Syndra

A Child Ionia Couldn’t Contain

Syndra’s magic arrived well before she had any command over it. Growing up in Ionia, she produced power so unruly that the village elders grew uneasy around her. Instead of guiding her patiently, they handed her off to a mentor, expecting him to teach her self-control.

Turning Betrayal Into a Weapon

The mentor was not the teacher he claimed to be. Syndra later learned he had never really trained her. He had been secretly holding her abilities back, keeping them weaker than they could have been. The discovery cut deep, and her resentment has since taken physical form as spheres of dark energy. She has made a vow that no one will ever hold her back again.

Every ability she has follows that same defiance. Dark Sphere summons the orbs that define her, and Force of Will lets her fling them, or her minions, at whoever stands in her path. Scatter the Weak pushes enemies and spheres away, leaving anyone who gets pinned against one dazed. Her passive, Transcendent, grows stronger as she gains levels and deals damage, giving her other spells extra charges and effects over the course of a fight. Her ultimate, Unleashed Power, is the clearest expression of her attitude: she releases every sphere she has collected onto one enemy champion at once, with nothing held in reserve. It suits a fighter whose whole arsenal grew out of a mentor’s attempt to keep her small. As a Mage designed for the mid lane, Syndra builds all of her spheres from Mana, not from a resource unique to her power, which limits how freely she can use them as recklessly as her history would suggest.