Blitzcrank vs Sylas Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Support lane: Blitzcrank the tank/support hybrid, Sylas the mage/assassin hybrid. Over 524 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Blitzcrank closes out 45.8% of them. Sitting 4.2 points below the 50% line marks Sylas as a genuine problem pick for Blitzcrank.
Shared damage type here — mixed for Blitzcrank as well as Sylas. Starting health splits 600 to 600 in Blitzcrank’s favour, with armour at 37 against 29. That 8-point armour gap favours Blitzcrank in the first all-in. By level 18 that becomes 2453 health and 117 armour for Blitzcrank against 2674 and 117 for Sylas. There is a movement gap too: 325 for Blitzcrank, 340 for Sylas.
Both champions are melee (Blitzcrank at 125, Sylas at 175), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
A missed Static Field from Blitzcrank hands Sylas the window to land Kingslayer. Level six shifts things: Static Field on one side, Hijack on the other.
524 games sit behind that figure, and it moves whenever Blitzcrank or Sylas gets tuned.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Sylas has the statistical edge. Blitzcrank wins 45.8% of the recorded games.
45.8% from Blitzcrank's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
524 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Blitzcrank build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Blitzcrank build page.