Mage

Syndra

The Dark Sovereign

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.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site

See Syndra guides Write a guide for Syndra

P
Transcendent
Q
Dark Sphere
W
Force of Will
E
Scatter the Weak
R
Unleashed Power

Syndra

Overview

On patch 16.21, Syndra is rated A tier in the mid lane, winning 51.8% of 4,930 ranked games with a 5.1% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs First Strike with Flash and Barrier and builds Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Spellslinger's Shoes.

Syndra struggles most against Talon (34.8%), Ziggs (38.1%), and Kassadin (38.3%) and does best against Azir (68.6%), Twisted Fate (68.2%), and Vladimir (62.5%).

Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 4,930 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate

51.8%

Win rate

5.1%

Pick rate

4.9K

Games

16.21

Patch

Playing as Syndra

To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.

Playing against Syndra

Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.

Guides

See all

Be the first to share a guide.

Write a guide

Matchups

All Syndra matchups

Strong against

Azir68.6%35
Twisted Fate68.2%44
Vladimir62.5%144
Malzahar58.7%206
Viktor58.3%132

Weak against

Talon34.8%23
Ziggs38.1%21
Kassadin38.3%47
Ryze40.0%30
Katarina43.2%273

Abilities

P
Transcendent
Syndra collects Splinters of Wrath from gaining levels and damaging enemies which upgrade her abilities. Dark Sphere: Syndra can hold an additional charge Force of Will: Bonus true damage. Scatter the Weak: Increased width and slows all targets Unleashed Power: Executes low health targets
Q
Dark Sphere
Syndra conjures a Dark Sphere dealing magic damage. The sphere remains and can be manipulated by her other powers.
Cooldown: 7Cost: 40/45/50/55/60Range: 800
W
Force of Will
Syndra picks up and throws a Dark Sphere or enemy minion dealing magic damage and slowing the Move Speed of enemies.
Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9Cost: 60/70/80/90/100Range: 925
E
Scatter the Weak
Syndra knocks enemies and Dark Spheres back dealing magic damage. Enemies hit by Dark Spheres become stunned.
Cooldown: 15Cost: 50Range: 650
R
Unleashed Power
Syndra bombards an enemy Champion with all of her Dark Spheres.
Cooldown: 120/100/80Cost: 100Range: 675