Syndra Build Guide : [10.10]And They Said I Lacked Balance, Ha!: Luxeøn Style

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When I start playing LoL, I hate feeded Syndra in game

p.s Great guide

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Great guide! 😀

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Greeting LuxTheGreyWarden, this looks really nice but i preffer electrocute instead of Dark Harvest cause Dark Harvest got nerfed and i think that electrocute deals more damage, anyway its well eplained guide i see you spent allot time making it and i hope you will keep updating this guide its great guide i tried it few times and it went great.

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Hey man, thank you!!
Yeah, I only have DH up just because it's so busted right now, even with the nerfs, but it definitely is going to go back to electrocute right when DH gets nerfed again the next patch.

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Great guide, I've been using it for some time now. I would just like to suggest one thing and that is - add a counterplay guide for Irelia, please

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Thank you for this, I seem to have missed the Irelia matchup on both my guides. I'll be adding it now!

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You have 2 different rune setups for , that's a lot of work. I'll apply your guide to a game at some point and see how it works for myself. I'm sure it'll work really well. Well done.

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Yeah it's definitely a lot of work lolol but Runes can be pretty preferenced based, so I try to explain which runes do and don't work, and what they do for you

Hope it goes well for you in your games and feel free to let me know what runes you took and how it went!
And thank you <3

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Thank you for the feedback. I've liked for a long time now. I'll be sure to check back if I have questions.

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You explained everything so well, thank you.

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Of course <3 If you have any other questions feel free to ask :)

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Amazing guide. Well written, explains everything i need to know. Awesome! :)
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Thank you, glad it helped ^.^

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I always thinked that Syndra was a bad pick because i never knew how to use it. Thanks to this guide now i know how to use she properly (I still dont know how to write "properly") Now see she like a good pick that grants a godd laning and a good teamfight. So, this guide is awesome and i am very thankful to you for creating this awesome guide. Also, thanks for reading my comment :3

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Sorry for the late response, this is so great to hear!! I'm so glad this helped you and I hope you can use Syndra to carry <3

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Great Guide!

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Thanks man, glad you like it ^.^

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@ RikudouDovahkiin To add to why I prefer Liandry's CAN be better than Abyssal at times, here is some math I did. Let me know what you think.
*Let us assume that we are level 9 and have leveled up Q 5 times, W 2 times, E once, and R once. We will also assume we took standard runes, meaning 7.8MPEN reds and 15AP. Lastly, we will assume that the enemy had 12MR from their glyphs and also got a , meaning they will have 82MR.

Picture of the Math

This shows the math for a standard combo of Q>E>W>R.
To explain the math a bit, I took the AP, magic pen, and magic resist we talked about and calculated what each damages were, and then added them together to see the total damage you would do with your combo. On the Abyssal side, I even multiplied the damage number by .10 because of the passive of (this is assuming you are even in 700 range the whole time for the passive to take effect).
You can see that Liandry's ends up doing more damage! This is why I prefer it, as your burst is a bit better and the health protects you against all types of damage. I also didn't add the burn effect damage, but that is pretty minimal. I also realized that Abyssal costs 350 less gold, but that shouldn't play TOO much of a factor because you can't buy any more AP with 350g anyways.

However, is still ALWAYS the better way to go if they have one or more big AP threats. I would personally just buy a and wait until later, but it's your choice. You can even get both if desired :P

Hope any of this helped,

-Luxeøn

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Oh thanks I didn't see one coming thanks, but doesn't that mean It works best against targets building magic resistance as tanks, since at lvl 18 sorc+ runes+ masteries end up something like 29 pen and usually normal adcs have 30 which doesn't constitute that much of problem and does our magic penetration increase damage output against low hp targets somehow like abyssal since -15 magic resistance, our damage should excess the numbers writing on skills due to ''-'' resistance isnt't it? Yeah doing damage stuffs and things, seems better at it but when it comes to block liandry+pen+runes penetration an easy abyssal can stop all those ''real damage like magic damage because of high pen'' in some situations which make that one more precious than it should be when compared to because damage, but in terms of pure damage IDK how did math end up like this 10% damage increase even in base damages should be stronger whutevah more than 20 ap difference however it seems that 15 is pretty strong, I have tested that thing on training mode, with 0 ap items 's ult was doing nearly 200 damage, after building 6 penetration items (5x , or 4x , and 1x ) and my dear 200 damage evolved into 800+ more or less :D

