How Chovy Hit Rank 1 KR With a 70% WR on Sylas

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[@SILVTOP]

The best part about playing sylas is watching teemo walk through a field of mushrooms you created.

[@samuel-ry7eh]

That has to be the worst feeling ever as teemo

[@puppetmaskerr]

@@samuel-ry7eh good

[@robertasvaicius4437]

*OUR* mushroom field

[@alta0512]

teemo players deserve it

[@rascal7054]

SERIOUSLY.

[@thatasianwaiter4559]

6:45 The way he disrespects and just stares at lee sin after rooting him like "What you gonna do now?" 😂😂😂

[@Nothing78787]

Same with Samria at the end 😂😂😂

[@bloomd6320]

"Sylas has a weak laning phase" *Proceeds to showing him easily solo killing opponents pre 6*

[@PossibleTango]

@@DragonRuffian i play him all the time and he's one of the easiest to get kills with in lane pre-6 due to his healing, 2 dashes, healing and slow.

[@newtestament8889]

@@PossibleTango no offence dude but u re max plat???we re talking generally about the champion and the fact is that he is weak early compared to other champs

[@PossibleTango]

@@newtestament8889 he has some hard match ups but you can literally see him being played in korean challenger doing good in lane. if you hit all his shit it's insane damage but if you miss then you get cucked.

[@newtestament8889]

@@PossibleTango the montage here is from rank 1 player so even if u give him soraka mid he will be decent...I like sylas and I play him but his early game against poke range is awful...

[@newtestament8889]

@@PossibleTango compared to my yone or yasuo who also have weak early but their kit plus the 2ndary second wind gives sou some counter play

[@sevenaries]

The way he plays around cooldowns is just beautiful

[@hamdude3738]

12:15 Man he predicted ezreal's E with the Q explosion, so clean.

[@rexbeljohnmendoza9760]

I have fought against many sylas since I got back playing LoL again after a few years of busy life. I sometimes watch your vids to counter some heroes that I don't have or is not familiar to me. Thanks for your vids! Helps me a lot ☺️

[@cultivator117]

9:07 look at the Darius build lol 🤣

[@Cruncix]

typical korea 1/8 troll go next

[@Shades879]

btw for anyone curious about the song at 10:30 its Unknown Brain - War Zone (ft. M.I.M.E. Took me a day to find it. hope you appreciate

[@TechnoBacon55]

i recommend the app "shazam"

[@photonfrost]

Thanks for the awesome video! I mained Sylas for a good while and then just kinda took a break from boredom. Despite playing him for so long, I NEVER knew you could ult mid e2. Maybe I'll pick him up again to abuse that. Thanks again, and stay well!

[@Jerano]

I love videos on a pro player in particular, thank you for the great work ❤

[@jayyaudio]

Dobby: Let's wrap up with a montage Me: Wait the clips before wasn't considered a montage?

[@mercury7314]

lmao, I just started playing Sylas two days ago. This video came right on time

[@r4vfps]

9:20 “Zhonya’s will buy enough time for another w” Enemy darius:I can buy enough time for another game!

[@IcarusOOT]

Considering I've been playing Sylas since just about his release, this video helps since he's really high skill cap and you can always improve

[@sandortojzan5409]

