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the Dark Sovereign

Syndra ADC build & stats

Mage B 215 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
51.2%
Pick rate
2.9%
Ban rate
15.8%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
50.0% 4 games

Finish these three

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
9,950 gold
85.7% WR 21 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
62.8% WR
43 games · 20% pick
First Strike
First Strike

When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
52.4% 191 games

Max order

Dark Sphere Q Force of Will W Scatter the Weak E
66.7% 3 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Syndra

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Syndra wins 51.2% of games as ADC on patch 16.17 (215 games).
  • Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Shadowflame → Luden's Echo — 57% win rate over 23 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 47% of games with a 49% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Viktor (62% over 8 games). Hardest: Lucian (33% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Banned in 16% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
56.5% WR
23 games · 11% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
85.7% WR
21 games · 10% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Void Staff
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
47.1% WR
17 games · 8% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.0% WR
4 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
60.0% 60% (130)
54.7% 74% (159)
53.1% 15% (32)
52.8% 33% (72)
51.8% 26% (56)
50.8% 56% (120)
50.7% 31% (67)
50.0% 4% (8)
47.1% 16% (34)
45.5% 20% (44)
42.9% 7% (14)
40.0% 5% (10)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
53.2% WR
47 games · 22% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
62.8% WR
43 games · 20% pick
First Strike Magical Footwear Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight Manaflow Band Transcendence
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
30.4% WR
23 games · 11% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Manaflow Band Transcendence

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 49.0%47% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 59.1%41% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 37.0%13% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 25.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 52.4%89% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 50.0%7% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 33.3%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Dark Sphere Q Force of Will W Scatter the Weak E 66.7%3 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (67%).

  • PTranscendent

    Syndra collects Splinters of Wrath from gaining levels and damaging enemies which upgrade her abilities.Dark Sphere: Syndra can hold an additional chargeForce of Will: Bonus true damage.Scatter the Weak: Increased width...

  • QDark Sphere

    Syndra conjures a Dark Sphere dealing magic damage. The sphere remains and can be manipulated by her other powers.

  • WForce of Will

    Syndra picks up and throws a Dark Sphere or enemy minion dealing magic damage and slowing the Move Speed of enemies.

  • EScatter the Weak

    Syndra knocks enemies and Dark Spheres back dealing magic damage. Enemies hit by Dark Spheres become stunned.

  • RUnleashed Power

    Syndra bombards an enemy Champion with all of her Dark Spheres.