@Meddler Syndra Ult Question

With the upcoming buffs to Syndra's passive (yay!), the duration of her dark spheres is increased from 6 to 8 seconds, and her W grabs three spheres instead of one. Currently, the maximum number of spheres you can ult with is 7 (45% CDR, resetting the oldest with Force of Will). Other game modes (URF, One for All) have revealed that this is actually a hard cap: Syndra's ultimate only acquires the nearest four spheres. With the new Force of Will and Dark Sphere, however, up to an eleven-sphere ultimate is possible.

With 45% CDR, Q is on a 2.2 second cooldown. Syndra will make a Q at 0, 2.2, and 4.4 seconds, which she'll then grab with Force of Will at 8 seconds. She'll make a sphere at 6.6, 8.8, 11, 13.2, and 15.4 seconds: the first three will expire at 16 seconds. It's a small margin of error on the W use, and it takes some doing, but that's eight spheres made, plus the three basic, for a total of eleven.

Is the previous hard-cap on sphere number being increased or removed with her changes? The eleven case is a little out there, but eight- or nine-sphere ults become the new norm with these buffs, and it seems like it'd be disappointing. Sphere-stacking mechanics are the thing I'm most proud of about my Syndra play (aside from stunning a Rengar mid-ult leap that one time), and it seems like a shame to gate all this newfound power immediately.