Commenting here for the algorithm. Gonna keep doing it until 100K :) It's kinda strange how I didn't have this video on my recommended. Despite the fact that not only do I watch every one of your videos but also leave a comment as well. I've just had your Irelia video pop up out of nowhere and was like "Huh, it's been a while since I last checked out this channel, let's see if there is something new". KZbin be pretty weird sometimes. Ok, I know I've talked about this a lot but goddamn, even Chovy is playing a high mobility assassin now, lol (the guy whose favorite champs are Cassiopeia, Zoe and Galio, at least according to Leaguepedia). But still, him having a 70% winrate Sylas is nothing to sneeze at, and no OP champion will carry you this much. Realistically I could see him having around 60% on a balanced or weak champion, which would still be insanely impressive. I just wish that the ult stealing ability wouldn't have ended up on an unhealthy and impossible to balance champ like Sylas, but it is what it is. As for the actual strategies, they're pretty damn interesting, not gonna lie. The W-E-Q skill order is something I've seen used by Hashinshin out of all people, and for the most part I can see why maxing E second would be so valuable (it's more impactful than Q in fights, so it's much better to reduce the CD on E instead). Also that thing he did with the Tristana at 1:54 is absolutely not a Sylas specific tip, but something you can apply to a lot of different champions (I do it regularly with Swain and Senna, for instance). You should always try to use your hardest to hit skillshot when the enemy has limited space to move, which was shown perfectly in that clip, since the Tristana could only dodge backwards around her tower, while if she would be in the middle of the lane with a bunch of minions and full HP, she would have much more options. Another thing to note there is that Chovy used his Q first before throwing out the E, which is something I would also recommend since that tiny slow could sometimes be the difference between a hit or a miss. Oh and btw, thanks for saying that Sylas clearly needs to be nerfed! I just love it when educational channels like you or SkillCapped go like "yeah, we're here to focus on breaking down players and how to play good buuuuut this champ should probably not be able to do this...". Makes Riot balancing seem like a bunch of clowns, lol.

[@hepsima]

Always great content from this channel👍🏻. The highest quality league videos

[@gabrielc.fernandez2489]

Hey! Thankss! I've been waiting for this!

[@emovewier1122]

I just started playing Sylas recently and I was already doing some of the things he was doing but I'm going to adopt some of the things he does. I didn't expect Sylas to be as fun as he is until recently.

[@Nadestorms]

Thanks Dobby. Inspired me to play Sylas again, was my favorite champ on release. The electrocute E shield sylas was insanely broken

[@gabriel1700]

Good quality and good work ty Dobby 👍

[@Vega01]

oh dang! ik from the title this'll be good.

[@Vega01]

@무죄티비 ayo im learning hangul rn ill come back to this in like a couple weeks okay?

[@user-mn3iy1rl4c]

@@Vega01 ok

[@Vega01]

@@user-mn3iy1rl4c dammit the bot deleted it :(

[@v3.121]

Something really good to do with any champ is, when you know your about to hit lvl 6 before the enemy go in just about the minion that's going to give you lvl 6 is about to die and get lvl 6 mid fight

[@Heinek_en]

It's interesting that against poke lanes he doesn't go corrupt potion like people would normally do, he buys dark seal and refill potions

[@hawadoh]

offence is best defence

[@Mhmmz]

Sidelane tp roam help scales dark ring early & can upgrade refil to corrupt.

[@irazmar3583]

Nobody does actually, you are very late Pussies goes doran's ring and other goes seal

[@aleno525]

Chovy is just insane with his mechanics

[@amielalegre106]

My favorite outplay of his was when his sylas outplayed fakers akali. Im suprised that play isnt that popular cause its so clean.

[@anhphan1191]

Ikr, just pure mechanic.

[@dovydas1900]

Love your videos, keep it up!

[@ncrranger6327]

Most of it isn't even knowledge, he's just mad skilled. Fricking amazing player

[@Holasoyfelipesochao]

mad skills + knowledge for optimal ability input (including using R and playing around matchups)

[@anhphan1191]

Commenting for the algorithm. Love the content mate ^^

[@kaiba7756]

"that should clearly be nerfed" too bad he has a prestige skin next patch XD

[@nxusemperor2945]

11:05 my favourite part

[@moritzkittner8639]

Nice Video! I would love a Viktor Tips and Tricks video!

[@ktk0perry]

I've been spamming Sylas as wel so this video came as a present! Every game is so versatile due to his ult

[@OrnnsMightyRam]

I never thought about the engage with W then escape with E. Also being able to time E(2) to dodge cc is a really helpful trick.

[@rayanebch4526]

Thank you so much Dobby i was waiting for it impatiently

[@sohanharidas9369]

Dint know you could dodge stuns with e2 and ult in e2's animation, nice!

[@navia810]

Same here, absolutely loved him. Sadly he might get nerfed

[@sohanharidas9369]

@@navia810 ay bro great champ, super fun, but definitely needs nerf 😂

[@ricardoramos4137]

It's not that the passive autos are too quick to flash, they are literally uncancellable, like Camille's Q. Great video!

