Leona vs Sylas Counter Pick

Sylas in the support role brings a 175 unit attack range, magic damage and Hijack, an ultimate that steals whatever the enemy team has. Against Leona that plan meets a 55.3% win rate over 568 games on patch 16.13.1, an Easy grade for the Radiant Dawn.

• Stolen tools favor her. Solar Flare is a strong ultimate to hand over, but Sylas has 29 base armor and 600 base health, so casting it means standing where Shield of Daybreak can answer.
• Kingslayer needs health gaps. Its healing applies against champions, and Leona’s 43 armor rising to 124.6 slows the rate at which those gaps open.
• Chain Lash is delayed. The explosion follows the initial lash, giving Eclipse a clean window to absorb the second half.

Sylas scales harder of the two, reaching 2,674 health at level 18 against 2,363, and Abscond into Abduct places a dash and a pull on the same button. Petricite Burst also punishes anyone standing beside him after a cast, which is exactly where an engage tank ends up. His 61 base attack damage and 340 movement speed give him a genuine dueling floor, and Kingslayer’s lunge covers ground that a 175 unit attack range would not. Difficulty ratings of 5 and 4 leave little between them on execution, so the fight is usually decided by which support lands crowd control first.