Champion profile

Syndra in draft

Played at Mid in 89% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

47 %

picked or banned · 1st of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.3%

Picked 22% · 600 of 2,710 gamesBanned 25% · 501 of 2,009 drafts with bans

Win rate at Mid

2,710 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA

Population: amateur tournaments created with tournament codes — neither solo queue nor the pro scene.

Everything below reads on 534 games at Mid. · 149 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (2,009 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.Banned, it makes room for

Cassiopeia

Annie

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other mid lanersCCDamagePokeNo split-push

03 · With / againstGood against Karma.Good against

Karma65%43 gamesBad againstno clear pairBad duo with

Leona32%34 gamesGood duo with

Ambessa67%36 games

04 · BuildOne path: Blackfire Torch.

Arcane Comet

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Mid picks taken by Syndra, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

4.3%17,695 picks out of 415,601banned in 15.9% of games · 11,848 of 74,465patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

9.8%363 picks out of 3,686banned in 26.9% of games · 357 of 1,329patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

10.8%237 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 29% and 38% since 16.12 · 37.4% on 16.21 · 36.9% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	37.4%	2,671	Arcane Comet66% · 255
16.20	36.9%	7,858	Arcane Comet66% · 762
16.19	36.1%	6,733	Arcane Comet67% · 616
16.18	37.9%	5,762	Arcane Comet65% · 502
16.17	34.7%	5,728	Arcane Comet60% · 436
16.16	36.5%	5,992	Arcane Comet52% · 444
16.15	34.2%	5,530	Arcane Comet50% · 332
16.14	34.2%	5,702	Arcane Comet49% · 339
16.13	28.8%	7,391	Arcane Comet42% · 380
16.12	31.3%	5,118	First Strike44% · 338

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

501 bans of 2,009 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: priority pick — taken in G1, burnt afterwards.

G127.5%
G215.1%
G3+12.5%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Viktor23

Ahri17

Orianna16

series, of 206 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (206), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Mid when Syndra is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Mid, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Cassiopeia
3.2% → 6.6%
Annie
2.9% → 4.4%

501 games where it is banned · 1,068 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

Comps with Syndra ban these champions in phase 2 more often than other comps.

Locke×1.42
Jarvan IV×1.39

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the mid laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min3.1 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · mid laners: 3.2

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itmid laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on mid laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itCCDamagePoke

What it is notNo split-push

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:06 (5:12), 1st item at 11:42 (12:00), 2nd at 20:36 (20:42), 3rd at 27:24 (27:00).

534 games · median minute of each milestone, mid laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
ViktorMID	91	Evenbetween 43% and 60%
WukongJGL	68	Evenbetween 42% and 61%
YunaraADC	61	Evenbetween 39% and 60%
LuluSUP	61	Leans its waybetween 45% and 66%
NautilusSUP	49	Evenbetween 40% and 62%
OriannaMID	47	Leans its waybetween 48% and 71%
JinxADC	45	Evenbetween 37% and 61%
KarmaSUP	43	Favourablebetween 53% and 76%
AhriMID	42	Leans against itbetween 33% and 58%
EzrealADC	42	Favourablebetween 52% and 75%

show 125 other pairs

Jarvan IVJGL	41	Leans its waybetween 46% and 70%
CaitlynADC	41	Evenbetween 39% and 64%
OrnnTOP	38	Evenbetween 37% and 63%
Kai'SaADC	38	Leans its waybetween 45% and 70%
Xin ZhaoJGL	36	Favourablebetween 50% and 76%
AsheADC	36	Evenbetween 37% and 63%
ViJGL	35	Leans against itbetween 33% and 59%
MilioSUP	35	Leans its waybetween 46% and 72%
BraumSUP	34	Evenbetween 34% and 61%
SeraphineSUP	34	Evenbetween 36% and 64%
SionTOP	31	Leans its waybetween 40% and 69%
LeonaSUP	31	Leans its waybetween 40% and 69%
LockeMID	30	Evenbetween 36% and 64%
AmbessaTOP	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
RellSUP	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
LucianADC	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
RenektonTOP	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
JhinADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
SivirADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
TristanaADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
GnarTOP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
AlistarSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
BardSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
RakanSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
ThreshSUP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
GarenTOP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
NocturneJGL	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
AuroraMID	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
HweiMID	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
AkaliMID	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
XayahADC	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
GwenTOP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
XerathMID	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
OlafTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
PantheonJGL	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
AatroxTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
ShenTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
ZeriADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
ViegoJGL	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
GalioMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
LeBlancMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
SylasMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ViktorADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
CorkiADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
Cho'GathTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
RumbleTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
UrgotTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
RyzeMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
ApheliosADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
NamiSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
CamilleTOP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
LilliaJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
SylasJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
EkkoMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
FizzMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
YoneMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
VarusADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ZiggsADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
TrundleJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
NeekoSUP	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
YoneTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
YorickTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
GwenJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
MaokaiJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
PoppyJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
ZaahenJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
LissandraMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
LuxMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
FioraTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
NasusTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
YasuoMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SeraphineADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
TaricSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
YuumiSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
GragasTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
JaxTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
KledTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SettTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AmumuJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GravesJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
HecarimJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MelMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ZedMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
HweiADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
KalistaADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
OlafJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AniviaMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MorganaMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
VeigarMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
JannaSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MorganaSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SonaSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SorakaSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
DariusTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
GangplankTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
KennenTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SingedTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SkarnerTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TrundleTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
JayceJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
KaynJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
KindredJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VolibearJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AnnieMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
IreliaMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MalzaharMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZiggsMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PoppySUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 135 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 534 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, filtered regions.

Patch + region16.21 · 49 games
Patch16.21 · 387 games
2 patches1,547 games
Window534 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Arcane Comet+

Inspiration

61% · 30 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport

96% · 47 games

First maxed skill

100% · 49 games

show 3 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orFirst Strike+Sorcery14% · 7 games
orArcane Comet+Precision22% · 11 games

Other spells

orFlash + Ghost4% · 2 games

49 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

One item path, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Blackfire Torch78% · 12:00
Cosmic Drive51% · 20:42
Rabadon's Deathcap55% · 26:24

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).