Sylas vs Zed Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Jungle, this is Sylas versus Zed — a mage/assassin hybrid against a assassin. Over 914 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Sylas closes out 56.8% of them. Being 6.8 points clear of the 50% line makes Zed a favourable draw for Sylas.
Both champions are melee (Sylas at 175, Zed at 125), so the matchup is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Track Kingslayer on Sylas and Death Mark on Zed — the matchup swings on those two. Level six shifts things: Hijack on one side, Death Mark on the other. Note the resource bars too: Mana versus Energy.
One threat is magic (Sylas), the other physical (Zed), and their item paths diverge from there. Starting health splits 654 to 600 in Zed’s favour, with armour at 29 against 32. Sylas scales to 2674 health by 18 while Zed reaches 2337. Speed reads 340 to 345, handing Zed the better rotations.
Read 56.8% as a trend: 914 games is useful, not final.
FAQ
Yes — Sylas holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Sylas wins 56.8% of the recorded games.
56.8% from Sylas's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
914 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.