Champion sheet · Jungle

Sylas

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

43.0%#2 of 173 champions

Pick: 19.5%picked in 5,440 of 27,917 games
Ban: 23.5%5,329 bans over 22,710 games, against 21.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle51.0% between 49.4% and 52.7% over 2,516 gamesSoloQ 50.2%: no clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 26.9 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 92% of junglers.Map pressureCCDamage
With / againstBetter than expected against Zed in amateur play: +20.0 pts over 36 games, range above zero.+20.0 pt36 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.3%
SoloQ
3.6%
4.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
23.6%
SoloQ
21.2%
23.6% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 21.2% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
26.9 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 26.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror90% · 64,522

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 71,911

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 98% · 329 games

Core (3 legendaries)59% · 20,224

59%of soloQ games

Hextech Rocketbelt
Riftmaker
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Map pressure first: more map pressure than 92% of junglers.

Map pressuretop8%5.7 · junglers: 4.7
Crowd control (CC)top22%0.9 · junglers: 0.7
Team damagetop22%20% · junglers: 17%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Map pressure
CC
Damage

Like other junglers

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Invade

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 89 in lane, 74 in mid game and 57 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

417+33 vs 383

843+47 vs 796

1,078+22 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Sylasjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 52% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

5.7takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 89 of 100 among junglers417 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 74 of 100 among junglers843 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 57 of 100 among junglers1,078 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 54 of 100 among junglers+28 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 52 of 100 among junglers+74 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 92 of 100 among junglers5.7 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 49 of 100 among junglers845 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 36 of 100 among junglers51% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 69 of 100 among junglers22% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 31 of 100 among junglersrank 31 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 78 of 100 among junglers0.9 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 78 of 100 among junglers20% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 23 of 100 among junglers63 · median 66
Invade · rank 75 of 100 among junglers9% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Zed in amateur play: +20.0 pts over 36 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Nasus61.1% · expected 50.1% · 90 g+11.0 ptSoloQ +0.1

Camille60.3% · expected 48.2% · 63 g+12.1 ptSoloQ -0.3

Yone61.4% · expected 51.5% · 70 g+9.9 ptSoloQ -0.5

Sion58.4% · expected 51.5% · 125 g+6.9 ptSoloQ -0.6

Gnar57.4% · expected 52.5% · 61 g+4.9 ptSoloQ +2.3

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV56.0% · expected 52.5% · 182 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +1.0

Vi52.7% · expected 50.7% · 184 g+2.0 ptSoloQ -1.4

Sejuani59.3% · expected 53.4% · 54 g+5.9 ptSoloQ +3.1

Lillia50.0% · expected 47.5% · 64 g+2.5 ptSoloQ -0.2

Qiyana50.0% · expected 48.3% · 72 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -1.3

Midgap to expected

Zed63.9% · expected 43.9% · 36 g+20.0 ptSoloQ 0.0

Ahri53.9% · expected 48.9% · 141 g+5.0 ptSoloQ +2.5

Viktor54.5% · expected 50.6% · 167 g+3.9 ptSoloQ -0.6

Lissandra60.4% · expected 52.4% · 53 g+8.0 ptSoloQ +0.2

Ryze57.0% · expected 52.6% · 93 g+4.4 ptSoloQ -1.4

ADCgap to expected

Varus57.7% · expected 50.2% · 71 g+7.6 ptSoloQ -0.7

Miss Fortune58.9% · expected 51.7% · 73 g+7.2 ptSoloQ +2.8

Jhin56.9% · expected 53.4% · 181 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +0.4

Sivir57.0% · expected 52.1% · 100 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -1.6

Tristana54.3% · expected 51.0% · 116 g+3.3 ptSoloQ 0.0

Supportgap to expected

Yuumi60.9% · expected 49.9% · 64 g+11.1 ptSoloQ +2.4

Blitzcrank55.4% · expected 49.4% · 139 g+6.0 ptSoloQ +1.6

Seraphine53.6% · expected 50.0% · 183 g+3.6 ptSoloQ -0.1

Nautilus52.5% · expected 50.8% · 280 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +0.2

Lulu54.4% · expected 53.5% · 217 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +0.8

With

Topgap to expected

K'Sante54.0% · expected 49.0% · 124 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +0.1

Olaf60.0% · expected 54.1% · 95 g+5.9 ptSoloQ +1.0

Fiora62.2% · expected 51.5% · 37 g+10.6 ptSoloQ -0.2

Dr. Mundo53.5% · expected 48.0% · 86 g+5.5 ptSoloQ -2.4

Garen55.6% · expected 48.4% · 54 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -0.8

Midgap to expected

Orianna56.5% · expected 48.8% · 69 g+7.7 ptSoloQ +2.0

Irelia60.5% · expected 50.4% · 38 g+10.1 ptSoloQ -0.6

LeBlanc55.7% · expected 51.4% · 61 g+4.3 ptSoloQ -1.1

Viktor52.1% · expected 51.5% · 140 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +0.3

Twisted Fate55.6% · expected 52.4% · 54 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -0.4

ADCgap to expected

Yunara58.1% · expected 53.2% · 236 g+4.9 ptSoloQ +1.5

Caitlyn53.8% · expected 52.8% · 221 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +0.7

Ezreal49.2% · expected 47.8% · 177 g+1.4 ptSoloQ -0.5

Lucian51.7% · expected 50.2% · 143 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +0.6

Jinx53.6% · expected 52.9% · 183 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +0.9

Supportgap to expected

Yuumi60.8% · expected 52.2% · 74 g+8.6 ptSoloQ +0.6

Lulu52.3% · expected 48.5% · 241 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +1.0

Milio53.8% · expected 49.1% · 143 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +1.7

Neeko59.2% · expected 52.8% · 49 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -1.1

Leona51.0% · expected 49.9% · 145 g+1.1 ptSoloQ -1.0

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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