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Syndra Counters, Build and Runes — Mid and Bot Lane · Patch 26.20

the Dark Sovereign

Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (8,851 games).

Syndra, the Dark Sovereign, leaves Dark Spheres on the field and hurls them all at one champion with Unleashed Power. Master+ played her Mid most and in the bot lane often, on Arcane Comet, with Blackfire Torch first in the path bought most. Katarina, Locke, Yasuo and Zed beat her most often. Viktor and Fizz she edged out. Ahri, Yone and Akali were about even.

Mage

Patch 26.18 · Mid · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 8,851 games · Preview sample

Role snapshot (Mid)

STier
Win Rate
51.3%
Pick Rate
13.5%
Ban Rate
26.2%

8,851

Games

Very High

Confidence

Win rate by lane

  • Mid51.0% · 6,532 games
  • Bot53.1% · 2,118 games

Most common path

463 games

56.2%Win Rate

Start
FlashTeleport

Other first item

268 games

50.7%Win Rate

Start
FlashGhost

Runes

Patch 26.18

This exact page: taken in 12.4% of games·52.6% win rate over 1,096 games.

Primary

Sorcery

Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana. After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Scorch

Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.

Secondary

Precision

Legend: Haste

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.

Cut Down

Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.

Shards

  • Attack Speed
  • Adaptive Force
  • Health

Other keystones taken

  • First Strike21.1% taken · 51.0% win1,867 games
  • Summon Aery13.5% taken · 52.6% win1,195 games
  • Stormraider's Surge2.5% taken · 51.1% win221 games

Tree pairs

  • Sorcery + Inspiration42.0% taken · 51.0% win3,714 games
  • Sorcery + Precision26.8% taken · 52.2% win2,372 games
  • Inspiration + Sorcery16.6% taken · 50.1% win1,470 games

Skill Order

Which ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Syndra's most common path.

Q

Dark Sphere

Syndra conjures a Dark Sphere dealing magic damage.

Cooldown 7s · 40/45/50/55/60 Mana
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 13/12/11/10/9s · 60/70/80/90/100 Mana
E

Scatter the Weak

Syndra knocks enemies and Dark Spheres back dealing magic damage.

Cooldown 15s · 50 Mana
R

Unleashed Power

Syndra bombards an enemy Champion with all of her Dark Spheres.

Cooldown 120/100/80s · 100 Mana

Max Order

QWE

Max Q first, then W, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 12 / 16).

Level-up Order

  • Q
  • W
  • E
  • R
Ability123456789101112131415161718
QDark SphereQQQQQ
WForce of WillWWWWW
EScatter the WeakEEEEE
RUnleashed PowerRRR

Matchup map (Mid)

How Syndra performs against enemy mid laners

Levels 1 – 18 · Master+40%60%Syndra's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard

Conditional build matrix

Recommended items by enemy team composition

Master+ · Patch 26.18
Mythic / CoreFirst major item
Core 2Second item
Core 3Third item
BootsBoot slot
SituationalPick as needed

Scaling — minute 10–30

SyndraMid average

Gold

102030

Damage to champions

102030

CS

102030

Counter plan — how to beat Syndra

  • Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip

  • Punish the cooldown — Syndra is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 8/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

  • Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody

Ability details

  • P

    Transcendent

    Syndra collects Splinters of Wrath from gaining levels and damaging enemies which upgrade her abilities.Dark Sphere: Syndra can hold an additional chargeForce of Will: Bonus true damage.Scatter the Weak: Increased width and slows all targetsUnleashed Power: Executes low health targets

    Passive — never cast

  • Q

    Dark Sphere

    Syndra conjures a Dark Sphere dealing magic damage. The sphere remains and can be manipulated by her other powers.

    Cost 40/45/50/55/60 ManaCooldown 7sRange 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.

    Cost 60/70/80/90/100 ManaCooldown 13/12/11/10/9sRange 925

  • E

    Scatter the Weak

    Syndra knocks enemies and Dark Spheres back dealing magic damage. Enemies hit by Dark Spheres become stunned.

    Cost 50 ManaCooldown 15sRange 650

  • R

    Unleashed Power

    Syndra bombards an enemy Champion with all of her Dark Spheres.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 120/100/80sRange 675

Syndra balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Syndra in 5 patches. The latest is patch 26.18, published 2026-09-09.

