegend: HasteLast StandLast StandSecond WindSecond WindOvergrowthOvergrowth Precision / Resolve
Core items
StormsurgeStormsurgeShadowflameShadowflameZhonya's HourglassZhonya's Hourglass

Alternative setup

2 of 15 games · 100% win rate
Runes
ConquerorConquerorPresence of MindPresence of MindLegend: HasteLegend: HasteCut DownCut DownSecond WindSecond WindOvergrowthOvergrowth Precision / Resolve
Core items
Hextech RocketbeltHextech RocketbeltRiftmakerRiftmaker

Streamers who play Sylas

Every streamer in the library with ranked Sylas games, most games first. Each links to their VODs on MID.GG.

All streamers

Common questions about Sylas vs Akali

Who wins Sylas vs Akali?

Sylas wins 50.1% of 3,160 NA and EUW ranked games against Akali in mid lane, against 48.7% in that role overall. In the 15 high-elo VODs on MID.GG, Sylas won 53%.

What should Sylas build against Akali?

The most-played setup is the Conqueror rune page, taken in 4 of the 15 high-elo VODs on MID.GG, with Stormsurge, Shadowflame and Zhonya's Hourglass as its most common core items.

Latest Sylas vs Akali games

The most recent games in this matchup, newest first.

15 VODs
  • Defeat Caedrel Master Sylasvs Akali7/9/3K / D / A Patch 26.21 MidWatch in the app
  • Victory Caedrel Master Sylasvs Akali9/7/10K / D / A Patch 26.21 MidWatch in the app
  • Defeat BZ_EUW Challenger Sylasvs Akali5/6/4K / D / A Patch 26.21 MidWatch in the app
  • Victory velja_lol Grandmaster Sylasvs Akali6/2/2K / D / A Patch 26.20 MidWatch in the app
  • Victory dunlol Grandmaster Sylasvs Akali8/7/8K / D / A Patch 26.20 MidWatch in the app
  • Defeat BZ_EUW Grandmaster Sylasvs Akali12/10/8K / D / A Patch 26.19 MidWatch in the app
  • Defeat drututt Master Sylasvs Akali6/11/4K / D / A Patch 26.19 MidWatch in the app
  • Victory Pobelter Master Sylasvs Akali12/4/11K / D / A Patch 26.19 MidWatch in the app
  • Defeat xDavemon Master Sylasvs Akali5/9/1K / D / A Patch 26.19 MidWatch in the app
  • Defeat BZ_EUW Grandmaster Sylasvs Akali0/9/4K / D / A Patch 26.18 MidWatch in the app
New in MID.GG

Win Sylas vs Akali with MID.GG

  • Matchup win rates, builds and runes by rank and region
  • Enemy spells, gold and CS benchmarks on top of your game
  • High-elo streamers playing this matchup, every game searchable
All Sylas matchups
Free · Windows and macOS · no account needed
MID.GG overlays on a League of Legends game