Sylvanus

How to play Sylvanus

Sylvanus is a ranged mage from the Roman pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players play Sylvanus in the Support role.

In your kit, Verdant Growth (area root damage) and Nature's Grasp (pull an enemy) are your crowd control. Wisps (healing and damage over time) adds damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Wrath of Terra (area knock-up damage), on a long cooldown (about 90s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Nature's Bounty: pick up seeds.

Community guides level Verdant Growth, Nature's Grasp and Wisps first. Max Wisps first, then Verdant Growth, then Nature's Grasp.

Most of your damage comes from abilities, so fight from behind your front line and never be the closest god to the enemy. Look for the moment your crowd control can land, then follow up with the rest of your damage. You have no dash, so your positioning is your escape. As support, stay with your duo lane partner early and use your crowd control to set up kills.

Start with Heroism, then buy Gauntlet of Thebes. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Stampede and Amanita Charm, and you finish with Genji's Guard, Breastplate of Valor and Freya's Tears. A good relic is Blink Rune. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of Grover's Wrath, it reworks Nature's Bounty (pick up seeds), Wisps (healing and damage over time), Nature's Grasp (tether to an enemy) and Wrath of Terra (area knockup damage). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Chaac, Anubis and Princess Bari, and struggle against Charon, Danzaburou or Sol. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.