No Context on Why Syndra is Left in This State/Debunking ''Syndra being too Sensitive to Buffs''
No Context on Why Syndra is Left in This State:
For 8.14, Riot said they were going to buff a handfull of mages who have been struggling. They have never confirmed that they would buff Syndra for 8.14, but they have mentionned her particularly many, many times (hinting she was being looked at heavily), then never gave context on why they're not buffing her. Meddler said he would get context from the balance team yesterday, but he must have forgotten or something.
I wonder what the balance team is going to say to Meddler for context.
**Mages that are ok/balanced/strong/very strong: **
**Mages that are getting buffed: **
(8.15) 
Mages that are left weak/very slightly weak: 
Out of the weak, Azir is the weakest. However, he is left in this state because of his ''unbalancable'' kit for very high elo/pro play. This leaves Syndra as the weakest mage for yet another patch, and by a large margin, which is going to be even larger in 8.14. It's also not like she's doing well in pro play nor is she being picked a lot.
This is unjustifiable.
Debunking ''Syndra being too Sensitive to Buffs'':
Lets look at her history: S2: Very weak, even after buffs S3: Weak first half, got buffed again, balanced second half S4: Balanced until everything around her got nerfed and so became strong S5: Lane got heavily nerfed first patch and was weak/balanced for the whole season S6: Weak until MYMU (that broke her, thanks balance team), then broken (even though she was only recognized broken about 5 patches after MYMU) S7: Got nerfed first patch (was strong instead of broken), balanced towards late s7 S8: Has been weak for the whole season
Syndra is not super sensitive to buffs, she is super sentitive to broken changes like any champion would be. The only time where she was a problem (mid s6 to mid/late s7) was when Riot changed her kit in the wrong direction, and now it's completly reverted. Apart from that, she was strong in s4 until they heavily nerfed her Q early game the first patch of s5, and she wasn't even broken in s4, just strong and needed a nerf. Never has she been a problem apart from that.
Edit: Meddler just provided context. ''Short answer is that the difference in effectiveness for Syndra between pro and normal play is what's making us hesitate on buffs here. She's a bit weak in normal play, but seeing some pro play recently. She's also got a kit that, when she clicks with the current state of pro, can move her up in priority really fast. Going to talk with the designer looking at her next week, see what our plan as a result is. Will then share that back in one of these posts once I've got some direction or details to talk about, rather just a problem statement.''
1: What was the point in keeping our hopes up that Riot would buff Syndra if you were gonna say the ''scared of buffing her'' like you have been all season? 2: She is just seeing a bit of pro play right now (with a bad winrate) and it's in bot lane, because even in pro she's pushed out of mid. 3: ''She's also got a kit that, when she clicks with the current state of pro, can move her up in priority really fast.'' You could say the same thing about Cassio, yet have no problem buffing her even when she's performing better than Syndra. Same balance team that lets Zoe croud out other mages in pro play btw. 4: Can they stop saying she's sentitive to buffs with no data supporting that whatsoever? She raised in priority becuase of the MYMU, not from simple buffs.
