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Syndra
Patch 16.3.1
MidDifficulty
Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Stack Splinters quickly to reach your upgrades. In the mid-to-late game, look for long-range stuns on priority targets, then delete them with to force a 5v4. Control the area around objectives with your spheres.
Playstyle
Control mage with high burst and scaling. Focuses on sphere management and landing long-range stuns to delete priority targets.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Huge burst potential with execute once upgraded
- +Long-range, multi-target crowd control via
- +High true damage scaling with upgraded
- +Excellent zone control during objective fights
Weaknesses
- -Extremely vulnerable to ganks when is on cooldown
- -High mana costs in the early laning phase
- -Requires precise skillshot accuracy to be effective
- -Immobile and easily dove by assassins
Abilities
Collect Splinters of Wrath by damaging enemies with 2 abilities within 4s or leveling up. Each 20 Splinters boosts your AP. At 40, gets two charges. At 60, gets wider and slows. At 80, deals true damage. At 100, executes targets below 15% HP.
Your main tool for damage and setup. It leaves a sphere on the ground for 6s. Once you hit 40 Splinters from , you can store two charges. Always try to have at least one sphere on the ground before a fight starts.
Pick up a sphere or minion and throw it to slow and damage enemies. Thrown spheres have their duration reset. Use this to reposition spheres for better angles or to extend the time they stay on the map for a bigger .
Knocks back enemies and spheres. If a sphere hits an enemy, they are stunned. This is your primary defensive and offensive tool. After 60 Splinters from , the cone is much wider and applies a slow, making it a massive teamfight ability.
Single-target nuke that fires all active spheres at the enemy. Each sphere increases the damage. It also spawns 3 spheres immediately. After 100 Splinters from , this will execute any target under 15% maximum health.
Teamfight Role
Burst/Control Mage
Stay behind your front line and use to create a 'minefield' of spheres. Use to peel for yourself or catch out the enemy ADC. Once a target is stunned, use to eliminate them.
If an enemy assassin is fed, do not use aggressively. Hold it exclusively to knock them back and stun them when they dive you or your ADC.
Combos
Basic Stun
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The bread and butter. Place a sphere and immediately knock it back to stun the target. Very fast and hard to react to at mid-range.
The Pick Combo
→ → →
Reposition a sphere with W to catch them off guard, drop a second Q, stun them with E, and finish with the ultimate.
Teamfight Nuke
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Use first on a target. Once the spheres land on the ground, use to scatter them in a massive arc, potentially stunning the entire enemy team.
Max Damage All-in
→ (hold) → → → (throw) →
Standard high-damage rotation. By holding a sphere with W, you ensure it doesn't expire before you cast , maximizing the sphere count.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | has a short cooldown and high base damage, allowing you to proc Manaflow Band and farm Splinters early. |
| Level 6 | Your kill pressure increases massively with . You can often burst mid-laners from 70% HP if you land a stun. |
| 40 Splinters | Gaining the second charge of drastically increases your DPS and ability to set up stuns. |
| Level 11 | With Rank 2 and usually the upgrade, you become a menace in mid-game teamfights. |
| 100 Splinters | The 15% execute on makes you a threat even to tanks and ensures no carry survives your combo. |
Tips & Tricks
- •You can cast while moving or while casting to save time.
- • can pick up the Scuttle Crab or enemy buffs to steal them or move them away from the enemy jungler.
- • hides the start of the animation if you time it perfectly, making the stun almost instant.
- •Use to pick up a sphere that is about to disappear; throwing it resets the 6-second timer.
- •Cast in bushes to check for enemies without walking in; the sphere provides a small amount of vision.
- • always creates 3 spheres. If you have no spheres out, you still fire at least 3, but the 3 that land can be used for an immediate stun.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using for poke when you have no vision.→You are completely defenseless for 18+ seconds. A smart jungler will kill you instantly.
- ✕Missing on the enemy laner.→You fail to stack Splinters, delaying your vital upgrades and scaling.
- ✕Using on a target with Zhonya's or Fizz E available.→Your entire burst is negated, and you lose all your kill pressure for the next minute.
- ✕Not keeping track of sphere duration.→You might cast only to have half your spheres vanish mid-cast, dealing significantly less damage.
- ✕Picking up a minion with during a teamfight instead of a sphere.→You lose out on the sphere's interaction with and lower your potential damage.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.3.1 • Generated