[@Sutokid]

thanks dobby and translator for informative compact video's

[@barik9604]

Thanks for another genius video :)

[@ejevsjissvhee8559]

Love your videos bro 💜

[@kaze8930]

3:05 ‘being able to secure kills makes a world of difference’ Meanwhile *Baus dying for the 6th time under 10 mins with 0 kills* : guys we got the cannon it’s a gud defh :D

[@KawaiiKatarina]

"Clearly needs to be nerfed." That was salty.

[@bloomd6320]

but true, obviously.

[@KawaiiKatarina]

@@bloomd6320 That's the thing though, it's not. The current standard of balance is to have a champion at or around 50% win rate, which Sylas is at. If they are exactly on 50%, that means they are perfectly balanced whether people like it or not. I personally have champions I hate with a passion that are under 50% and actually need buffs to my disbelief, but everything is based on statistics and if they say Sylas is balanced, it means Riot will not touch him.

[@bloomd6320]

@@KawaiiKatarina That's not an argument. Highly mechanical champions will always have lower win rates than easier champs. Fiddle and hecarim have been the highest for so long but I wouldn't call them straight broken (they're still S tier). Sylas goes beyond that in the hands of anyone who can pilot him. If riot looks at win rates to determine what champs need to be nerfed or buffed, which I wouldn't be surprised if they did, then that just proves what everyone says about them being a garbage incompetent company.

[@shiro298]

@@KawaiiKatarina You can't look at winrates as absolute numbers, they are affected by so many factors that you need to take into account

[@fancyncv110]

@@KawaiiKatarina DURR 50 WR = BALANCED

[@luenkok2884]

9:09 that's an interesting Top build

[@100-DaysOfRejection]

Now that showmaker is gone it's chovy's time to shine

[@quocthinhhuynh2134]

showmaker is no match against Chovy. He simply has better teammates and legendary coaches.

[@MrMidoBB]

@@quocthinhhuynh2134 you know Showmaker has been the one dominating KR SoloQ right? When both were there SM had 3 top 10 account at the same time. Chovy never did.

[@medothelegend5102]

Chovy has always been the mechanically better player tho, lol! Can't make an argument for better mid but absolutely cleaner mechanics

[@quocthinhhuynh2134]

@@MrMidoBB I look at a player’s mechanics and how they react to ganks and handle team fights. Not like you, who justifies how good a player is solely based on their soloQ and their accounts lol

[@quocthinhhuynh2134]

@@MrMidoBB and Chovy soloQ-ed Showmaker while getting ganked in a professional game lol

[@Zuhnaaak]

DOBBY YOU MAKE BEST VIDEOS ABOUT LOL

[@changfungli8684]

Don't you hate it when a fun champ that only small amount of people play started getting buffs until all people play him and being force to get ban and nerf 😒 Btw amazing video as usual 😁

[@soulsemblance3163]

I call this the yorick and amumu experience. Never been meta past 3 years. Suddenly gets a buffs and is pick or ban and then nerfed to the ground.and after the nerfs they are worse than before the buff. At least the issue with kayle were the items not the minor buff she got now she is balanced

[@TheWhiteyOfDarkness]

@@soulsemblance3163 Although Yorick is now in a better spot than pre-buffs. You can finally punish enemies _without the fcking need of a Cannon minion_

[@piotrmikusek5074]

9:17 darius listened to the tip

[@matejatrninic9220]

I swear renekton counters every fun champ

[@kikikillian1208]

That is kinda true. I got the great luck of having to face a Renek in my first two ever games of Yasuo. In midlane. I absolutely hated it.

[@Kruzeda]

Facing a Renekton as Zed just means I can't play League of Legends for the first few minutes of the game

[@eVill420]

Every melee assassin anyway, it's practically useless against a competent mage player

[@topiastuomisto]

@@Kruzeda thats like every matchup on zed, ur not a champ pre 3

[@johnjerichvillaruel5406]

Until he met aatrox in mid lmao

[@linhuichi937]

12:27 Chovy using Showmakers account?

[@hamzie3966]

nice work bro!

