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Champion guide

What the Rift Lab holds on this champion: the kit as Riot publishes it, the build the lab reviewed, and the matchups it has documented. Anything the dataset does not record is left out rather than filled in.

In-game title
The Dark Sovereign
Official role
MAGE
Lane
Mid
Difficulty
High
Source tier
A

Abilities

Riot's own text for each slot, in the order the champion learns them.

PASSIVE TRANSCENDENT

Syndra collects Splinters of Wrath by dealing ability damage to enemies and every time she levels up an ability. Splinters of Wrath can be used to upgrade her abilities and increase ability power.

1 DARK SPHERE

Syndra conjures a Dark Sphere that deals magic damage where it appears. The sphere remains and can be manipulated by her other powers. Upgrade: Syndra gains an additional charge of Dark Sphere.

2 FORCE OF WILL

Syndra hurls the nearest Dark Sphere at a target location, dealing magic damage and slowing the Move Speed of enemies within the area. Upgrade: Syndra deals bonus true damage.

3 SCATTER THE WEAK

Syndra sends out a wave of force, dealing magic damage and knocking back enemies and Dark Spheres. Enemies hit by Dark Spheres are stunned and take additional damage. Upgrade: Syndra increases the range of the wave of force.

ULTIMATE UNLEASHED POWER

Syndra launches the Dark Spheres orbiting her and any nearby at an enemy champion, dealing magic damage for each Sphere. Upgrade: The Dark Spheres execute enemies with low Health. When killing an enemy, the Spheres will explode on the spot and deal damage to nearby enemy champions.

Reviewed build

The reviewed purchase order and rune page for this champion. Every entry that has a page of its own is linked to it; an item the catalogue holds no page for is printed as a name rather than pointed at a page that does not exist.

Core build order

  1. Stormsurge
  2. Rabadon's Deathcap
  3. Infinity Orb
  4. Boots of Mana

Runes

Situational answers

One slot, changed when the enemy team changes the problem. These are answers, not automatic purchases.

Matchups

  • 8reviewed counter links
  • 5reviewed synergy links

Harder matchups

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Ability text and the in-game title follow Riot's official Wild Rift champion pages. The tier letter is the external snapshot shown on the tier list, and the build is the Nexus reviewed snapshot — neither is a win rate.