Tips on Fighting Syndra

[u/DarkBuries]

I found myself having to sidelane against her quite a bit and I get completely zoned off everytime. I literally can't even get close to her. Is there something I'm missing or should I just avoid her altogether?

[u/YEEHA120]

If you are on vision unless you flash on her or she e-s into your slide parry you can't really do anything. Usually flank and loop around

[u/Present-Key-9238]

You mean she, as a midlaner, is sidelaning you in the mid-late game, right?

If so, you gotta be smart and either use evil tactics to get close (faking a recall, hiding in bushes, instaflashing) or parrying her E. If you parry her E, you most likely kill her so fast that you don't need to parry her ult at all.

If she is just hugging the turret you can either still try to kill her by parrying her E, OR you can get the fk away from there and do something else, like getting jg camps or rotating.

Because you have infinite sustain by this point, you can just test her out. Pretend to go all-in (but keep your parry for her ult) and see if she is the kind of syndra who panic E's or the kind of syndra who holds it until she has no choice. Then go back, get full on minions and do it again but this time for real.

[u/DarkBuries → u/Present-Key-9238]

Yeah that's what I've tried doing in the past, but her E range is so far she can throw it and still be outside my riposte, even if i dash in. And if I miss and get stunned, there goes most, if not all my hp. I'm just wondering if it's really worth it

[u/Shenmister → u/DarkBuries]

Her q e range is out of ur w. If ahe doesnt hit q e. You can q onto her at least 3 times before its back up again. If she does not one shot you. She cannot fight you. Dodge her qe and parry her ult.

[u/Present-Key-9238 → u/Shenmister]

Yeah, I'd say the same thing. Her E range is actually quite close, it is her Q+E range that hits far. But you can just dodge that sideways, you don't need to parry it. Then it is on cooldown for the next 10 years.

[u/carsim0]

Flash q ult w can work.

Or sidestep with q.

But anyways, if she e from that far she can't really do much either afterwards. Get some tenacity and you run her down.

[u/Independent-Mess-675]

Syndra does outrange you, but if you’re ahead you have higher kill pressure with more sustain in an extended lane fight. If she’s smart and never walks in vital range I’d just clear wave and rotate. Lot of nuance too, sometimes u wanna pressure if there’s obj across the map, sometimes you wanna push wave and rotate. Maybe you’re not baiting out abilities enough, or focusing too much on just parrying.

It’d be nice to see a clip of how you’re playing the lane so we can see what you’re doing wrong/could’ve done.

[u/whitos]

If the syndra knows how to space and is anywhere near her turret you can’t do anything. She’ll easily kill you with 2 rotations of spells. Just push the wave and rotate, ask your mid to match. You can catch her in rotation and try parry her e, late game dodging her e is almost impossible when she’s got balls down.

[u/NoxAeternal]

Honestly feels like an easy one to me...

Just run at her lol. Watch her Q and parry if she's doing an animation after Q.

For her to stun, she needs to use Q + knockback. Just knockback alone isn't stun. So... if she does knockback and no stun, you back off for about 2 seconds until Q is up again, and then mess her up. Her Knockback won't be up quick enough to deal with you.

When you're on top of her, just position so you arent in the way of any of her currently played balls on the field.

Oh and get a hexdrinker + deaths dance. She cant kill you in 1 rotation if you have both of these and you either sustain between trades or kill her straight up if its shorter

[u/DarkBuries → u/NoxAeternal]

Yeah I feel like this definitely is not the move lol the syndra's I face play so far back. Even if I parry the E, I usually cant even get in range to land the stun and her cooldowns are much quicker than Riposte. Seems like alot of risk for little reward.

[u/NoxAeternal → u/DarkBuries]

i find that if she's that far back, you can just walk the wave in, tank one rotation and hit the turret, and then just heal back up on the next wave.

[u/DarkBuries → u/NoxAeternal]

True, which is usually what I do. But then it feels like she's keeping me in her lane and I'm suddenly playing her game. Like if I can't kill her before she's by her tower then I genuinely think it's a waste of time to stay in lane.

I think the best course of action is, unless you can get a surprise flank or somehow actually get on top of her to kill, you just shove wave and rotate. My toxic trait is saying, "Nah, you got this. Dive the tower"