Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-5419934-20121223143249/@comment-2112140-20140211080206

From experience I can say she's still good late game, but not as strong as mid-game. Syndra is that mid-game burst assassin mage who just kills everyone in mid game and takes down key targets with her combo. I have recently had very much success getting more than 18 kills in 3 ranked games as Syndra. You need to build DFG and Zhonyas though, in order to be able to burst anyone who threatens you and also so you can wait for cooldowns after the full combo and if you're getting focused. The enemies of Syndra are mobile assassins with tons of burst. For example: Fizz can just hop and dodge everything you throw at him and get close to you and kill you, Kassadin can silence you and leave you useless as he jumps onto you when you tried to land a sphere on him. She does fare well against other mid-range mages, or those who deal sustained damage. The reason your friends might use the excuse is because they think you can't play Syndra, I mean her skill-cap can be considered godly for a LoL player, because it really does take a few games to figure out what you can do. Anyways I'd still recommend you play her and don't listen to your friends, just make sure that their mobile assassins (Kha Fizz Kass LeBlanc) aren't there to murder you. Also one other champion I really had problems with mid was Nunu, dealing with that guy in lane is hard when your own champion lacks sustain, but late game he was pretty much useless.