A Syndra main's thoughts on her new passive.

Greetings, I've been maining Syndra for over 2 years now and I was hyped for her small update but after reading the notes I'm very dissapointed. Sadly I don't have acces to a PBE account so I dont have any in-game experience with her passive, but the patch notes speak for themselves.

Dark Sphere (Q): AP ratio increased to .7 from .6 Transcendent: Spheres now lasts 8 seconds. Old 15% damage to champions removed.

I think this change doesn't make sense at all, on live you're maxing Q to simply increase to damage of it. That was the best thing about her passive, maxing Q. It even fits her theme since you could really feel the power of a maxed out sphere. That's how it should be, instead when you max it now you actually make Syndra's ult stronger and NOT the ability you just maxed. This feature doesn't fit the ability at all, you basicly max Q to buff her ult now...

Force of Will (W) Transcendent: Grabs 2 additional spheres near the target.

With this change I just felt like Riot didn't know what to do with her anymore. Syndra needs more spheres for her ult, lets make her grab 2 more, and were done with the update. This makes me think that Riot barely plays Syndra or have any in depth experience with her. This feature lowers Syndra's skillcap by ALOT. Performing a 6-7 sphere ultimate is now almost 100% with her maxed W, which goes entirely against her designed kit. Syndra requires setup and practice to achieve her maximum damage output, but with this change you can always land a high sphere ultimate off.

Scatter The Weak (E) cooldown lowered to 16/15/14/13/12 from 18/16.5/15/13.5/12 Transcendent: Unchanged.

Straight up buff, nothing too big but nice to have. However, I'm sad the Transcendent version isn't changed. Yes the width increase is nice, but it never felt like it was helping. You don't use the edges of your scatter the weak to stun or knock back enemies. You always aim dead center so I feel like this was kind of a missed opportunity for a more impactul scatter the weak.

Unleashed Power (R): Unchanged.

This is a huge suprise for me. 75 range increase is pathetic for a maxed out** ULTIMATE ABILITY.** It's her ultimate for crying out loud, it's what Syndra is known for. Why leave it with such a low impact, barely noticable passive. Think of the possibilities you can have when you have a Transcendent ultimate.

And last but defenitely not least: No bug fixes.

Every Syndra player knows them, Q-E Combo going straight through enemies. Q-E Only dealing the damage of 1 ability instead of both. (This bug is pretty huge since it lowers your damage combo alot) The stuttering during her ultimate. W getting interupted during CC. And the list goes on.

I'm just really dissapointed with these changes for my favorite champion. Her bread and butter ability is nerfed but it's easier to pull of a good ultimate. This is just an insult for the hardcore Syndra mains that have mastered her and know how to use her kit effectivley. These changes make me feel like Riot barely knows Syndra's kit at all, let alone know her potential. I'm sure I'm not the only Syndra main that think these changes are horrible and should never leave the PBE.

Sincerely, someone who plays Syndra 99% of the time and never gets bored of it.