Xayah vs Syndra Counter Pick

The evidence here is modest, 151 games tracked on patch 16.13.1, so Xayah’s 54.3% is better treated as a soft lead than a settled figure.

Syndra reaches 25 units further, 550 against 525, and every point of her damage is magic, meaning 96.4 armor at level 18 contributes nothing to the exchange and Xayah’s 30 base magic resist carries all of it. Dark Sphere leaves spheres standing on the ground, Scatter the Weak stuns anyone a sphere is knocked into, and Unleashed Power collapses the entire set onto one champion. Transcendent upgrades those abilities as she collects Splinters of Wrath from levels and from damaging enemies.

Durability and timing keep Xayah ahead. She carries 630 base health to 583 and 2,449 at level 18 to 2,283, so a partial combo does not finish her, and Featherstorm‘s untargetable leap covers exactly the window in which the ultimate would land. Clean Cuts and Double Daggers then put Feathers into the space Syndra has to walk through, with Bladecaller rooting on the recall. Both walk at 330 and both spend mana, so retreating on movement statistics alone is not available to either. Difficulty ratings of 8 against 5 matter more than usual when one side’s plan depends on a sphere placed several seconds earlier. Kit: Syndra.