Sylas vs Shyvana Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Sylas is a mage/assassin hybrid, Shyvana a fighter/tank hybrid, and they meet in the jungle. Over 1,662 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Sylas closes out 57.0% of them. A 7.0-point edge is what puts this matchup in Sylas’s column.
Mismatched profiles here: magic on Sylas’s side, physical on Shyvana’s. Sylas opens on 600 health and 29 armour, Shyvana on 625 and 35. Early physical trades read in Shyvana’s favour thanks to 6 more armour. At full build levels the gap widens to 2674 HP versus 2240, favouring Sylas. Sylas walks at 340 and Shyvana at 350, so Shyvana dodges skillshots a fraction easier.
With both sitting in melee range (175 against 150), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
Sylas looks for Abscond / Abduct (E); Shyvana answers with Emberstrike (Q). Whoever spends Hijack or Dragon’s Descent first hands the other a window. Note the resource bars too: Mana versus Fury.
Stats for Shyvana in this matchup are recalculated automatically for Jungle.
FAQ
Yes — Sylas holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Sylas wins 57.0% of the recorded games.
57.0% from Sylas's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,662 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Sylas build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Sylas build page.