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Dear Riot: Please give Syndra...something

kcStranger··5 votes·896 views

Lower mana costs. A little more damage. Better Transcendent bonuses. Something...

Honestly, I wouldn't expect Syndra to perform well in the current meta since 1. the reduced Q damage (since 5.1) makes her much less of an early lane bully, and 2. Syndra's strengths are high single-target burst and the potential for strong multi-target CC, but the former is less valuable in a tanky meta and the latter is more unreliable since the moderate E nerfs (huge nerfs in 5.1 but since scaled back). But, I think it's pretty clear that there's no compelling reason ever to pick Syndra as things currently stand. Which is sad...because I think she's a really cool champion.

I don't want to recommend anything specific since I trust Riot to do a better job than I could do just theorycrafting. I know I'm not the only one who's made a post like this. Just wanted to contribute to the steady stream of "please buff Syndra."

13 Comments

Logan Richardson2 votes

I do just fine with her. Please no buffs, making her easier for people isnt going to balance her out, its going to break her.

Reslust1 votes

I really think the E nerf is what tore her off of my favorites list. That really diminished her easy stun and playmaking potential.

kcStranger1 votes

I didn't want to put something like this in the OP, but I'll dream a little in the comments...What if instead of changing the E stun width to match the visuals, we could change the visuals slightly to match an increased stun width? For instance, you could have the balls flatten slightly while they moved (as if there was wind resistance acting on them). Maybe make that part of the E transcendent bonus? Oh, to dream...

Boulderox1 votes

yet she dominates if she is buffed any way.... she has great range with her abilities, they are all AOE or just point and click.

Don't forget that mobility/cc mids are the flavor of the month right now so the reason she feels so lack luster is because she has no mobility to save herself from such laners.

kcStranger1 votes

I don't think she would be dominant if they just threw her a little love with her mana costs or something like that. And only the R is point-and-click but I hear you on how much AoE she has.

And also, I admitted in the OP that the meta is fairly against her at the moment, and I'm not expecting her to have a good winrate or anything. (She's also pretty difficult to play well.) I just think most Syndra mains would probably agree she needs a little love. But, so many champions do. This one just happens to be my baby :)

S2C2Xd9KOy3 votes

This Syndra main strongly disagrees. I think she's perfect right now.

  1. She's hard enough to play in general that not many do play her
  2. The fact that she has high mana costs and 2 skill shots means that a lot won't even try to play her
  3. The importance of landing the stun is another reason people don't play her.

I like being unique with what champions I play and Syndra is my favourite because really no one plays her and if they do, they usually don't do it well.

kcStranger1 votes

Fair enough. I'll freely admit that I'm not very good at her (maybe 20 games on her, and I'm a low-level player), so maybe I just need to "get gud." I do wish her mana costs weren't so high that I'm always running oom if I don't rush Tear (or spellcast very conservatively), though.

S2C2Xd9KOy1 votes

haha i know her mana costs so if i check her mana i know what combos i can and cannot do. you should mostly be farming anyways until you have your Morello/Athenes. I never use tear lol.

C4KE1 votes

I still think she is a super strong pick. She definitely doesn't have as much poke as she used to, but it wasn't fun to play against that poke, especially if your opponent is good. That said I still do really well with her. Her damage isn't really a problem IMO.

kcStranger1 votes

I didn't want to make specific recommendations in the OP, but down here I'll admit that the main change I'd like to see would not be to her damage, but to her mana pool/costs. W in particular puts a lot of strain on your mana if you don't use it very sparingly (60/70/80/90/100). Now that her Q damage is lower early, I think it would be OK if we let her spam spells just a little more. Gives her back a little more bully potential but makes her work for it by landing a bit more poke rather than just chunking people with one spell rotation.

C4KE1 votes

Yeah I could see that. I wouldn't even mind it at all. It is annoying sometimes to have to rush athenes before you can spam stuff. If you have blue and chalice it's fine, but it also means you lose dmg early game. If anything I would lower mana costs to her q by 10 at all ranks and her w by 10-20, as that is a big mana cost for that spell.

S2C2Xd9KOy1 votes

If you play Syndra well theres literally nothing wrong with her lol. She's a super strong burst mage and can easily bully a lane.

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