How to win lane as Fizz against Sylas · 47.67% win rate (11,176 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
A burst mirror where your untargetability votes last — string second, pole his opener, and out-reset the exchange.
Track: Sylas's E — Abscond / Abduct (13–9s cooldown). Dash into chain-stun — punish him hard while it is down.
Read from Fizz's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Sylas.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Sylas | Level 1 Sylas's early kit and self-sustain already edge out your poke |
| Level 2 | Sylas | Level 2 he keeps the trading advantage as his combo comes together |
| Level 3 | Sylas | Level 3 his full burst-heal combo is online and wins skirmishes outright |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 are an even skill matchup — neither kit has a clean structural edge yet |
| Level 6 | Fizz | Level 6 favors you — the shark grounds his dashes, so he cannot Abscond out of it |
| First item | Fizz | First item lets your burst and mobility catch up, tipping the duel back in your favor |
| Two+ items | Sylas | Very late game his sustain and stolen-ult pick potential put him back ahead in a straight fight |
Sylas comes online at level 3 with a full burst-and-heal combo (Q-E-Q-W) that out-trades Fizz's early poke, since his Petricite Burst heals him back a chunk of whatever damage you land. From level 1 through 5 he's the aggressor in every skirmish and you're mostly forced to farm passively and avoid extended fights, since he simply has more sustained damage and self-healing than you do at this stage.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Fizz's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Fizz vs Sylas report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Sylas, slightly — Fizz wins 47.67% of 11,176 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Sylas has a small statistical edge (52.33% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Sylas has the slight edge (Fizz wins 47.67%), though it stays close.
Fizz takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter, and Precision secondary (Presence of Mind and Coup de Grace) vs Sylas.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his sustain. Build Stormsurge / Rocketbelt first, then Zhonya's / Rabadon's path, with Mercury's Treads / Sorcerer's.
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