Talk:Syndra/@comment-218.186.15.10-20120923040506/@comment-4167645-20120923082240

Syndra cannot possibly be a zone controller. Zone controllers are like Zyra, Anivia and Cassiopeia whereby if you enter their specific areas, you will most assuredly die within seconds or be presented with a highly unfavorable situation. Get too close to them? You get disabled and get hit by heavy damage. The best part? They can do it again within short cooldowns if you remain.

Now lets say a Xin jumps onto Syndra, she pushes him away and slows him, not enough time to get more than 2 orbs up. The low damage on her spells means Xin isn't so severely damaged that he can't enter again, while she probably lost about half of her health. If Xin tries that shit on Anivia or Cassiopeia, hes not walking away alive for walking into their zone.

Syndra's ult unlike the other zone control mages is focused entire on damage, it doesn't do anything else. However, in that aspect its damage isn't spectacular enough to trade away utility present in most other spells. Its range is ridiculously short for something that requires so much set up, and no one is going to stay in that range for 9 seconds of setup unless its a tank which you shouldn't be using your sole damaging ability on.