Syndra tips?
Accepting any tips for Syndra, but there is one issue I'm having. All her moves are too telegraphed. Anyone have tips on how to make her moves less obvious?
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CDR is your friend.
Use your Q to lead them and zone them.
Reposition W after another Q to get them where you want 'em.
Hit E. Stun 'em.
Press R to win.
At the moment Syndra is one of the weakest champions, so I took some distance from her after having played her to a seventy percent winrate or so last season. Personally, I'm hoping for some much needed buff.
Syndra is not really obvious because you can use Q, W and Ult while moving. This needs to be utilized, there's no need to stop moving while using her Q. Also, it doesn't matter how obvious it is: you can poke people on lasthitting pretty well in most matchups. A Q can well be guaranteed damage if they are trying to lasthit a minion, running or chasing.
You can also drop spheres out of the opponent teams vision without wasting time. If you are roaming and your ult is ready, there should usually be some spheres up already when you get into their range so that you can go for a quick 5/6-spheres ult at least if you want.
So your Qs stay at their positions - but that's a bit of help too. You can zone your lane opponent out of some spots with multiple spheres. They create areas that your opponents cannot position without getting hit by your Scatter the Weak.
The E isn't obvious either to be honest: it can follow up to a quick W, if W->E works better for you than Q->E because of the Q delay, go for it. Also helps you get an extra sphere. And naturally the E is highly ranged. You can lockdown people through the environment easily for your team. They won't see it coming without good vision coverage. Don't forget that the E is not only a lockdown, though. It's also a disengage that heaven sent you. The E alone makes her a wonderful pick against predictable high MS guys like Udyr, Yi, Voli, Heca and others that have to close up with an MS buff.
Also, it's nice to notice that her Ult and E have an amazing synergy. Many Syndras will go for E to lock someone down and ult him on a teamfight. It's often a better combo, if you can execute it, to go for an ult and follow up with your E - that's 3 extra spheres from your ult giving you 5-7 spheres for your E. With its 1.5 sec stun that is very close to a Sona ultimate following on the Syndra ult. And Syndra can be annoying like no other mid to the opponent jungler. The E has enaugh range to pass through terrain and you can safely take out jungle monsters of camps with the W. So if you're ahead in lane, a ward at their wraiths at least will be some help to your team, lets everyone know when their jungler is busy nigh wraiths, too.
And because it has to be said: Syndra can throw some funny things. This includes teddy bears like Tibbers and Heimerdonger's turrets, even the big ones.
As well as Syndra can setup kills, lock down opponents, disengage whole teams, put up camps, clear waves with one Q-E combo or gank with an instant huge burst of damage, I would not really call her predictable but it's a form of control. They cannot walk into spots that your spheres cover, you choose your fights, you hurt their jungler, you clear waves in an instant, ... Those are tools to give you more map presence. And that's scary on a ranged AP assassin. Because that's what she is much rather than a common caster.
Don't drop a ball and immediately go for the stun. Leave it there and pull away attention. That is the best way I have seen to get the stun and combo off.
Fun little tip: Using Force of Will to Control Minion Waves
Before the waves meet in the middle of your lane, step ahead and grab the first minion of the wave and throw it back towards yours. This will cause your minions to stop prematurely and shift the wave towards your turret, allowing for safer laning, easier positioning for pokes, and good setups for jungle ganks!
Wow some great tips here! Thank you all!