Sylas vs Akali in Mid lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: her Twilight Shroud keeps her safe — only commit when it's on cooldown. 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 · MIDAKALIthe Rogue Assassin

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 HardPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect the shroud

Twilight Shroud keeps her safe and strong, so don't dive in while it's up.

Punish shroud downtime

Punish her when her shroud is on cooldown — that's your clean window.

Play far back early

Akali is extremely strong at levels 1-3 off her passive autos, so play far back until 6.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never let her free-cast her passive autos on you at levels 1 through 3.

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+ - 54% WR - 2.6k 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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