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@ RikudouDovahkiin Yes, if they aren't BUILDING any MR, you might want to stick with [abyssal scepter]] when you are looking for damage but need that MR. If they stay at 30MR all game, you don't even need to get either because if your runes and masteries and such bring their MR down to 1 like you said (30-29), 35% of 1 is pretty useless lol. However, MOSTLY everyone should be building magic resist. All ranged champions start off at 30MR, but most people take 12mr in their runes. They also can get things like , , and other AD MR items. Tanks get TONS of MR ususally (, , etc). Mages get , supports get , , etc. This is the reason magic penetration is VERY important.

Honestly, imo, if there were more MPEN items, it would be a HIT, just like lethality was before the buffs. AP just increases your overall damage with your spells, but reducing someones magic resist with magic penetration reduces their reduction to your spells, aka why I emphasize getting when MR is being built by mostly everyone on the team in both my guide and this one!
As for when you said 15AP matters a lot, Liandry's DOES more damage because it doesn't just give 20AP more than Abyssal, but that magic pen allows your spells to then do even MORE damage. This is why the item has gotten more popular, rather than just a buying it.
Anyways, again, hope all of this made sense and I wasn't just rambling :p
Good luck with everything <3

-Luxeøn

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KK thanks <3

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Heya :D

I'll preface this by saying I don't even own Syndra, so I won't focus too much on Syndra-specific things. I'm looking at the cheat sheet at the moment and I'm considering the choice of , as it's not often I see APCs with Ghost (unless they're ).

I think you could put the Alternative Items next to Core Items and just drop the GA so it'd fit.

For the notes in your cheat sheet, perhaps spend a sentence or two explaining. People sometimes don't have the time to read the entire guide.

For your ToC you could use the code [[nextcol width=25]] between the chapters instead of using invisible text.

If you're going for the purple and blue colour scheme, perhaps carry it throughout the guide for emphasis etc. So pros/cons could be purple and blue as opposed to green and red.

*solo queue

I like the formatting for your "Other Rune Choices" more than the list format of the first section. Maybe you could do something like (quote me for coding):

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I wouldn't explain masteries not to get unless there's a real reason you need to explain why. *double edged sword

I would order summoner spells by preference/importance and make it obvious which spells are a must and which ones are match-up situational.

Don't forget to center your videos!

*mercury's treads

I reckon the match-ups section is pretty impressive and I wouldn't hide them behind spoilers!

All the best :)

Cheers,
jhoi

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Thanks Jhoi for your feedback, I really appreciate it <3

As GMD explained, ghost actually works very well. It can't be used as a 'I messed up, get out of jail free card' like it used to, but it's still realllly good, especially for kiting. Hmm I honestly never even think of the cheat sheet and just want my guide to be detailed so people understand, I'll have to work on the cheat sheet and even go look at my Lux guide to see what it says there as well.
Finally, YES I was trying so hard to find a coding for using more than one rune on a line and that's perfect, thank you! I literally spent two hours trying to fix that one error and I just gave up on it lol.
I'll be sure to update this and I appreciate the feedback, as always <3

-Luxeøn

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is an extremely common summoner spell in the mid-lane nowadays, even on those who are not Twisted Fate. It's seen on Viktor, Syndra, Cassiopeia, Space Dragon, and many others. You can use it to catch people, get away without using flash, and overall set up an engage. Especially on Syndra, who's pretty pick-oriented, Ghost offers a lot of things.

You hide match-ups behind spoilers, because otherwise it gets cloggy and you create a massive wall-o-text, so no.

Now here's an elaborate greeting that is not there at all to drag out this comment whatsoever: May a squadron of magnificent *****es find their way to your various orifices, if you so please, by day's end.

You are most welcome,
G, M, ****ing D.

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Thank you for the explanation, it saved me some breath :p

As for that elaborate greeting, I literally rep'd you just for that, 10/10 would experience again.

