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title: 'This Champion Feels Completely Broken...'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yy8jca-XBFY'
video_id: 'Yy8jca-XBFY'
date: 2026-08-18
duration_sec: 2634
channel: 'Xaryu'
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# This Champion Feels Completely Broken...

> Source: [This Champion Feels Completely Broken...](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yy8jca-XBFY)

## Summary

The video follows a player experimenting with Syndra in a ranked League of Legends match, exploring her positioning-based playstyle and evaluating her effectiveness compared to their usual champion, Ryze. The player reflects on their performance, team dynamics, and the outcome of the game.

### Key Points

- **First Ranked Game with Syndra** [00:02] — The player begins their first ranked game with Syndra, aiming to reinvent the meta with a Ghost summoner spell, and sets expectations that it can't go worse than a previous Zed game.
- **Learning Matchup vs AD Champs** [01:01] — The player notes that against AD champions, they shouldn't push early, and they successfully avoid fighting the opponent early, applying advice from viewers.
- **Wave Clear and CS Struggles** [04:01] — The player questions how to wave clear with Syndra, considering using E, but finds themselves behind in CS despite doing well in lane, indicating a learning curve.
- **Feeling OP but Ineffective** [08:49] — Despite dealing high damage, the player feels unable to secure kills, missing an ultimate on Viego, but acknowledges feeling useful with Q and W combos and AoE stuns.
- **Positioning-Based Playstyle** [11:23] — The player appreciates Syndra's playstyle, comparing it to mages in WoW where you stay on the outskirts and avoid direct engagement, emphasizing positioning over mechanics.
- **Using QE as a Disengage** [14:10] — The player realizes they can use QE as a 'get off me' tool, a key defensive mechanic they hadn't considered, highlighting the importance of ability usage.
- **E as a Lifeline** [21:29] — The player notes that Syndra is E-dependent; missing E can lead to death, so they must stay near their balls and use E to peel, treating it as a shield with an 8-second cooldown.
- **Win Despite Feeling Outperformed** [24:37] — The player wins the game, acknowledging they play better as Ryze, but credits the team's hyper-carry (Kench) and reflects on the win being 'luck' rather than skill.
- **Positioning Over Hitting** [25:33] — The player emphasizes that Syndra's playstyle is about positioning, not just what you hit, staying out of range and dealing AoE damage and stuns from a safe distance.
- **Limit Testing and Mistakes** [31:38] — The player engages in limit tests, missing stuns and dying to Shaco, acknowledging errors like not saving E and misjudging situations, but learning from each mistake.
- **Three Wins in a Row** [42:44] — After swapping from Ryze, the player secures three consecutive wins, but attributes it to luck, noting they'd likely win with Ryze too, and reviews damage graphs showing 21k damage.

### Conclusion

The player wins the game with Syndra, appreciating her positioning-based playstyle but remains skeptical about her superiority over Ryze, attributing success to team performance and luck.

