The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Mid Line SYNDRA. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Amplifying Tome +25 Ability Power
500
Luden's Echo
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+300 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Discordic Echo: Moving and casting abilities builds Discord. At 100 Discord your next damaging active ability or empowered attack deals 110 (+ 10% AP) bonus magic damage to your target and up to 3 nearby enemies.
3000
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +55 Ability Power
+45 Move Speed.
+150% Mana Regeneration
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
1400
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Destiny: +5% Move Speed.
Balanced: +15 Magic Penetration.
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 35% Health. 3200
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item increases damage to enemies with low health. Indispensable for mages and assassins with magical damage type.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +55 Ability Power
+45 Move Speed.
+150% Mana Regeneration
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
1400
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Luden's Echo
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+300 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Discordic Echo: Moving and casting abilities builds Discord. At 100 Discord your next damaging active ability or empowered attack deals 110 (+ 10% AP) bonus magic damage to your target and up to 3 nearby enemies.
3000
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +55 Ability Power
+45 Move Speed.
+150% Mana Regeneration
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
1400
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Destiny: +5% Move Speed.
Balanced: +15 Magic Penetration.
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 35% Health. 3200
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item increases damage to enemies with low health. Indispensable for mages and assassins with magical damage type.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%.
3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: A huge power spike for champions with high AP ratios to increase AP by 20-45% and significantly increase their damage. Most effective against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+200 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s.
3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Horizon Focus
Deals bonus damage to marked targets +90 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Hypershot: Damaging an enemy champion with an ability from 600 units away reveals them for 6 seconds and increases damage dealt to them by 12%.
Focus: When Hypershot is triggered, it reveals all enemy champions within 1,200 units of the target for 2s. (15s Cooldown) 3100
Horizon Focus TIPS: Allows you to deal more damage from longer ranges or against immobilized enemies. Effective against champions who rely on their mobility (i.e Akali, Yasuo, Zed, etc.); poke you down (i.e. Lux, Ziggs, etc.).
Horizon Focus
Deals bonus damage to marked targets +90 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Hypershot: Damaging an enemy champion with an ability from 600 units away reveals them for 6 seconds and increases damage dealt to them by 12%.
Focus: When Hypershot is triggered, it reveals all enemy champions within 1,200 units of the target for 2s. (15s Cooldown) 3100
Horizon Focus TIPS: Allows you to deal more damage from longer ranges or against immobilized enemies. Effective against champions who rely on their mobility (i.e Akali, Yasuo, Zed, etc.); poke you down (i.e. Lux, Ziggs, etc.).
Crystalline Reflector
Reduce physical damage and deals magic damage back +200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Mirroed Force: Each ability cast grants a mirror shard that lasts 3 second(s). The shard blocks 8-25 incoming physical damage from enemy champions and deals magic damage equal to 10 + 3% AP
+ 1% bonus Health
to them. Shard durations do not stack.
3000
Crystalline Reflector TIPS: A great item for a mage assassin, it will increase survivability against champions with a physical damage type. It also reflects physical damage back to the attacker as magical damage.
Horizon Focus
Deals bonus damage to marked targets +90 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Hypershot: Damaging an enemy champion with an ability from 600 units away reveals them for 6 seconds and increases damage dealt to them by 12%.
Focus: When Hypershot is triggered, it reveals all enemy champions within 1,200 units of the target for 2s. (15s Cooldown) 3100
Horizon Focus TIPS: Allows you to deal more damage from longer ranges or against immobilized enemies. Effective against champions who rely on their mobility (i.e Akali, Yasuo, Zed, etc.); poke you down (i.e. Lux, Ziggs, etc.).
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding +200 Max Health
+80 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP
+ 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: If you're an mage-assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
Horizon Focus
Deals bonus damage to marked targets +90 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Hypershot: Damaging an enemy champion with an ability from 600 units away reveals them for 6 seconds and increases damage dealt to them by 12%.
Focus: When Hypershot is triggered, it reveals all enemy champions within 1,200 units of the target for 2s. (15s Cooldown) 3100
Horizon Focus TIPS: Allows you to deal more damage from longer ranges or against immobilized enemies. Effective against champions who rely on their mobility (i.e Akali, Yasuo, Zed, etc.); poke you down (i.e. Lux, Ziggs, etc.).
