Don't be blind with the Dark Sovereign.

Farm Mana·7/19/2015, 9:07:04 AM·47 votes·4,113 views

Ok, her E's bugs have been fixed last patch, but though she needs help. Whereas, previously, she could make the difference because of her strong early game, now her early Q does less damage than her basic attacks. By the way, she's awfully mana dependant.

As a way to enumerate :

impossible to do something before her lvl 6, while you can be ganked loads of times,
farming correctly is way too difficult (Q's damage lowered, mana costs on her all spells),
you are really slow and squichy as well,
it is pratically impossible to stun with her E, even if it was improved, if an enemy just sticks you (oh god, dear ), and still difficult with far-off enemies,
if the ennemy is stunned luckily, he just has the time to escape, unless you're close to him (therefore, you're exposed, so it's double-edged).

I think I just forgot some others, so just tell me which ones.

There we are.

105 Comments

Malix Farwin7/19/2015, 9:28:26 AM22 votes

Is that a league of legend champion i almost never see her.

darkdill7/19/2015, 9:12:30 AM11 votes

I think Riot intends for Syndra to be weaksauce early on, since her late-game power can be devastating in pro hands. That said, I do agree that her Q could afford to have its cost reduced slightly.

EDIT: Note that when I say Riot "intends" for her to be weak-early/strong-late, that doesn't mean they're doing a good job about it. Yes, she needs reliability improvements, but that doesn't mean they're necessarily going to buff her early game damage.

Divewing7/19/2015, 3:44:42 PM8 votes

Thing with syndra was they decided to nerf her, then 1 week later announced DFG removal, forgetting that that added onto her nerfs would cripple her AT ALL STAGES OF THE GAME. If we still had DFG she would be salvageable because the INSTANT SHE HAS THAT ITEM, she is a threat, even if Q didnt hit you for jack

Krys Star7/19/2015, 5:15:42 PM7 votes

I made a thread about Syndra last month, and I got so much backlash about "Syndra mains" being okay with her. That's complete bs. No one if satisfied with how weak she is. It's a joke. A champion is never 'okay' when they're so dependent on items, that leveling up no longer makes a difference. Damage never needed to be taken from her Q. They should've increased the cd to 5s, dropping down to 4.75 / 4.50 / 4.25 / 4.00 if her early game lane bullying was such a huge problem. That way she'd still have her damage and wave clearing, but can't be as abusive.

Riot's full of it though. They'll gladly keep a close eye on Kalista, but forget about their other champions left in the dust.

warpenguin5557/19/2015, 3:22:43 PM6 votes

idek why they nerfed her. she was balanced

Windup7/19/2015, 3:37:08 PM5 votes

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BakedLotion7/19/2015, 2:03:39 PM5 votes

They need to make her W actually do something. The travel time is insanely slow, the AoE isnt exactly big either. Also, the god damn range needs to be increased. Right now, a Q-E for a stun brings the sphere out of your W range so u cant grab it. You have to walk like next to the enemy to be in range, and by that time, the stun is already over and the chances of u hitting the w is near 0%

W is her worst skill by far

Ashenvall7/19/2015, 3:18:18 PM4 votes

I thought how to improve syndra.

At each cast syndra's spells or only dark sphere), all CD are refreshed of X seconds (except ultimate......)

Passive grow up with spells'level, not at level 5 or/and Passive buff every spells: dark sphere +15% damage +X range + X% sphere's duration + X area ( maybe nerf at this point, it'll begin to become too "op" ......)

Add movement speed if drark sphere hit ennemy (like Ahri's illusion sphere maybe) during X seconds

ulti will become single targeted area => same ulti but when balls land around the target's area, balls deal damage(not much) at each ennemy present in the area effect.

dark sphere will detonate at 6 seconds and deal damage in area effect. ( buff more strategic)

mana costs reduce

Q damage come back

What do you think? Too "op" or too "trash" ? Comment and enjoy!

Arsames7/19/2015, 9:32:23 AM2 votes

Syndra is fine, she just needs her mana costs lowered and she is balanced, nothing else.