## Transcript

Synra. This is my first game of Synra ranked. Do we win this game? Yes or no? I mean, it can't go any worse than the Zed game. Cannot go any worse than the Zed game. All right, guys. I'm reinventing the Syndra meta. We're going
reinventing the Syndra meta. We're going ghost Synra today. Okay, so I QE to get the stun off. If I want to ult, I could like QL. If I don't want to ult, I could like QL. If I don't want to ult, I could like QE QW. QE is like good, right?
First game is intro ranked right here, boys.
okay. It's not the start we were looking for.
action. He's an AD champ, and you guys told me like into AD champs, you don't told me like into AD champs, you don't really want to try to push them early. I didn't fight him once already. So, that's kind of cool.
that's kind of cool. >> You guys taught me that yesterday.
>> Little little too far. I'm trying to like learn that range.
though. But I just missed too many of my abilities. But hey, this is feeling abilities. But hey, this is feeling better. Like, at least I'm not losing.
>> Does this give me mana or no? N just health.
flash auto kills potentially, but >> more I can So much more.
>> How do I wave clear? Do I use my E to wave clear? Oh,
guys. So, I'm doing it. He's actually beating me in CS even though like we're beating me in CS even though like we're doing sick in the lane.
very OP. It feels like >> people.
Guy's like crazy killable, right? Unless I get ganked. >> Kind of just wanted to go kill him to be honest. Jeez, we can stop this back.
Doesn't look like it. If I just press the alt there, I think If I just press the alt there, I think flash, he's probably dead.
is. Just QW maybe. I haven't looked at a single objective holding it down. Haven't even looked at an objective. And
Haven't even looked at an objective. And we got the Drake. W team.
Okay, that top plays h or that mid river plays happening but
should have ghosted in sooner, right? It's a little late. Little late.
Guarantee it's the most OP champ I've played.
damage. Felt like I had a lot of damage, but I couldn't actually kill anything. I should have ulted Viego, I think. Huh. That felt OP, though. Like, I'm not going to lie. Like that felt really like, holy crap, I'm useful, right? Like
that felt like I I just hit Q after Q and W and knocked them all back and stunned them all. I mean, we lost the fight, but I think we were also down two players or like I guess a full one player. Yeah, I pushed
before Rome, but I could have I could have pushed further up.
Who's their ganker? >> Viego. I think they have him. Let's go, Kench.
cleaned up. I suppose the good news is we get to catch up on CS here. I don't know if I'm ever supposed to use my wave clear like that cuz now I just don't have it. I'm also kind of low HP.
don't have it. I'm also kind of low HP. We can check out this Pantheon.
gosh. I can just kill anything from downtown.
>> This power is command. >> Consider yourself absol
right there. That would have been an insane alt
ghost. I remember to use ghost this time. Let's go.
I actually like this one. I actually like this intro, guys. like this champ cuz I can just be useful without ever getting into the fight. I'm
a mage. Like this is what this is how mages play in WoW. You don't actually go near anything. You are just on the outskirts of like an enemy has been slain >> on the you're just completely AFK.
>> on the you're just completely AFK. >> That's what I'm used to. another game of win or lose. This is feeling kind of nice.
Shut down. >> Oh, they're a raming, huh?
in the ring? Yeah, >> D and him still here. >> D and him still here. >> Is that crazy or what?
holding flash. That was a limit test. Actual limit test. I could have flashed out, but I'm like, I think I'm okay. I missed my E cuz his uh you know, he did his little swingy thing. Um
the ult doesn't save me, right? Yeah. No, it's just pure damage. swing. >> Oh man, if I have TP here, too.
>> Oh, Kai'Sa came bottom. >> Your team has destroyed a turret. An ally has >> Kai'Sa. And >> I think I was bottom before Kais',
right? And then they rotated. So I think I'm an ally. I'm an ally. >> I don't know.
>> So, I can use my QE as like a get off me. I didn't even think of that. It's me. I didn't even think of that. It's kind of obvious, I guess.
there? >> What killed me? So, I think this is some type of combat log. So, equalizer rumble and then
log. So, equalizer rumble and then action throwing a boomerang. Okay, I actually need to look at that way more.
going to lie. I was just going to kind of poke from out of bounds. Uh, let's go bot lane and clean up. Man, I really wish I had TP here. Kench and Volley are them, I think, cuz I can use Should I use E on wave clear? I was trying to