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +150 Max Health
+70 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2500
Morellonomicon TIPS: Mage’s grievous wounds option for tackling enemy comps with heavy healing & sustain. Perfect against champions like Soraka, Dr. Mundo & Vladimir.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
First Strike
Bonus Gold, Bonus Damage
0.25s after engaging an enemy champion in combat, dealing damage to them grants 10 gold and a First Strike effect that lasts 3s to you, allowing you to deal 8% bonus true damage to the enemy champion. Once the effect has ended, gain gold according to the bonus damage dealt (melee: 100% /ranged: 85%) during the effect.
Cooldown: 20s
Scorch
Poke
Damaging an enemy champion with an ability burns them, dealing 28-42 bonus magic damage () after 1 seconds.
Cooldown: 8s
Cheap Shot
Bonus Damage
Deals 10-45 bonus true damage to enemies whose movement is impaired.
Cooldown: 7s
Eyeball Collector
Adaptive Force
Gains 1 or 2
after each unique enemy champion takedown, stacking up to 10 times.
At 10 stacks, gain bonus 10 or 20
.
Transcendence
CDR
Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels:
At level 1, gain 6 Ability Haste;
at level 6, gain bonus 6 Ability Haste;
at level 11, after Basic Ability hit the target, redue 15% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
(Q) DARK SPHERE
7/6.5/6/5.5s
50/55/60/65
Conjures a Dark Sphere, dealing 70 magic damage (70/115/160/205 + 65% ) to enemies. The Sphere remains for 6 seconds and can be manipulated by Syndra's other abilities.
Transcendent: Stores a charge of Dark Sphere every 7 seconds, up to a maximum of 2.
This ability can be cast while moving.
(W) FORCE OF WILL
12/11/10/9s
70/80/90/100
Grabs the nearest Dark Sphere and hur's it at a target location, dealing 60 magic damage (60/100/140/180 + 45% ) to enemies within the area and slowing them by 20/25/30/35% for 1.5 seconds.
If there isn't any Dark Sphere nearby, Syndra generates one and hur's it at the target location. Damage from the Sphere is reduced to 80%.Transcendent: This ability deals an additional 12% true damage (12 + 2%
).
(E) SCATTER THE WEAK
17s
50
Projects a wave of force in a cone, knocking back enemies and Dark Spheres and dealing 70 magic damage (70/110/150/190 + 35% ).
Dark Spheres that are knocked back stun and knock back enemies hit along the way for 1.25 seconds, dealing 70 magic damage (70/110/150/190 + 35% ).
Transcendent: Increases the angle of the wave of force's cone by 50% and its radius to 720.
Enemies can only take damage and be knocked back from this ability once per cast.
(R) UNLEASHED POWER
80/70/60s
100
Manipulates the 3 Dark Spheres orbiting her plus up to 4 more nearby, launching them at an enemy champion. Each Sphere deals 60 magic damage (60/110/160 + 15% ).
Transcendent: Increases cast range by 100. This ability executes enemies below 10% Health. If this ability kills an enemy champion, the Dark Spheres will detonate where they were killed and deal 60 magic damage (60/110/160 + 15%
) to nearby enemy champions.
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Mid SYNDRA. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Mid SYNDRA in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage +200 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Magic Resistance
+45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken by 7-12% ().
1350
Spirit Visage
Increases healing and shielding received +350 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+50 Magic Resistance
+20 Ability Haste
Blessed: Increases all healing, regen, drain effects and shields on yourself by 30%. 2800
Spirit Visage TIPS: It is a strong item to amplify in-build sustain (to increase healing and health regeneration). It's good against magic damage champions who deal sustained damage like Vladimir and Swain; against burst mages like Syndra and Veigar to survive their initial burst and heal up quickly.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +350 Max Health
+55 Magic Resistance
Storm: +5% Move Speed.
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%. 2750
Force of Nature TIPS: Tank item which is recommended in situations where: 1) enemy team has a lot of magic damage; 2) you need increased movement speed. Effective against champions like Syndra, Brand, etc.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second.
3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage +45% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
At Wit's End: Basic attacks deal 15-65 bonus magic damage. While below 50% Health, dealing damage to an enemy champion heals you for (Melee 100%/Range 33%) of this effect's post-mitigation damage.
2700
Wit's End TIPS: A good item to build if you want to deal sustained damage and have some defensive stats against magic damage threats. Most commonly bought on champions that can benefit from it’s on-hit damage like Vayne, Irelia or Master Yi.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 800
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health
+50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+200 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s.
