Sylas

The Unshackled

Mage / Assassin · Mana · Melee

About

Sylas, the Unshackled, is a mage and assassin champion who uses Mana as a resource and attacks at melee range. Their kit focuses on magic damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 5 out of 10: a champion of medium difficulty.

Compared with other champions, Sylas starts with average HP (600), average armor (29) and average move speed (340). Attack range is 175 units.

Sylas has 9 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack3

Defense4

Magic8

Difficulty5

Abilities

Passive · Petricite Burst
After casting a spell, Sylas stores a charge of Petricite Burst. Sylas's basic attacks will expend a charge and whirl his energized chains around him dealing bonus magic damage to enemies hit. While Sylas has a charge of Petricite Burst, he gains attack speed.
Q · Chain Lash
Sylas lashes his chains out, intersecting at his targeted location dealing damage to and slowing enemies. After a delay, magical energy explodes from the intersection point dealing damage.
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6s · Cost: 55
W · Kingslayer
Sylas lunges at an enemy with magical force dealing damage and healing himself against enemy champions.
Cooldown: 12/10.5/9/7.5/6s · Cost: 50/60/70/80/90
E · Abscond / Abduct
Sylas dashes to a location. Sylas can recast the ability to throw his chains out, pulling himself to an enemy he hits.
Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9s · Cost: 65
R (Ultimate) · Hijack
Sylas steals the enemy's ultimate ability and can cast it freely.
Cooldown: 80/55/30s · Cost: 75

Tips for playing Sylas

Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.

Tips for playing against Sylas

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!
Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Base stats

HP: 600 (+122 per level)
Mana: 400 (+70 per level)
Armor: 29 (+5.2 per level)
Magic resist: 32 (+2.55 per level)
Attack damage: 61
Attack speed: 0.645 (+3.5 per level)
Move speed: 340
Range: 175

Lore

Raised in one of Demacia's lesser quarters, Sylas of Dregbourne has come to symbolize the darker side of the Great City. As a boy, his ability to root out hidden sorcery caught the attention of the notorious mageseekers, who eventually imprisoned him for turning those same powers against them. Having now broken free, Sylas lives as a hardened revolutionary, using the magic of those around him to destroy the kingdom he once served… and his band of outcast mage followers seems to grow by the day.