Syndra and her bugs

Psyrix·3/17/2019, 3:16:52 PM·5 votes·5,463 views

To all the people asking for buffs to Syndra... the only buff she really needs is for her bugs to be fixed... even just correcting 3 of them: her stutter step after ult (which sometimes still occurs even without ulting), her pathing and movement which gets skewed cuz her model sometimes randomly treats her orbs as minions... so she effectively minion blocks herself, and finally the stun and even knock back: If the E hits an orb, it’ll push back the orb... if the orb hits anything, it’s supposed to stun it, yet often times this doesn’t occur and will instead just pass through the target without doing cc... even the knockback itself will sometimes not do its job: pushing back enemies.

These have been bugs for literal years which actively nerfs the champion... yet we don’t hear about anything by Riot to recognize them...

Last week, Riot addressed a bug that existed for little under a year which bugged the champion slightly: she could W an orb being pushed by E, which allowed for faster reaction timing to deal damage if surprise engaged. This was removed without any notice.

Yes, there are going to be bugs that take a while to fix... but it would really mean a lot if Riot acknowledges their existence so we actually know they’re working towards fixing them.

Even pros have commented on how buggy Syndra is, stating sometimes it’s not worth it to play Syndra because her bugs can throw a game despite how versatile she is.

7 Comments

Séance3/18/2019, 3:03:48 AM2 votes

removes bug that is beneficial leaves bugs that aren't Riot loves my champion [sg-syndra]

Jalesom3/21/2019, 9:58:51 PM1 votes

Syndra is in a state that is balanced...err. That said the rewards and counter play could be adjusted on her passive. Raising her skill cap by her passive changing ability interactivity (E width gets larger) would help stat changes not tip her over the top or make her nonexistent.

One can imagine how incredibly challenging her kit is to code. We witnessed first hand the challenges of matching her coding to her graphics. As such it's either leave her in her current state and tackle bugs etc. over long periods of time OR rebuild her with a rework from the ground up. That rework may not mean changing her kit, but rather changing her code and her passive. Ultimately, she appears to serve as a benchmark for balancing other champions against. Resetting that benchmark leaves a lot of unknowns.

Despite her being my main, I would love a passive rework on her and re-coding to fix the numerous bugs.

Crimson Mutt3/21/2019, 10:28:17 PM1 votes

Syndra playing alongside Khazix and Elise