Champion sheet · Mid

Syndra

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

48.4%#1 of 173 champions

Pick: 22.3%picked in 738 of 3,305 games
Ban: 26.1%618 bans over 2,371 games, against 16.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid52.0% between 48.8% and 55.2% over 673 gamesSoloQ 50.0%: no clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 28.5 min

Amateur: 3,336 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 177,753 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itArcane Comet, then Blackfire Torch, Cosmic Drive, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 94% of mid laners.CCDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
10.4%
SoloQ
4.4%
10.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
27.9%
SoloQ
16.1%
27.9% ban rate in amateur play over 1,344 games, against 16.1% in soloQ over 130,688 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
28.5 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 28.5 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Blackfire Torch, Cosmic Drive, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet59% · 13,200

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport86% · 19,322

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 95 games

Core (3 legendaries)12% · 1,356

12%of soloQ games

Blackfire Torch
Cosmic Drive
Rabadon's Deathcap

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 94% of mid laners.

Crowd control (CC)top6%1.4 · mid laners: 0.7
Team damagetop13%25% · mid laners: 21%

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

What marks it

CC
Damage
Poke

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 38 in lane, 43 in mid game and 53 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

514-14 vs 528

876-24 vs 899

1,186+8 vs 1,179

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

Syndramid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 60% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.1takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 38 of 100 among mid laners514 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 43 of 100 among mid laners876 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 53 of 100 among mid laners1,186 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 68 of 100 among mid laners+154 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 60 of 100 among mid laners+183 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 46 of 100 among mid laners3.1 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 10 of 100 among mid laners292 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 46 of 100 among mid laners55% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 38 of 100 among mid laners21% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 53 of 100 among mid lanersrank 53 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 94 of 100 among mid laners1.4 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 88 of 100 among mid laners25% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ambessa52.8% · expected 47.3% · 36 g+5.5 ptSoloQ -1.0

Renekton54.1% · expected 49.6% · 37 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -0.4

Ornn54.3% · expected 51.4% · 46 g+2.9 ptSoloQ -4.3

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao59.1% · expected 51.5% · 44 g+7.6 ptSoloQ -2.5

Jarvan IV57.9% · expected 53.2% · 57 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -1.5

Wukong53.4% · expected 51.2% · 88 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +2.2

Midgap to expected

Viktor51.9% · expected 50.0% · 104 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -0.5

Orianna54.8% · expected 54.3% · 62 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +2.7

Locke53.5% · expected 52.6% · 43 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -3.5

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal60.0% · expected 50.7% · 55 g+9.3 ptSoloQ -3.0

Lucian63.3% · expected 51.5% · 30 g+11.8 ptSoloQ +1.5

Yunara52.5% · expected 50.8% · 80 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -0.5

Kai'Sa57.8% · expected 55.0% · 45 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +1.0

Jinx54.0% · expected 52.1% · 50 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +1.0

Supportgap to expected

Karma67.9% · expected 57.6% · 53 g+10.3 ptSoloQ -1.6

Braum55.0% · expected 49.1% · 40 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -0.4

Alistar54.3% · expected 49.0% · 35 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -1.4

Milio57.1% · expected 55.6% · 42 g+1.5 ptSoloQ 0.0

With

Topgap to expected

Ambessa68.1% · expected 56.7% · 47 g+11.4 ptSoloQ +2.1

Ornn56.4% · expected 52.6% · 55 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +3.8

K'Sante52.0% · expected 48.1% · 50 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +1.6

Sion50.9% · expected 47.9% · 55 g+3.1 ptSoloQ +3.5

Gnar58.1% · expected 53.0% · 31 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +2.4

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV62.1% · expected 50.8% · 58 g+11.3 ptSoloQ +0.3

Wukong53.1% · expected 52.8% · 81 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -1.0

ADCgap to expected

Yunara57.0% · expected 53.2% · 79 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +1.1

Lucian59.0% · expected 52.5% · 39 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +1.0

Ezreal53.8% · expected 53.3% · 65 g+0.6 ptSoloQ -2.1

Caitlyn54.2% · expected 52.1% · 48 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +0.5

Sivir53.3% · expected 52.3% · 45 g+1.0 ptSoloQ -1.0

Supportgap to expected

Milio58.3% · expected 48.4% · 36 g+9.9 ptSoloQ +3.5

Nautilus55.3% · expected 53.6% · 85 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +2.8

Seraphine58.5% · expected 57.9% · 41 g+0.7 ptSoloQ -4.6

Matchups and allies

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