How to Play Syndra Support: Tips & Power Spikes (26.19)

Max order: Q > W > E
First item: Luden's Echo12.6 min
Gold vs lane at 15: +297

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Syndra Power Spikes (Patch 26.19)

Support

When Syndra Support gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Syndra wins most.

Lv 3
All three basic abilities at level 3
Syndra's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
Lv 6
Ultimate rank 1 at level 6
The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Syndra hits it.
Lv 11
Ultimate rank 2 at level 11
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Syndra can start or win.
Lv 16
Ultimate rank 3 at level 16
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Syndra can start or win.
12.6 min
First item at 12.6 min
Luden's Echo is done — Syndra's first real damage or durability spike.
40 min
Strongest in games of about 40 minutes
Syndra wins 57.1% of games that end around this point.

Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.

Syndra Support Laning Plan

Syndra is a lane bully: trade early and often, push the advantage, and turn the gold lead into the first item spike. On average Syndra Support is 297 gold ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in 61% of games. Syndra averages 0.14 solo kills by 15 minutes.

Syndra win rate by gold at 15

Ahead59.8%
Behind30.9%

Syndra Mid and Late Game

What Syndra does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.

Play to these strengths

Syndra farms well (percentile 87): keep catching side waves between fights.
Syndra is a main damage source (85/100): stay alive and in range for the whole fight rather than diving first.
Syndra brings crowd control (percentile 78): start the fight or follow up on a teammate's engage.
Syndra wins 1.6 points more in short games than long ones: group, take objectives and end before the enemy scales.

Mistakes to avoid

Syndra mitigates little damage (5/100): one bad position ends the fight, so stay behind your frontline.

Playing 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.

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How to Play Syndra FAQ - Patch 26.19

When does Syndra power spike?

Syndra's spikes in a typical ranked game: All three basic abilities at level 3; Ultimate rank 1 at level 6; Ultimate rank 2 at level 11; Ultimate rank 3 at level 16; First item at 12.6 min.

Can Syndra come back from behind?

Syndra wins 31% of games when behind in gold at 15 minutes (over 55 games), against 60% when ahead — so a lost lane costs Syndra games, but it is not decisive.

What is Syndra's first item?

Most Syndra players finish Luden's Echo first, at a median of 12.6 minutes.

How do you play Syndra Support?

From this patch's ranked data, Syndra wins by playing to these strengths: keep farming side waves; survive and deal damage in teamfights; start fights with crowd control.

Syndra How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes