Syndra Mid Build

Syndra Champion Guide

Role: Mage

Lane: Midlane

Syndra Mid performs best with a build featuring Luden's Companion, Sorcerer's Shoes, Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Zhonya's Hourglass. The most effective rune setup for Syndra Mid includes First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, paired with Manaflow Band and Transcendence in the secondary tree.

Syndra Champion Abilities

Transcendent

Syndra can collect up to 120 Splinters of Wrath. These enhance Syndra’s abilities and restore 20−215 mana each time she claims one from an enemy.

Syndra collects Splinters of Wrath from the following:
- 1 / 2 / 3 Splinter(s) when damaging enemy champions with two abilities (levels 1 / 11 / 18) within 4 seconds (8 second cooldown).
- 5 Splinters upon spending ability points (max 85)
- 1 Splinter on killing large minions

At 120 Splinters of Wrath, Syndra increases her ability power by 15%. P

Dark Sphere

Syndra conjures a Dark Sphere, dealing 75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 (+70% of ability power) magic damage. The Dark Sphere remains for 6 seconds and can be manipulated by Syndra's other abilities.

Splinters of Wrath Evolve: Syndra can store 2 charges of Dark Sphere. Q

Force of Will

Syndra grabs a Dark Sphere, enemy minion, or non-epic monster. She drags it with her and can Recast for up to 5 seconds.

Recast: Syndra hurls the object, dealing 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+65% of ability power) magic damage and slowing by 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45% for 1.5 seconds.

Splinters of Wrath Evolve: This ability deals an additional 12% (+2% per 100 ability power) true damage. W

Scatter the Weak

Syndra projects a wave of force, knocking back enemies and Dark Spheres and dealing 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+45% of ability power) magic damage. Dark Spheres that are pushed stun enemies for 1.25 seconds and deal the same magic damage.

Splinters of Wrath Evolve: This ability's width is increased and slows enemies by 70% for 1.25 seconds. E

Unleashed Power

Passive: Dark Sphere gains an additional 10 / 20 / 30 ability haste for each rank of Unleashed Power.

Active: Syndra draws on her full cataclysmic power, launching the 3 Dark Spheres orbiting her plus up to 4 more nearby at an enemy champion. Each Dark Sphere deals 100 / 140 / 180 (+17% of ability power) magic damage.

Splinters of Wrath Evolve: This ability executes enemies below 15% maximum health. R

Syndra Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Teleport

Teleport is a unit-targeted summoner spell that blinks your champion to the target allied unit after a few seconds of channeling.

Teleport transforms into Unleashed Teleport after 10:00.

Syndra Runes

Syndra Items

Syndra Ability Order

Syndra Matchups Overview

Strong against

Yone

Azir

Corki

Ryze

Mel

Swain

Weak against

Irelia

Fizz

Qiyana

Diana

Katarina

Zed

Syndra Tips and Tricks

Delay a team fight for as long as possible while poking the enemy with your Q and W. Having balls placed will also allow you to set up a fight with your E. Try to get as many balls placed before activating your R on the enemy to increase your damage output and the chances of you killing the enemy. Set up picks for your team by placing Dark Spheres inside bushes and using your E to knock them into the enemy. Stunning them will result in easy pickups for your team.

Syndra Best Build, Runes and Items

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Syndra Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick First Strike as your keystone, followed by Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Luden's Companion as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Stormsurge. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Taste of Blood, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Luden's Companion as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Stormsurge as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Syndra Mid build, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Haste with Cut Down as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blackfire Torch as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Cosmic Drive as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E.

Situational Syndra Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or taking specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state, and your matchup to plan your Syndra build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.