The power she has is beyond impressive.
It is almost too ridiculous actually.
SPOILER
She took half of the fortress by brutal force, lifted it to the air, lifted a noxian warship from water to the air while also holding the half of the fortress, put it on 2 another warships, then "drived" to north with fortress.
She is described by Sirik as a greater threat than entire Noxus.
She is OP.
Until a sniper shoots her mid air while she isn't paying attention. Powerful? Yes. But still mortal.
Oh no! Nuance and context died again!
But sure, my dad could beat up your dad etc etc.
[slayer-jinx-wink]
I do think you're right about how strong Syndra is, but I don't think it's much of a big deal in the context of the greater plot. When it comes right down to it, on a meta-narrative level, Syndra (or any other character) is exactly as strong as the story needs them to be. She might be OP, yeah, but I don't think it'll ever really harm the narrative too much.
Trying to discern a champion's "power level" or something like that is something I've always found to be sort of a wild goose chase, because of a few reasons:
League's story is not a free for all. The idea of "X champ can beat Y champ up ergo X champ is better" isn't applicable because not everything is a straight-up fight. Syndra's extreme magical power comes at a massive lack of any allies or diplomatic/personal skills to back her up. She doesn't show any particular ability to outthink or outplan people. For all her immense magical power, there's not a ton she could do if say, Jhin rigged her bedroom with traps she's not expecting, or she gets massively overwhelmed by the numbers of the Kinkou.
Static power levels make for dull storytelling. If there is a conflict between, like, Gragas and Karthus, that occurs in the story (I'm spitballing, this particular case will...probably never happen.), the outcome of that conflict is up to the writer. If it's determined by going "Well, Gragas has 2231 Power Points and Karthus has 2100, so Gragas wins", that's boring and uninteresting. Analyzing the actual strengths and weaknesses of these characters, the setting, external circumstances, etc. and writing the outcome to mirror that is the job of a writer, and it's something we can see Riot doing in a few recent stories.
Hecarim might be a nigh-unstoppable undead hate-machine, but with a little backup and the use of a sacred relic, Illaoi was able to make him turn tail in Shadow And Fortune.
Ta'anari was an incredibly powerful Darkin warlord. His death came at the hands of a conniving traitor with a knife and good timing. She didn't outfight him, she manipulated and outplanned him, waiting for the moment he was at his weakest to end his life.
I just noticed Scathlocke joking down the page about the whole "my dad could beat up your dad" trope, which I think is a good way to view it. We can argue and debate over which champions are the most powerful (And there's nothing wrong with that.), but in a storytelling context, "power level" always plays second-fiddle to...well...story.
I feel like Ryze holds that title, he just doesn't flaunt it to that degree and limits himself on purpose because of his own moral code. Using the World Runes he's amassed alongside his vast knowledge, the man is a threat to existence if he ever decided to take that path.
If not him, for what comes after: I would still pick Annie. Her power, at such a young age, is absolutely monstrous and has the potential to grow out of control. Almost like a raging wildfire, who would have guessed. If she grew up a bit and could compare at same age, I would expect Annie to be more powerful than anything the lore has seen before in a mortal.
I think Zilean is another contender. Granted, I'm pretty sure he's likely going to get a lore rewrite at some unknown interval in the future, but he's still also technically a mortal with a significantly greater level of control over time than even Ekko. So yes, I'd say either Zilean or Syndra could qualify as 'most powerful mortal.'
Oh yes, youre right, she is arguably the most powerful mortal in the game! Couldnt think of anyone else now but Ryze and Leblanc, they could challenge her... It would be a close tie... But that is also where her power would end in my opinion. She may be the most powerful mortal and thats it she couldnt challenge any Targonian,Iceborn,Sunborn or a anyone else who is above mortal..
If Ryze used his World Runes, then Syndra wouldn't stand a chance.
Karma could match her.
Isn't Jax supposed to be the strongest mortal? Not because we've seen him lift entire fortresses or do anything impressive but because he's always beating his opponent but never using more power than needed in a way similar to Saitama. Wouldn't Jax just simply beat anything in a fight because that's what he does?
