Every Syndra game at worlds has dominated

The old W passive remains lackluster, but it is non-volatile and doesn't damage the rest of her kit.

As its slow ranks up naturally to a potent amount, I'd probably entertain something like "increased AOE explosion", which mimics the multi-throw without affecting sphere timers.

It also has room for a unique DPS-related passive if they ever wanted to let her have more focused tank killing power.

The key is to not have it change the behavior of spheres in anyway, really.

Her stun is extremely powerful, functionally a second ultimate in kit design, but it is the strong safety feature she has in a game of multiple dashes/Flash/divers.

Azir, by comparsion:

• Longer range, sustained DPS via soldiers

• Long range, maneuverable Dash capable of clearing two or more walls

• From-behind-to-front AOE knockback ultimate that persists for two~ seconds, denying anyone who can dive him

• Natural tanky dps itemization, maintaining a top 10 chart distribution while being more durable than most other DPS users in the game

• Persistent slowing and kiteability via his soldiers' incredible range, low cooldown, and synergy with Rylai's.

We can see that Syndra does not have similar results in the same capabilities (Rylai's and Ghost abuse is a relatively new invention more a problem of those components than her intrinsic kit). She has her slow, Q+E long range stun, and relatively slow-to-use slow on her W. Once her E is down, she is lacking in any meaningful or persistent ways to keep divers off of her and has to constantly leave from battle.

Oh, and any kind of tank can keep her out of combat because she has no natural durability itemization until Rylai's became a problem.

Azir doesn't care about literally any of that, and this is why he was a consistent problem for a long time. There was no meaningful way to beat Azir that wasn't 'dog pile him'.

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A targeted ability should not have that much power from that early in the game. It easily does more than half of someone's health at level 6 with little to no setup.

It is damage appropriate for its class at around 5 spheres, as many other mages have comparable Bursts (usually in the form of AOE skill shots). Given the lack of any meta creep utility features in her kit, it can be reasonably argued the Targeted property is important in its power distribution. It only reaches 'best nuke in game' status at around 6 and 7 spheres.

At 5 spheres (an 8 second charge up period at 0% CDR), her ultimate's damage is comparable to: and others who are not named.

Unlike her, they do not have a time period required to power up. Annie is the closest, in that you normally want her stun available, but it does not have to be charged in active combat. In a straight engagement, they distribute similar (if not better) damage in the time it takes Syndra's ultimate to become relevant.

Ergo, the enemy must be engaged with Syndra over a sufficient time period for her ultimate to be relevant. If she is ever caught without spheres, she is inherently behind in any engagement and has to draw it out in order to win. Syndra is quite literally one of the slowest Burst mages in the game at the tactical combat level as a consequence to having that much damage she does.

Veigar is slower, but he is slow at the strategic level (and after a set period, becomes as fast as any of the assassins / other burst mages mentioned above).

looks like you cant understand the simple presentation of data the website put out. It means out of the 140 games people used that masterise her winrate is at 59. grade school needs you

That combo takes over 8 seconds...you deserve to lose over half your health in that amount of time if you get hit by 2 Q's without anything else. And how dare a bully mage's full combo do more than half your health during laning phase? It's not like that's the whole point or anything