-Luxeøn

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'' is an extremely common summoner spell in the mid-lane nowadays,'' just no dear sirrah/ma'am ghost is popular since league time began ^^ Vladimir rework and Viktor meta and that is one of most strong choices that changing style of your game that combined with , a death contract for enemy bot lane, 10 secs of burst of speed is almost viable on any ap mid laner that still dwells in meta. Thanks for guide, I was thinking if I should buy Syndra or not, she 'nowadays'' is really strong because of her unexpected easy burst with 'r'' basically if she/he mistakenly caresses R button something may die, but yet I could buy Jinx or something diverse btw thanks for the guide I see many people building , thats now its odd on Syndra idk why they are that consistent about building Ionian on her ty for the guide btw, I could suggest that you should change liandry from generic build because that is quite a situational item for a mid laner like who has not any form of continual CC that lasts throughout the team fight so it will not be useful as it was on a CC mage like Lissandra but can be taken to reach higher penetration for one-shot 'business'' :D, yet is pretty strong too since its unique passive increases 10% OF ANY FORM OF MAGICAL DAMAGE IN A RADIUS, now that works on your base magic damages too, it may be stronger than Liandry due to high magic resistance stats that provided at early game, which can be fatal for lane dominance as it almost increases trading rates like 30% in 1v1. Ty for guide :3

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'' is an extremely common summoner spell in the mid-lane nowadays,'' just no dear sirrah/ma'am ghost is popular since Vladimir rework and Viktor meta and that is one of most strong choices that changing style of your game, a death contract for enemy bot lane, 10 secs of burst of speed is almost viable on any ap mid laner that still dwells in meta. Thanks for guide, I was thinking if I should buy Syndra or not, she 'nowadays'' is really strong because of her unexpected easy burst with 'r'' basically if she/he mistakenly caresses R button something may die, but yet I could buy Jinx or something diverse btw thanks for the guide I see many people building , thats now its odd on Syndra idk why they are that consistent about building Ionian on her ty for the guide btw, I could suggest that you should change liandry from generic build because that is quite a situational item for a mid laner like who has not any form of continual CC that lasts throughout the team fight so it will not be useful as it was on a CC mage like Lissandra but can be taken to reach higher penetration for one-shot 'business'' :D, yet is pretty strong too since its unique passive increases 10% OF ANY FORM OF MAGICAL DAMAGE IN A RADIUS, now that works on your base magic damages too, it may be stronger than Liandry due to high magic resistance stats that provided at early game, which can be fatal for lane dominance as it almost increases trading rates like 30% in 1v1. Ty for guide :3

Hey @ RikudouDovahkiin

Yes, you are right for sure! However, the ones he mentioned use ghost quite nicely! was super popular in season 6 and still is very popular, especially in pro play. Pro play is a little different though ofc because they normally take or , rather than other SS's due to the circumstances, but I think it has died down a little since the 'nerf'. I know I personally look on Lux because it got me out of sticky situations FAST, but now I don't use it as my main summoner spell anymore due to the ramp up (but I know Lux isn't a meta champ at all). Anyways, back to Syndra!

10/10 would recommend buying Syndra. I really do think she is in such a good place right now. Her W true damage is honestly insanely strong right now!! People don't realize the W damage and are more scared of her ultimate. As for , I should definitely add it to the guide! Those with //if you took CDR runes can really give you the cap! However, watch you don't do all 3, as you'll have more than max CDR and it might be a waste. I think another reason is because her cooldown of her ultimate also got pushed up a bit, so maybe they want it back faster? Not too sure on that one, I am the damage type of player so I will always prefer unless anything else is needed.
I prefer because it gives her health and more burst damage, and mid game, her job will be to burst the enemy mage or ADC down if she can get a pick. This can be hard with things like MR, , a healy support, but the extra damage kicked in with the grevious wounds to counter that healing should score the kill. In teamfights, she will actually have AOE CC with her W and possibly E every 5-10 seconds, so it does make worth it. The health also protects you from attack damage/ap/or even true damage, rather than just magic damage from Abyssal. However, if you don't like it, don't buy it!

can be really good, but you have to watch when you buy it. It's better to buy it later on if you need the MR because it's more of a scaling item- as I explained with a link in my guide (you can totally get early if you need it!). It's a really good 'offensive AND defensive' item to buy, but first or second item is eh. It's especially eh if you dont even need the MR. Abyssal is a very nice item though, and that's why I still have it in my alternative items and I encourage readers to buy it if needed because it almost did make it into the core! If you don't like Liandry's, just trade it out for Abyssal and boom :)
I actually updated the guide with an 'itemization' section explaining kinda what to buy in situations because every game is different. Some games, I don't even get and stuff like that.

