Talk:Syndra/@comment-3529242-20120910153032/@comment-5162027-20120910225659

^ Wut. Pretty much every mage with single-target ults (NOT AOE ULTS) have high base and high ratios.

On top of that, pretty much every "burst" mage has a high damage high ratio ultimate on a somewhat low cd, because that's where a ton of their damage comes from- from a balancing perspective, it stops people from going on murdering sprees until level 6. As an example, Malzahar. Does decent damage with his other spells overall, but nothing really "bursty" until he hits 6. Or Veigar- imagine trying to play Veigar without a bunch of your damage frontloaded into your ultimate.

Syndra is a burst mage, AND her ultimate is single target, not AoE. It's just not good enough for the spell to make you leap through so many hoops to get maximum impact out of it- Darius, who has a similar "stacking" mechanic on his ult, has an easier time for crying out loud, and he's not supposed to go gibbing people instantly.