3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.75 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Sterak's Gage
Taking damage triggers a shield +400 Max Health
Heavy Handed: +50% base Attack Damage as bonus Attack Damage.
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield that equal to 75% of your bonus health
that decays over 3 seconds (90s Cooldown).
Sterak's Fury: Triggering Lifeline increases size, empowers you, removes all crowd control effects on you (except Airborne), and grants 30% Tenacity for 4 seconds. 3200
Sterak's Gage TIPS: Increase survivability in team fights to be tankier frontliner. It's effective against champions with burst damage like Zed, Talon and against champions with heavy CC like Lissandra and Nautilus, as the shield can help you survive their initial burst and crowd control.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second.
3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Immortal Shieldbow
Gain a Shield and Physical Vamp when health is low +40 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
+15% Attack Speed
+5% Physical Vamp
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health preemptively grants a shield that absorbs 250-550 damage (
) for 5 seconds. (90s Cooldown).
Buttle Furor: Triggering Lifeline grants +8% Physical Vamp for 8 seconds.
3000
Immortal Shieldbow TIPS: Recommended when you need a lot of sustain in fights; play a champion that benefits from high AD, (i.e. Draven, Jhin) or facing champions that deal a lot of physical damage (i.e. Zed, Master Yi, Tryndamere).
Locket Enchant
Area of effect magic shield
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 60-390 damage for 2.5 seconds. (60s cooldown)
This effect is reduced by 50% if the target has been affected by another Locket in the last 20 seconds. 500
Locket Enchant TIPS: Is great on tanks who are good in team fights.
Gargoyle Enchant
Shield
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a shield that absorbs 28% of your max Health. The shield decays over 4 seconds. (60s Cooldown) Fore every enemy nearby, gain an additional shield that absorbs damage equal to 14% of max Health, capped at 3 shields. Damage dealt is reduced by 40% for 4 seconds. If the shield breaks early, damage reduction will end. 500
Every instance of ability damage dealt to an enemy champion grants 1 Splinters of Wrath and restores 13 mana (). Syndra gains 4 (gain 60 Splinters in total upon level 15) Splinters of Wrath every time she levels up an ability. Up to 120 Splinters can be collected.
Transcendent: Empowers a basic ability after collecting 40, 60, and 80 Splinters of Wrath.
Empowers Unleashed Power after collecting 100 Splinters of Wrath.
Transcendence: Gains 12% after collecting 120 Splinters of Wrath.
7/6.5/6/5.5s
50/55/60/65
Conjures a Dark Sphere, dealing 70 magic damage (70/115/160/205 + 65% ) to enemies. The Sphere remains for 6 seconds and can be manipulated by Syndra's other abilities.
Transcendent: Stores a charge of Dark Sphere every 7 seconds, up to a maximum of 2.
This ability can be cast while moving.
12/11/10/9s
70/80/90/100
Grabs the nearest Dark Sphere and hur's it at a target location, dealing 60 magic damage (60/100/140/180 + 45% ) to enemies within the area and slowing them by 20/25/30/35% for 1.5 seconds.
If there isn't any Dark Sphere nearby, Syndra generates one and hur's it at the target location. Damage from the Sphere is reduced to 80%.Transcendent: This ability deals an additional 12% true damage (12 + 2%
).
17s
50
Projects a wave of force in a cone, knocking back enemies and Dark Spheres and dealing 70 magic damage (70/110/150/190 + 35% ).
Dark Spheres that are knocked back stun and knock back enemies hit along the way for 1.25 seconds, dealing 70 magic damage (70/110/150/190 + 35% ).
Transcendent: Increases the angle of the wave of force's cone by 50% and its radius to 720.
Enemies can only take damage and be knocked back from this ability once per cast.
80/70/60s
100
Manipulates the 3 Dark Spheres orbiting her plus up to 4 more nearby, launching them at an enemy champion. Each Sphere deals 60 magic damage (60/110/160 + 15% ).
Transcendent: Increases cast range by 100. This ability executes enemies below 10% Health. If this ability kills an enemy champion, the Dark Spheres will detonate where they were killed and deal 60 magic damage (60/110/160 + 15%
) to nearby enemy champions.
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Syndra is a fearsome Ionian mage with incredible power at her command. As a child, she disturbed the village elders with her reckless and wild magic. She was sent away to be taught greater control, but eventually discovered her supposed mentor was restraining her abilities. Forming her feelings of betrayal and hurt into dark spheres of energy, Syndra has sworn to destroy all who would try to control her.