[POLL] Reduce the mana cost of Syndra's Dark Spheres by 5

darkdill·Apr 3, 2015·2 votes·448 views

Syndra's last nerf to her Q really hurt her viability, partially because her Q now has an absolutely awful damage-per-mana ratio, at least at early ranks. She basically burns out too much now before she even does good damage unless she lands every single sphere on her lane opponent.

To remedy this a bit, I think that reducing the mana cost of her Q to 35/45/55/65/75 from 40/50/60/70/80 would be good. Since the skill is so spammy, it eats up her mana a teensy bit too much. This would help her avoid burnouts just a tiny bit.

Since it's VERY unlikely that Riot will go back on the nerf they gave her (they WANT her to have a weakened early game because her late-game is nasty), this would give her some TLC without making her early capable of bullying again.

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5 Comments

Penguin EclipseApr 3, 20152 votes

I voted no because honestly a 5 mana reduction doesn't really accomplish anything. She needs some help no doubt but the help she really needs is for the nerf to be reverted. Riot was wrong on this nerf and they need to man up and admit their mistake.

AbyssphereApr 3, 20151 votes

I think it'd make more sense to reduce the mana cost on her W. With her Q's damage likely never returning to previous levels, W makes more sense as an early harass ability. But 60 mana is prohibitively expensive early. I'd reduce its cost by 10 at all ranks.