Talk:Syndra/@comment-64.113.185.211-20130319144159/@comment-6301771-20130319235518

Give her a bit of tankiness and take advantage of her strong base damages. She doesn't have phenominal AP scaling, so go for a Void Staff over Rabadons. Her damage is going to fall off late game a bit, so get as much utility as you can with Rylai's and Liandry's. An item I find myself building on her a lot is Lich Bane: She spams her Q constantly and overall engages at a fairly close range for the most part, so combining the poke from the Q and the poke from Lichbane grants her a lot of good mid game harrass and better sustained damage late game.

Syndra's a combo mage, but she's also not a terribly good burst mage other than her Ult, which requires a high degree of planning and skill to use to its maximum effectiveness. Get her all the cooldown reduction you can manage, plenty of utility, and drag enemies kicking and screaming into teamfights whether they want to or not.