User blog comment:Darksusanoo/(Champion Rework) Syndra, the Dark Sovereign/@comment-24035110-20150802001556/@comment-1920550-20150802183425

One of the base points i used for this rework was Scylla from Smite, who gameplay wise is a mix of Annie and Syndra. Her passive is the same as Syndra, but she arguably gets more value off of it as the game goes on and is one of the core aspects that feeds her as a late game burst mage.

Thing is Syndra is a lane bully by nature, so packing her passive without bringing down some of her base power seemed off to me.