How to win lane as Sylas against Annie · 51.56% win rate over 1,759 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Annie | Annie's Pyromania stun and mana-refunding Q let her win every level-1 trade. |
| Level 2 | Annie | Her stun-poke keeps chunking you and you have no dash yet to punish it. |
| Level 3 | Annie | A stacked Pyromania stun into Q+W bursts you before your Abduct connects. |
| Levels 4-5 | Annie | Her point-and-click stun threat locks you out of trading in melee range through 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Annie | Tibbers plus a Flash-stun combo out-bursts your 6 all-in, so the window is hers. |
| First item | Sylas | With your item spike and Kingslayer sustain you out-brawl her once her combo is on cooldown. |
| Two+ items | Sylas | Two items in, your mobility and Hijack let you bait Tibbers and kill her in extended fights. |
Annie bullies the early levels. Her Pyromania passive stuns every fourth spell, and mana-refunding Q lets her free-trade with no cost, so she chunks you and threatens a point-and-click stun you can't dash out of before Abduct is up. Give ground, last-hit at range, and track her stun stacks religiously — stepping into a full charge means a stun into her whole combo.
The full Sylas vs Annie 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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