User blog comment:Darksusanoo/(Champion Rework) Syndra, the Dark Sovereign/@comment-1330314-20150728224700/@comment-1920550-20150729163511

More or less....given how the ult is weaker by itself, your most likely to use on lower health carries or a suppor and then snowball from there with additional spheres. You would also have to take into account tankier characters such as the jungler, top laner, etc who will need more damage to kill them. And unlike Katarina, Syndra has actual mana costs and will thus always require more resource management, that our favourite spin to win assassin