  1. Patch 26.182026-09-09

    PTranscendent

    • Splinter Mana20 - 255to20 - 199

    WForce of Will

    • Cooldown12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8sto13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9s
    Why, in Riot's words

    Our MSI changes were effective at pulling her to the forefront of pro play for the first time in years, but unfortunately she's too performant in specific solo queue settings. Our data shows that W damage is a meaningfully larger share of damage in the tiers where she's stronger than desired, so this should help tap her down while still preserving her core fantasies. Her passive is also now better breakpointed to increase reliance on Lost Chapter in early-mid levels, nerfing her higher winrate builds that make do with less mana investment.

  2. Patch 26.122026-06-09

    Base Stats

    • Base Health563to583

    QDark Sphere

    • Damage80-220 (+65% AP)to90-230 (+70% AP)
    Why, in Riot's words

    Pass the ball, Ori! Syndra has had some of her more reliable damage stripped away recently in W and R, so we want to give her the tools to start pushing for that scaling fantasy with Dark Sphere, her highest variance bread and butter ability. We're hoping this mix of exciting and functional buffs gets players across skill brackets interested in her untapped power.

  3. Patch 26.42026-02-18

    WForce of Will

    • Base Damage70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210to70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190

    RUnleashed Power

    • Base Damage90 / 130 / 170to80 / 120 / 160
    Why, in Riot's words

    Syndra has been rising through the ranks recently, with high CDR builds performing especially well. We don't want to hit how she feels with her Q poke and main defensive tool in Scatter the Weak, so instead we're going to take at some of her more guaranteed damage.

  4. Patch 25.192025-09-23

    Base Stats

    • Health Growth104to100
    • Armor Growth4.6to4

    QDark Sphere

    • Damage75 / 110 / 145 / 180 / 215 (+ 60% AP)to80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+ 65% AP)

    EScatter the Weak

    • Cooldown17to15
    Why, in Riot's words

    We’re delivering some power-neutral adjustments to Syndra, making her a stronger lane bully and teamfight carry mage while siphoning some power that should disproportionately impact non-pro players.

  5. Patch 25.082025-04-15

    WForce of Will

    • Slow25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45%to25%

    EScatter the Weak

    • Damage75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+ 45% AP)to60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 60% AP)

    RUnleashed Power

    • Damage per Sphere100 / 140 / 180 (+17% AP)to90 / 130 / 170 (+ 20% AP)
    Why, in Riot's words

    We're adjusting Syndra's incentives to make her more of a burst mage and less of a high-uptime full mobility kiter who relies on high haste to whittle her opponents down. In order to make burst builds competitive to high high-haste ones, we're tweaking some of her numbers

Syndra skins (14)

Riot's data lists 14 looks for Syndra with their own art, the base skin included and 60 chroma variants.

ARAM performance

EstimateS
Win Rate
53.5%
▲ 0.0%
Pick Rate
2.9%
▲ 0.7%
Ban Rate
2.4%
▲ 0.5%
Damage dealt
99.9%
Damage taken
103.0%
Healing
107.7%
Shielding
94.3%
Ability Haste
+5

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.1949.7% over 2,359 games-1.1
  2. 26.1851.7% over 4,695 games-0.5
  3. 26.1752.6% over 1,745 games—

Syndra's base stats against all 173 champions

StatSyndraRankMedian
Base health583140th620
Health per level100=117th104
Base armor25=121st30
Armor per level4=157th4.6
Base magic resist30=110th32
Magic resist per level1.3=93rd1.55
Base attack damage54=138th59
Base attack speed0.658=54th0.656
Attack speed per level2%=119th2.5%
Move speed330=117th335
Attack range550=9th175

Syndra at level 1 and level 18

  • Syndra reaches 2283 health at level 18 — 583 at level 1 plus 17 × 100, the 32nd-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20, shared with 2.
  • Syndra reaches 1160 mana at level 18 — 480 at level 1 plus 17 × 40, the 52nd-highest of 145 mana users on patch 26.20.
  • Syndra reaches 93 armor at level 18 — 25 at level 1 plus 17 × 4, the 11th-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20, shared with 2.
  • Syndra reaches 52.1 magic resist at level 18 — 30 at level 1 plus 17 × 1.3, the 34th-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20, shared with 43.
StatLevel 1Per levelLevel 18Rank at 18
Health583+1002283=140th of 173
Mana480+40116052nd of 145
Armor25+493=161st of 173
Magic resist30+1.352.1=97th of 173

Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.

Riot's tips for Syndra

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.

