Before I go into the skill order, let’s start with Syndra’s passive ability. Syndra collects splinters over the course of the game and at 40, 60, 80, 100 and 120 splinters she improves her abilities. She receives 5 splinters with every skill point she distributes. She receives a splinter from each cannon minion and if she hits an enemy champion with 2 different abilities, she also receives a splinter. She also gets mana back when she gets splinters (excluding the 5 splinters per level). The majority of splinters are therefore collected automatically via level ups, which is why it is important to lose as little experience as possible.

40 splinters: Syndra receives two charges on the Q.

60 Splinter: Syndra’s W deals additional absolute damage.

80 Splinter: Syndra’s E becomes wider and greatly slows enemies.

100 Splinter: Syndra’s Ult executes targets below 15%.

120 Splinter: Syndra gains 15% additional ability power.

As you can see, Syndra’s passives give her extremely strong bonuses that scale well into the game.

Syndra’s Q creates a dark sphere at the target location that deals damage and remains in place. We maximize this ability first.

Syndra’s W picks up a dark sphere, minions or jungle camps. The absorbed target can carry Syndra with them for a while and cast it on a point to deal damage when the W reactivates. We maximize this ability second.

Syndra’s E pushes all enemies away from Syndra. If there is a dark sphere in the way, it will also be thrown away over a much greater distance and stun all enemies hit.

Syndra’s ult throws all dark spheres at an opponent, causing damage. Since 3 spheres always fly around Syndra, she always throws at least 3 spheres.

I’ll explain how best to use these abilities in combination later in the guide.