[@danielkeller9569]

I’m curious what kind of nerfs should Sylas receive ? A lot to of people I’ve talked to in the high elo community, masters +, think he’s in a pretty decent spot. Very strong but has glaring weaknesses. I personally don’t think he needs a nerf. I’ve played many games where Sylas seems underwhelming and I’ve played games where he feels like he needs a nerf, but overall I think he’s in a good spot. Maybe a slight nerf but nothing to drastic. Lmk if anyone has thoughts on his position in the meta

[@irazmar3583]

I think the same

[@henneth7647]

Hey great video!!! :D could you please explain why are cassio, pantheon and renekton the counters? thanks in advance!!

[@bobzombie2710]

I love that in higher elo, your allies usually don't hold their abilities/dmg to try to ks. They just insta use everything to kill the enemy asap. Seems like common sense right?

[@Gryers]

and in pisslow they even let u die to get the Kill XD and after the game they say man i have 9/2/2 kda and cant carry this shit teams XD

[@typn6472]

Thanks for the video, but can you go in depth in how chovy wave clears and lane with sylas in hard matchups?

[@Ace-Vincent-Arevalo]

4:50 Sylas' E2 range is deceivingly long. it can really caught opponents off-guard @LoL Dobby you can also point this one out coz it's something that only Sylas mains knows

[@exister4959]

I quit leauge for 3 seasons came back and started maining sylas, its kind of sad to see that now he's pick ban and people are talking about nerfs already.

[@Hidan275]

9:50 real mvp

[@absolutegarbage3654]

Bruh this isn't tips and tricks, this is just common sylas knowledge this guy is just a god lmao

[@pronoy5748]

thx for making a video about my main , and riot should nerf grevious wounds if u know what i mean :D

[@mahnamecobra5686]

Yes. You have every Aatrox player in agreement there

[@allat0nce]

Surely so you can press W, heal back to full, kill 3 people, press zhonyas while stalling for cooldowns, press W again rinse and repeat?

[@pronoy5748]

@@mahnamecobra5686 i am also a Aatrox main :)

[@charlesmejores3634]

6:56 I was so shocked by the fact that sylas killed an Irelia but then I saw the kda

[@kizunahoshino4848]

I feel dizzy watching this He’s playing a different game I swear

[@MrVevo73]

Sylas's low health is never low health, which is why I hate that champion if the enemy plays it.

[@allat0nce]

Its definitely annoying and arguably bad game design, like you are in the middle of a trade, sylas presses W and now he won the trade by *THIS* much. Normally you buy healing reduction for sylas and/or ignite him when going for an all in.

[@spolo3]

@@allat0nce since when is healing bad game design?

[@sweetillusions5495]

@@spolo3 It's not. It's just the sheer amount of it in the game these days due to nearly all the new champs having built in healing, or building heavy omnivamp/ lifesteal. And if it isn't one of those there's also multiple sustain runes to pick from. In Sylas's case it's just press W before the trade is over and you just won it with minimal effort on your end.

[@spolo3]

@@sweetillusions5495 except that sylas is on the lower end of sustain champs? Yauso, yone, fiora, irelia, renekton, mundo, aatrox, vladimir, anyone who can build a vamp scepter in lane, all outheal sylas easily. In lane, sylas only heals once, and only heals while trading. That's why last season he had to rely on corrupting potion, biscuits, and timewarp. He has no built-in sustain outside of W. Meanwhile any AD champ has doran's blade by default and can easily rush a vamp scepter.

[@egekazkayas8968]

@@sweetillusions5495 sylas cannot win a trade with just w he needs to land his skillshots for damage.

[@tunghoang8942]

12:21 he is a monster

[@taywoodz]

I just wanna know what happened to the Darius at 9:04 that caused him to sell his entire inventory for 6 Stopwatches

[@KhoiV]

Nerf Sylas, Nerf Sylas, Nerf Sylas, Nerf Sylas

[@peliciasty]

3:35 the time when you could change the game by tping lvl 3 on ward...

