Talk:Syndra/@comment-15762242-20130817201206/@comment-5057599-20130819233930

I love playing Syndra and in my experience there aren't many mid laners who can deal with her. She stomps ALL the popular mids (Ahri, Orianna, TF, Kassadin, Ryze, Lux...) and only a few can go toe-to-toe against her (Diana, Cassiopeia and Fizz) and even those have to flat outplay Syndra to win the lane, so it's not even an auto-win for them. The issue is that she's kinda hard to play in comparison to every other champion. LoL's community is very unskilled by default and that's why people love no-brain champions like Kassadin, Yi and Caitlyn. Skillshots are ok, but having skillshots and abilities which interact with each other? Hell no, that's too much for the kids' brains. Having the best AoE poke in the game after Jayce, a potential Sona ult with her E and a single target burst combo that makes LeBlanc pale in comparison is simply overtrumped by the fact that people can't be bothered to learn her despite being a very strong solo queue carry.

In the competitive scene it's a different story. She's not picked for the same reason of champions like Annie, Malzahar or Brand. Her lack of mobility, roaming potential and global spells are too many downsides in matches which are often decided by Karthus and TF ults. The only time someone played Syndra was CLG's link about one year ago and he absolutely stomped.