Talk:Syndra/@comment-71.163.43.44-20120909180203

it seems like the ideal damage senario with her is if you use q 3 time to poke, quickly force of will the first sphere and fire it, followed by a quick 4th q then you ult the person at the front of their team. finally throw down a scatter the weak to shoot the 7 balls at the enemy team.

Problems with accomplishing this:

1. you need 40% cdr for this to work completely

2. you need to have lightening reflexes to manage your dark spheres while avoiding the enemy team's poke

3. the enemy team has to be stupid enough to stick around for you to set up, or you need to try and lay a trap in the jungle and hope your timing is perfect (although it would be possible to set up for a teamfight at baron provided the enemy team started baron.)

4. you need to be sure that the enemy team does not initiate while you are setting up

5. the person at the front of their team will probably be the tank

6. this combo turns your scatter the weak into a shotgun, giving it all the issues of accuracy as well, so, depending on how they are grouped up, it will be anywhere between extreamly and not very effective

7. i have not done the math as to if this will do more damage than an ap carry focused Syndra, howeever this combo also focuses on getting the most utility out of her spells.

8. you will need to focus on CDR first and this could make early game more difficult

9. If they see that you have your ult up (which they can,) they will be more careful due to the possibility of a trap

Things that will help accomplish this:

1. Putting 3 of your balls in the bush to help hide that you are setting up

2. having someone like alistar, blitzcrank, lee sin, or nautilus bring a carry or support to the front of their team, allowing your ult to do significant damage to someone other than the tank

3. good ward coverage, so you can see if you can set up a jungle trap

4. someone like galio or amumu who can stop the other team from moving could help you put your dark spheres in the enemy team to do damage as well as setting up the combo, rather than hiding them in bushes

Items (no perticular order): Athene's, sorc's, deathcap, rylia's, DFG, Void staff. (blue pot provides the 10% extra CDR needed)