Talk:Syndra/@comment-87.170.17.105-20120828121258/@comment-86.72.54.181-20120830105625

"Passives aren't meant to be highly noticable or to help a character massivly later game" : I think that's an overgeneralization. Some passives are just a nice bonus to your stats, like Soraka's magic resist aura. Some are extremely strong, like what you said, Anivia's egg. Some of those can even be very deceiving, like Olaf's AS bonus (you think you can take him, but as his life drops, the scales tip more and more in his favor because of his passive). And there's also passives that define the gameplay of a character, like Sona's or Annie's, which are meant to be "noticeable", because they change what the character can do depending on whether or not the passive is charged.

So yeah, Syndra's passive is not one of these highly noticeable passives, and it might even not help her that much. Who knows ? But generalizing what passives are meant to do is a mistake in my opinion. Some are way more powerful than others, which is usually balanced by the othe abilities not being that strong. I'll use Sona's exemple again : the active effects of her auras are underwhelming, but it is important to keep in mind the order in which you're using them, because the passive is basically a fourth spell that can turn the tide of a fight.