Ya know, from the mage of unlimited potential I would have expected more than being outdamaged by every single other mage exept for that once In a moon I get a ult+3 orbs off.
Add not having a passive pre level 9 to that and well... let's just say she does not live up to her theme.
Miraweave3 votesNot sure what you're going on about. She's underwhelming levels 1-3 then she's solid. She hits 6 and instantly kills people just like she always has.
Spaceman5pff1 votesYeah I would even say her level 1 and 2 aren't terrible either. Thunderlords definitely makes her more fun with the extra minigame of trying to auto-q-auto early on, especially at level 1.
IDK sure she might not be great at higher elo, but from my hometown of silver, she seems just fine.
Miraweave1 votesYeah I would even say her level 1 and 2 aren't terrible either. Thunderlords definitely makes her more fun with the extra minigame of trying to auto-q-auto early on, especially at level 1.
IDK sure she might not be great at higher elo, but from my hometown of silver, she seems just fine.
Eh, her level 1 Q still hits for less damage than an autoattack. She needs it at rank 2 or 3 before it's remotely useful.
Spaceman5pff1 votesYeah but there are champions with a worse level 1 or 2 in mid. Like Akali
Xicashina1 votesTo be fair alkalis lv 1 is actually respectable its her lv 2-5 that sucks
DJMason882 votesPlenty of champs don't "Live Up To Their Theme", but i wouldn't count 
as one of them, and she is not out damaged by every single mage, she has plenty of damage. Syndra is a champion that is either a hit or miss, you love her or you hate her. And the passive goes well with her theme, as she levels up she gets more power. She's supposed to be a mage of unlimited power and control, and she controls her Spheres and even can control creatures (Force of Will). Shes a great champion if you're good with her and can dish out tons of damage in a short amount of time.
Vistha Kai3 votesWell, we are about 8 updates past the point her passive was supposed to be buffed.
Plus that unnecessary Dark Sphere nerf that made her basic attacks deal more damage than Q until level 4.
Is she weak? No, but her early laning sure is awful.
BadmoonBC2 votesWhat? She's insanely powerful
Century Child1 votesShe could use a buff, I agree. I feel like her skill cap is above normal as well, so her potential to do well should definitely be higher, based on the players skill with her.
I've always liked the idea of her ult doing more damage to a target that has been hit with both her e+w in the last few seconds, since getting both of those off on a target _before _ you ult isn't the easiest thing to do.
Vistha Kai1 votesWhat are you talking about? QEWR is the second easiest and fastest ult combo(QER is the fastest).
Century Child1 votesSure, it's easy if you hit the stun. Why not make the stun a bit of a narrower hitbox and then make those changes? Harder to hit, but more reward for pulling it off.
I'm no Syndra main, but I do have some level of proficiency with her I like to think. Maybe I'm wrong, I'm just spitballing here.
Vistha Kai1 votesDude, they already halved the width of the stun hitbox.
After the inital nerf it was so narrow, in fact, it took Rito 3 patches to bring it back to an useful state.
Century Child1 votesFair enough. I don't claim to keep track of Syndra's patch notes, so I'll take your word for it. Once again, just spitballing.
Vistha Kai1 votesYou don't need to.
They are openly available on her wikia page, background subpage.
1st Movement1 votesPlayed this champion first time in normals went 13-0 this Champion isn't that hard to play
Vistha Kai2 votesI played Nami mid in Bronze and went 10/0/10.
This champion isn't that hard to play.
Spaceman5pff2 votesI played AD Janna mid once in nemesis and went 13/2.
This champion isn't that hard to play.
1st Movement1 votesMore like you don't need to land your skills precisely just land it near them and it hits most of the time lol
Illiad1 votesYou need to learn how to build her
SaltyToplaneGoat1 votesTons of AP. Simple as that. Not much to learn in this regard...
shyv1 votesif you find syndra underwhelming you're probably not playing her right. she is an absolute monster. I mained her for an entire year and rarely ever lost lane, hitting 6 means the enemy mid dies. that's all you need. hit a q e combo and q them again, total of 5 sphere ult, they die. she's like.. stupid strong