Run Bone Plating so you can trade back into his E: never take a raw E while it's down.

Matchups › Akali › vs Sylas

Akali vs Sylas

YOU · MID

ENEMY · MID

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 EasyTake Ignite

How to play it

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Bait his W

Never take a raw Kingslayer: force his E out first so he can't E-dodge your Q, then the trade favours you.

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Snowball post-6

Levels 6-7 usually feel much easier: if you built a lead levels 1-3 and didn't throw it, you just keep winning.

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Kite with your range

You out-range him with your Q passive: kite him instead of sitting in his face.

Never burn ignite before he uses his W in an all-in: you waste the anti-heal on nothing.

Runes

DOMINATION

RESOLVE

SHARDS

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

→

16.14 Emerald+ - 49% WR - 3.7k games

Skill order

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
		W											W	W		W	W
	E							E	E		E	E
					R					R					R

MAX

Q→

E→

Akali · Mid · Patch 26.17 · Ranked Solo · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Akali vs Sylas in Mid lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: don't let him raw W you, bait his E out first, then his Kingslayer trade flips in your favour.