[@weijennotwasian]

As a Sylas main, i kinda like Faker’s version of Sylas where you max q first because you can safely poke enemy mid laner and you wouldn’t need to go in and out for trades. But hey if your rank 1, it got him at rank 1 for a reason. Sylas can be played in so many ways and that’s why I like him so much

[@yousseftristankhelifi6030]

The best part of playing sylas is when his ult gets bugged and your enemys do never know what ult u have or if u even have it or not.

[@MichaelJones-rg3hv]

Busted champ. Been 100-0'd before with his only item being cdr boots.

[@Victorosm]

Love u Dobby

[@leonardoquach2738]

Can you do azir secret tips and tricks ?

[@Yunjins_Beautiful_Mind]

I definitely agree that Cassiopeia is a great counter against Sylas. She destroyed me in each matchup

[@Shenzy17]

whew, my main and fave champ. though now with all these people playing it and the skin coming out i know a nerf is incoming :(

[@allat0nce]

Nah the noobs first timing him in ranked will only artificially lower his winrate. While sylas is not the hardest champ, he isnt that straightforward either. He'll still get nerfed because of proplay tho

[@insecurecow4419]

some of those Abduct chairs where VERY generous.

[@marcelo98hv]

It's not the dmg output, it's the insane heal that is frustrating playing against with, feels like irelia but with better sustain

[@andrewelymedina6381]

Can you please do a "How Chovy gets 12cs/min every game in challenger elo"?

[@tostupidforname]

Pretty sure he doesnt.

[@Soul-ex8gb]

He does it by having between 8 and 10 cs/min, no video needed

[@lan1375]

In what circumstances should you max Q? I always max w but i'd like to know why

[@phantomnova412]

I usually go Liandry's with lich and then standard items it works well for me, but is everfrost better?

[@irazmar3583]

Definitly

[@Dawid2235h]

2:34 in what world that chain hit wtf

[@NINJATABI]

indie company

[@jerrylin6756]

Sylas' chain reaches the distance it is originally supposed to travel regardless of how far back you move. In this case, he walked back at the same time so the chain appeared longer.

[@maganechikujoin4581]

Thresh unlocked the mobile scarf for the whole team

[@guizaum9219]

If you ever want to get really busy, as we all know how much work goes behind making these guides, it would be nice to show ways to play around the champions displayed here, imagine a part on this guide on how this one guy hands chovvy his own ass. If that ever happens

[@rot1010]

when that 4:52 chain hit I bet even Chovy was like "OH SHIT we going then"

[@irazmar3583]

He definitly got surprised 😆

[@SpellWeaverYT]

10:50 dat healing

[@Ociehan]

Hey, could you a kayn related video ?

[@bibilotka]

*Sylas getting NERFED after they sell his new skins*

[@tasachin2892]

first video how did the jungle die?

[@mr.kazuto7025]

the tilte is wrote the wrong way it should be more something like : "How Chovy Hit Rank 1 With a 70% WR ? On Sylas."

[@mordekaiser378]

It is simple. E and Q. Big hand pull into big smash. This is how I dominate. But you do you with the chains buddy

[@Ice-dy6fi]

Early lets goo

[@ogorek4205]

"has a weak laning phase" litelary does 2/3 enemy hp from e+aa+e+aa+w+aa and gets heal+cc on it

[@baptistecochennec5956]

If u let him touch his second e it's ur fault

[@oogawhama3559]

wonder how he deals with Akshan...

[@apii-editz]

Can u do how the enemy Zoe always carries pls?

[@wmtfinder]

I see, key2win wit sylas is just waiting on cooldown

[@adrieldbz]

Maybe a Jayce version of Chovy's race to rank 1?

[@hades_levi1257]

9.10 is this new korean ornn build?

[@paulbriel3145]

HEY DOBBY ITS PUAL

[@sidisdead3741]

Hi im a fan can you made a video about renekton

[@lisz4216]

His Sylas really smooth

[@WutBuergerImNetz]

The secret behind this is, that sylas is op, you kill everything while actually missing everything.

[@irazmar3583]

Go to chall then, I'm watching

[@benjaminasgo]

was sylas nerfed? seems much more powerful in this video than it is now

[@danieldieu8107]

Can you you make a shyvana guide