Talk:Syndra/@comment-109.197.57.85-20130223161054/@comment-81.159.161.229-20130223192604

Depends on your skill. Also they slightly differ in play. Lux is a long range burst mage who maxs high damage with ability combo-ing and in team fights she kites around the fight throwing in any spell she wishes for the situation from aoe damage, aoe cc, aoe nuke and aoe shield to team mates. Syndra has a LOT more damage and possible dps while not being completely limited in combo choice. She needs to be closer than lux to land her spells but her cc, nuke(single) and low cd damage spells are stronger, she also doesn't stop moving for casting her spells (except e, r). Syndra also is tankier than lux (armour scaling), but she is slower by 10 ms.

Lux, Q-R-E-AA will be a very common combo. That is your skill order, love it. Honestly lux offers better utility than syndra with a high aoe burst, strong mixture of soft cc (slows and snares) and wide range aoe double shield this has the potential to mitigate 600 points on damage average late game (300 both times). Her E and R both give vision. Lux is great for mid game brining better utility to the team than Syndra. Lux is very safe in lane against most champions due to her safe wave clear and good damage mitigation in the shield, safer than Syndra imo.

Syndra get spheres down and land a spell or two with a stun then ult, she can put down more damage on a weaker cool down with more easy to land harrass. She is a lane pain and in team fights whide aoe stun is useful with her single target burst. Very strong cc and low cd high aoe damage and a very powerful single target nuke, but she is more at risk than lux who can kite the battle field throwing in aoe dmg, cc and shields. Early - mid Syndra has a very high mana consumption on her spells/ poke than a lux would. Has two methods of checking for vision her W and E (on contact i think) both grant vision. IMO late game syndra is stronger than Lux but Lux gets a better mid game and team utility with her aoe nuke and shield.

Honestly if you haven't played a combo kill champ like lux yet you might have a hard time adapting straight to Syndra who can be tricky to use correctly as she can have more mana issues than lux and is more of a risk. Also learning how to position correctly for landing combos is important and you learn it with lux (position to land cc and other spells). Go with Lux first before going on to Syndra, I will say they are both fun and very promising champions.