Sylas vs Anivia in Mid lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: her R is her real 1v1 threat and she can drag it out until she's out of mana. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDSYLASthe Unshackled

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDANIVIAthe Cryophoenix

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect her ult

Her R is strong in a 1v1 and she'll keep it up as long as she wants until she's OOM — respect it once it's online.

Kill at 5

If she has no ignite, all-in at level 5 — don't be afraid, you can kill her there.

Long early CD

Her ult is weak early only because the cooldown is long, so punish the windows when it's down.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never commit the level-5 all-in if she's holding ignite — you won't finish the kill.

Runes

PRECISION

RESOLVEuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 50% WR - 693 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

MAXW→E→Q

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