Anyways, I hope all of this made sense and helped and I thank you for reading my guide!! I hope you pick Syndra up because she is such a fun and unique champion and have a blast with her :)
See you on the rift!

-Luxeøn

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Yeah thanks ''See you on the rift!'' that's a bit hard since I play on TR sry ;...;, I also don't build abyssal every game like you but sometimes it can be just game changing most of the professional players as I know mainly focusing on their target at mid-lane lowering their efficiency kill-rate, is a straight way to win as it increases your presence naturally thats what I like about absysal also its somehow like RoA since it scales with base damages too, building it early will have an effect like RoA like you mentioned before, investing our 1 skill point into Q can add 40 base damage which ends something like 44 because of isn't it </2 <3 <3

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^For some reason the coding above makes the marks look really small, but they shouldn't be. Kinda weird...

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Some of your [nextcol] tags didn't have a width set, and (for whatever reason) those columns ended up being really small (this also meant that the fact that your runes were set to size 40 was ignored). I took the liberty of editing those columns and slightly upping the rune size (to 50), should be a bit better now! :)

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Woah, weird how life do dat.

Reals though, it's strange how columns act differently in guides, comments and in the forums. Thanks ~~Joev~~ Wayne ^^

(wtf.....)

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Wow! This guide is really well made. I can tell you put a lot of work into it. I used to do dumb stuff ad Syndra like build lich bane (which is the best item in the game btw). Now I know that its an awful idea. THANKS LUXEØN!!!

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Haha thanks man! It did take a while, but it was definitely worth it! Of course, who doesnt love Lich Bane??
One time, my friend was suppose to Vayne adc and I was suppose to Syndra mid- we forgot to switch. I went AP Vayne mid and he went ADC Syndra and it actually owned. Would not recommend but its funny as hell. Anyways, thanks for your comment(s) and cheers!

Luxeøn

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Hey Luxeøn I've been following you and your guide for a while now and I really love your Lux guide so much! There is so much detail and it has helped me so much with my Lux because I love her but I am not the best with her... will you add more details for this guide as well? I am not the best at syndra either but I am trying. Do you've think the nerf hurt syndra a lot? I picked up on Syndra because you play Syndra and I want to learn maybe Orianna too since you are one really good Orianna. Will you do an Orianna guide or another guide when you are done with this one? I look up to you in a way if that isn't too weird to say. Anyways I +1 because this guide is beautiful as I expected and the colors are so pretty! I hope you respond and update your guide thank you

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Hey man,

This is honestly such a sweet post, I'm really flattered!! I'm glad you like my guide(s) and playstyle :D
I hope to update this guide more as it goes along. However, I wanted to have a guide that gives enough basic information put out, and then add to it. Keep a look out, there will be more!!
As for another guide, maybe sooner or later :) an Orianna one would be cool but there is also a really great Orianna guide on this website, so I'm not entirely sure.
As for the nerf, it definitely 'nerfed' her ability to burst an enemy down. It can be hard to get all 7 balls for your ultimate, but it was also insanely op at the time in my opinion. They also made the ult cd longer, which gives some breathing room. However, I like the changes. Maxing W and getting 20% TRUE damage is really good, especially against those tanks or people stacking that MR. Despite people's opinions of "Syndra is ez, no skillshots, just press R and win"- and I get this a lot, they should refer to Annie with all point and click abilities basically (not bashing on Annie, I love her, but Syndra's only non-skillshot ability is her ultimate). Syndra is more FUN now because she has such a high ceiling for learning and her spells and rotations just feel good when you do them correctly. I think she will definitely still be meta and is just an overall strong champ.

Thank you so much again for your kind words and I wish you luck on your games. Practice makes perfect :)

-Luxeøn

[10.10]And They Said I Lacked Balance, Ha!: Luxeøn Style

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