Guessing Riot does not care about Syndra at all

Seenan·Apr 25, 2016·2 votes·353 views

Passive change (Q sphere lifetime 8 seconds, W can pick up 2 spheres near the target, E/R unchanged)

Dark Sphere (Q) AP ratio increased to .75 from .6 Scatter The Weak (E) cooldown lowered to 16/15/14/13/12 from 18/16.5/15/13.5/12

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If anything, the passive forces Syndra into maxing Q first into W and eats a lot of her damage (unless her W does more damage per thing carried or something) and semi-utility on W slow increase.

Also among the only mages without new icons with the update (just a note; I don't really care about this).

Meanwhile, full scale kit updates on every other mage...Except Lux.

4 Comments

SeenanApr 26, 20161 votes

Anyone wanna deduce why I'm wrong instead of pointlessly down-voting me?

The Last BalladApr 26, 20161 votes

The only time that I've seen a Syndra not max q first was support Syndra's. So nothing is changed. Her orbs were given more general damage in exchange for longer time out and less champion damage. And her knockback/stun is now up more often. And her w either gets a larger aoe, larger damage, or both. But any way that goes she can extend the life of up to 3 orbs with one cast, so thats nice.

Veigar, Ziggs, and Xerath got as much attention as Syndra, and Anivia, Fiddlesticks, Swain, and Annie were given slightly larger, but less than the big 6, amounts of work on them.

As for the icons, Syndra is the newest out of the bunch, with Zyra being the next newest. But as Zyra has new skills, she needs new art to go with it. And at that point you need to update all of them so they don't look weird with 2 new icons next to 3 old ones. Not to mention Swain, Xerath, Ziggs, and Annie all do not have new icons either.

SeenanApr 27, 20161 votes

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The only time that I've seen a Syndra not max q first was support Syndra's. So nothing is changed. Her orbs were given more general damage in exchange for longer time out and less champion damage. And her knockback/stun is now up more often. And her w either gets a larger aoe, larger damage, or both. But any way that goes she can extend the life of up to 3 orbs with one cast, so thats nice.

Veigar, Ziggs, and Xerath got as much attention as Syndra, and Anivia, Fiddlesticks, Swain, and Annie were given slightly larger, but less than the big 6, amounts of work on them.

As for the icons, Syndra is the newest out of the bunch, with Zyra being the next newest. But as Zyra has new skills, she needs new art to go with it. And at that point you need to update all of them so they don't look weird with 2 new icons next to 3 old ones. Not to mention Swain, Xerath, Ziggs, and Annie all do not have new icons either.

The Q changes are just gonna push her into an ult-bot mentality. I, for one, stomped kids when I maxed Q last, so there's also that. Down-vote me, but I'll still stomp whoever while maxing Q last. A reason why W is maxed 2nd/3rd is cause of the slow missile speed at longer ranges. The Q-bonus damage is negligent to me.

LycanoonApr 27, 20161 votes

I don't Up or Down vote threads. Kinda a waste of time...same with comments made. Syndra kinda got a slap to the face this season, but not as bad as a few select champs over the past 2 seasons.

Ranger/Marksman have gotten what...a few tickles of a touchup? How about some of the OLDER champions? They've not been poked because they're not on the top of the food chain. Everyone goes for Tank-ish + DPS builds anymore...or those with insane play mechanics like Riven ..............