Quick answers about Syndra

How does Syndra do against Katarina?
Syndra won 37.3% of 126 counted Master+ games against Katarina. Katarina is one of the opponents that beat Syndra.
How does Syndra do against Locke?
Syndra won 42.6% of 350 counted Master+ games against Locke. Locke is one of the opponents that beat Syndra.
How does Syndra do against Yasuo?
Syndra won 45.0% of 189 counted Master+ games against Yasuo. Yasuo is one of the opponents that beat Syndra.
How does Syndra do against Zed?
Syndra won 45.7% of 188 counted Master+ games against Zed. Zed is one of the opponents that beat Syndra.
How does Syndra do against Viktor?
Syndra won 55.4% of 426 counted Master+ games against Viktor. It is a matchup Syndra wins more often than not.
How does Syndra do against Fizz?
Syndra won 55.0% of 129 counted Master+ games against Fizz. It is a matchup Syndra wins more often than not.
How does Syndra do against Ahri?
Syndra won 50.7% of 290 counted Master+ games against Ahri. It is close to even.
How does Syndra do against Yone?
Syndra won 52.5% of 282 counted Master+ games against Yone. It is close to even.
What class is Syndra?
Riot classes Syndra as Mage. This site files the champion under Mid.
How hard is Syndra to play?
Riot rates Syndra's difficulty 8 out of 10.
What resource does Syndra use?
Syndra's abilities spend Mana.
What is Syndra's attack range?
550 units — the 9th-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 36 others).
What are Syndra's abilities?
Passive — Transcendent, Q — Dark Sphere, W — Force of Will, E — Scatter the Weak and R — Unleashed Power.
How many skins does Syndra have?
Riot's data lists 14 skins with their own art, the base look included, plus 60 chroma variants.
How much health does Syndra have at level 18?
2283 — 583 at level 1 plus 17 × 100 per level, Riot's own values, before items and runes.
What is Syndra's ultimate cooldown?
Unleashed Power (R): 120/100/80 seconds by rank, before ability haste, in Riot's Data Dragon 16.20.1.
When did Riot last change Syndra?
Patch 26.18, published 9 September 2026 — the latest of 5 patches that change Syndra in Riot's notes from 25.S1.1 to 26.20.

Syndra at a glance

Syndra, the Dark Sovereign, is a Mage champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 8/10 for difficulty, 2/10 for attack, 3/10 for defense and 9/10 for magic. Syndra spends Mana and has 14 skins with their own art.

Attack2/10
Defense3/10
Magic9/10
Difficulty8/10

Syndra's story

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.
— Riot Games, Data Dragon 16.20.1. League of Legends Universe

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Methodology

Data window
Preview sample — a one-time snapshot of 65,406 ranked games (Master+, EUW/KR/NA, patch 26.18), counted by GamGem while our Riot production key is under review. Figures will update daily once it is approved. Counted 26–27 Sept 2026; patches 26.18 (35,477) · 26.19 (18,580) · 26.17 (11,048) · 26.16 (293) · 26.15 (8); by server EUW 22,382 · KR 21,922 · NA 21,065 · EUNE 20 · TR 17. 642 games without a result — remakes ended by vote in their first minutes, and games recorded with no winner — were not counted.
Rank aggregation
Master, Grandmaster and Challenger, pooled — the three ladders the count read its players from. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under every lane that holds at least a tenth of its counted games — the position the match itself reports, not the champion’s class. Its headline win rate is across all of them; each lane’s own win rate and games are counted too, and a lane’s tier list ranks by them.
Counters
The two champions in the same position on opposite teams, over that pairing’s own counted games — ranked on the edge pulled toward zero by its sample size, printed raw.
Minimum sample
None — no figure is hidden for being thin. Every rate prints its games, and the confidence band is its 95% margin: Very High within ±1.5 points, High ±2.5, Moderate ±3.1 (1,000 games), Low wider.
Why a build is not a cause
An item is counted when the match ENDS with it, so late items show long games and an item bought when already ahead shows games that were being won. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying the item caused the win.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates, builds, keystones, spells and matchups are counted by GamGem from Riot's ranked match records. An estimate, not a count: this panel is not in the preview sample, and is labelled so.

Syndra on video

Published by League of Legends on YouTube, 13 September 2012.

14 years old. League of Legends has been patched since, so watch it for how the kit plays, not for numbers — the rest of this page is written for the current patch.

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