This is kind of a stretch, but does Syndra potentially have the power to create petricite?

Tattersall·8/8/2018, 8:54:49 PM·5 votes·5,162 views

When Syndra uses her magic, "the residual effects on the magic of the land around her are quite disturbing. Without understanding how or why, she is creating "magical fallout" that permanently (?) sours the spiritual energies of the environment nearby," according to Scathlocke.

She's not stealing magic from her environment, but she is causing some weird things to happen. In Ionia the land is so infused with magic that "souring the spiritual energies" would definitely cause many things to wither and die, but what about outside of Ionia? What if Syndra could use focus her magic into "souring" the land in a specific way? What if she could create null-magic-zones that blocked magic? What if someone read all of this and discussed it with me?

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6FlagsFunnelCake8/8/2018, 9:11:08 PM4 votes

That's actually makes some sense! First off, Syndra's powers have been continuously described by Riot to be "something totally new to Ionia" and how it's not 'sapping' magic, but it just sort of 'rots' magic around the area and 'cuts off the connection to the spirit world' in a sense. It'd make sense in Ionia that it'll be looked down upon and cause tons of damage to the surrounding area (Ionia literally BREATHS magic).

Secondly, I feel like Petricite is starting to be revealed as EXTREMELY powerful, more so than most people would think. I mean, it's a material that specifically nullifys magic, to the point where it can hold WORLD RUNES, the most powerful objects in Runeterra. An immensley powerful object sounds in-line with Syndra.

RookPusher8/8/2018, 9:01:23 PM2 votes

I'm kind of hoping that maybe Syndra's misuse of magic is the reason the Shadow Isles became a shitshow.

Oleandervine8/8/2018, 9:30:38 PM2 votes

This is not the case. The giant trees that became petrified had properties to them that allowed them to either absorb or nullify magic entirely. They're not the byproduct of someone like Syndra who could drain the magic from the land, as they would cease to have magic absorbing/nullification properties if someone like Syndra had drained their magic that gave them these properties.

Furthermore, Syndra was only limited to Ionia. After she withered the Ghostwillow and killed her mentor, she was entrapped by Ionia itself in the Dreaming Pools. She never left the islands, so she is definitely not the cause of anything outside of Ionia.

MrNhbdy8/11/2018, 3:48:09 AM2 votes

I don't know Syndra's lore, but the title of the thread struck a cord. Please enlighten me.

Mage creates magic nullifying substance ON PURPOSE using magic. This doesn't quite sound right to me, wouldn't this like void itself out mid creation.

I could understand a null magic substance happening over time because of constant magical use to nature, major events like the rune wars and possibly hextech waste/ technological waste.

Its possible that the world has evolved to protect itself , petricite being its answer.

FlameHalbrdOkido8/9/2018, 4:18:51 AM1 votes

No 2 different types of magic manipulation petricite is a naturally accruing material, it absorbs and nullifies magic, any and all types no matter how powerful, meaning it even trumps world runes and most certainly Syndras magic, because petricite isn't magic, it's a material that absorbs and nullifies it same as lead absorbing an x-ray

Now u can say magic nullification is a type of magic, but even then it's still in its own realm

Syndra's magic deconstructs/withers/rots/destroys magic related to the spiritual realm specifucally.

Basically Syndras magic is anti spirit energy magic, and petricite is anti magic, they aren't the same thing