Riven Mid
HardWin Rate43.1%
Games522
Champion Counters
Sylas Counters
Find Sylas counters, difficult matchups and champions Sylas performs well against.
Mid Patch 16.13.1 Updated Jul 2, 2026 op.gg data · 48h refresh
Weak Against10
Strong Against10
Best CounterRiven (43.1%)
Best MatchupMalphite (60.3%)
A Current tier: A Mid — view tier list
Weak Against — Champions That Counter Sylas
Win rate shown from Sylas's perspective — lower means a harder matchup.
Gwen Mid
HardWin Rate43.7%
Games701
Vex Mid
HardWin Rate44.0%
Games2,275
Taliyah Jungle
HardWin Rate44.1%
Games456
Swain Mid
HardWin Rate45.2%
Games857
Poppy Jungle
HardWin Rate45.5%
Games387
Quinn Jungle
HardWin Rate45.5%
Games560
Taliyah Mid
HardWin Rate45.9%
Games1,331
Strong Against — Champions Sylas Counters
Malphite Mid
EasyWin Rate60.3%
Games710
Shyvana Jungle
EasyWin Rate57.7%
Games2,949
Mel Mid
EasyWin Rate56.8%
Games1,226
Tristana Mid
EasyWin Rate56.3%
Games579
Maokai Jungle
EasyWin Rate56.1%
Games576
Malphite Jungle
EasyWin Rate55.6%
Games507
Sejuani Jungle
EasyWin Rate54.8%
Games1,112
Smolder Mid
EasyWin Rate54.7%
Games311
All Sylas Matchups
| Opponent | Role | Type | Win Rate | Games | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riven | Mid | Counter | 43.1% | 522 | Matchup |
| Gwen | Mid | Counter | 43.7% | 701 | Matchup |
| Vex | Mid | Counter | 44.0% | 2,275 | — |
| Taliyah | Jungle | Counter | 44.1% | 456 | Matchup |
| Swain | Mid | Counter | 45.2% | 857 | — |
| Poppy | Jungle | Counter | 45.5% | 387 | — |
| Quinn | Jungle | Counter | 45.5% | 560 | — |
| Taliyah | Mid | Counter | 45.9% | 1,331 | Matchup |
| Briar | Jungle | Counter | 46.1% | 2,547 | — |
| Elise | Jungle | Counter | 46.7% | 1,003 | — |
| Malphite | Mid | Favorable | 60.3% | 710 | Matchup |
| Shyvana | Jungle | Favorable | 57.7% | 2,949 | Matchup |
| Mel | Mid | Favorable | 56.8% | 1,226 | — |
| Tristana | Mid | Favorable | 56.3% | 579 | — |
| Maokai | Jungle | Favorable | 56.1% | 576 | — |
| Malphite | Jungle | Favorable | 55.6% | 507 | Matchup |
| Sejuani | Jungle | Favorable | 54.8% | 1,112 | — |
| Smolder | Mid | Favorable | 54.7% | 311 | Matchup |
| Locke | Jungle | Favorable | 54.4% | 984 | — |
| Irelia | Mid | Favorable | 53.6% | 1,646 | — |
How to Use Sylas Counter Data
This page tracks every meaningful Sylas counter in League of Legends for the MID role, built from real ranked matchup statistics rather than opinion. The toughest lane opponents at the moment are Taliyah, Ivern, Riven: against them Sylas posts its lowest win rates in the current data set. The single strongest counter is Taliyah, where Sylas wins just 42.7% of 365 recorded games. On the flip side, Sylas performs well into Smolder, Malphite, Malphite, making them safer picks to face.
Each card shows the win rate from Sylas’s perspective and the number of games behind it — a matchup with tens of thousands of games is far more trustworthy than one with a few hundred. The Easy/Even/Hard labels are computed from those win rates (below 48% reads as Hard, above 52% as Easy); they are a reading aid, not a separate source stat. Data comes from ranked games at Emerald rank and above across all regions, currently on patch 16.13.1, and refreshes automatically every 48 hours, so the numbers move with the meta. Counters are only half the picture: check the current Sylas build for the strongest items and runes, or the Sylas champion page for abilities and full details.
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Sylas Counters — FAQ
Riven is currently the strongest counter to Sylas — Sylas wins only 43.1% of 522 recorded games in that matchup. Other difficult opponents are listed in the Weak Against section above.
Sylas performs best against Malphite, winning 60.3% of those games — see the full Strong Against list above.
Automatically every 48 hours, from ranked games at Emerald rank and above across all regions (currently patch 16.13.1).
Yes — every matchup record carries the patch it was collected on, and the whole page refreshes with each data update, so the numbers always describe the current patch rather than an old meta.