hold my E. Maybe I should. deal no damage, but that's fine. That's classic mage stuff. Okay, so we can't do
much there. >> World to toy with
the last hitting seems a little harder compared to Ezreal or not Ezra. Rise >> easily. An enemy has been slain. >> Okay, so maybe E is my key for last hitting. So I need to get back here.
So I need to get back here. >> Pantress is here. I guess we'll go middle. I don't want to steal Kench's lane. Sure, you can have
steal Kench's lane. Sure, you can have it, bro. Oh, okay. He's leaving.
here. So, I'm going to since I don't have TP, I think I'm going to leave this lane to be here. dragons. If we get this third one, it's kind of Oh, what's that? Something's
kind of Oh, what's that? Something's under me. Oh, that's the Baron spawn.
don't think. Do we get the Drake off that? Two for three. >> Oh my gosh. What the heck? >> So much more.
>> Man, that I think was a free dragon, but now it's not. And was a free dragon, but now it's not. And I need to go by.
>> It's like a tra dragon, right? I think we want to go dragon. fine. >> Yeah, here we go. I wish I had TP. I could push top lane and TP into this, but I want to be here.
It's one for one. They have two of us. No, we we killed two of them. Okay, this is nice. >> Okay, Kench is killing everything.
Vie's here. I guess I should probably stop using my E as much. We just play around the balls in case we need the knock back. need the knock back. Oh no.
champ a lot. Like, it's just more intuitive for me. Like, you just you just don't do anything. [laughter] You just press Q, max distance.
easier, right? Like, okay, so we got three drakes.
>> Destroyed a turret. >> Now let's go power spike. is tping top for CS. This Kench is like smurfing or something. Oh my gosh.
smurfing or something. Oh my gosh. Getting close to our rabbitones. This guy's This guy This guy's 15 and four and just tpd for some CS.
great. This action is like hard to deal with. He's 12 and three.
feels like E dependent. If I miss my D, we just kind of lose. Or not lose, but like if I miss my D, we kind of I I kind of die. Like I feel like I need to be very careful with that. I mean, it's only an 8second cool
down, but it's like it's kind of like my my shield. It's like my line of defense. Like I can stay around my balls and if anyone goes near me, it's like E, get away from me. But if I miss that, I'm just kind of dead in the water.
just kind of dead in the water. >> I am in control. What's the cool down on my alt? 50 seconds. Okay.
hard. What the Kench? Oh my gosh. I'll give him the quadra. Give him it. Let's go, Kench. Let's go,
Give him it. Let's go, Kench. Let's go, Kench. >> Nice. H fourth drake. Yeah, we like that.
flashed up and they I think they flashed and chased me and I died. I think I wait a second here and get the death cap.
I got soul too. I think that's pretty game.
Dude, the range stun is so OP. What the heck?
>> There we go. I mean, it's Dude, League is so weird. I know I play better as Rise. I know I'm I know I play better as Rise, but we win that. Oh my gosh, the Kench just I mean, come on. That Kench,
dude. No rise. Two wins in a row. That Yeah, but it's not like it shouldn't be Yeah, but it's not like it shouldn't be that way, man. I don't know why you do not. I guarantee my 50th game of Rise was better than
my 50th game of Rise was better than that second game of Cra. I guarantee it. that second game of Cra. I guarantee it. I wonder what my damage is like. 21,000. hyper carried, guys. There's no way. 100% you're better on rise. There's no
100% you're better on rise. There's no way. I feel like my rise is just like way cleaner than that. But we just won anyway. Just got hyper carried. I liked the centure play style in the sense that I'm just like AFK and out. I'm very
It's all about positioning, which I also really like. I like positioning based is. It's just depending. It's not even what you're hitting, it's where you're standing. Right. Kind of like that. Just stay completely out. Just keep getting
stay completely out. Just keep getting damage in. AoE stun, AoE knock, AoE damage, blast, blast, blast. You know, it was pretty cool. So, I go E second, W
it was pretty cool. So, I go E second, W third, and I don't do E again till max. attack. So, I should attack them when they're going for their last hits, even
they're going for their last hits, even on small creatures,
it's a fun video game. I think it's mainly the the key is it's mainly the the the genre like the the fact that you have to kill the creeps.
even want to auto with Cra? Like, what if I just trade with my abilities and bounce? Cuz autoing I have to go in there, man.
Oh, they have a Shico. I don't even realize, dude. I hit the wrong creep there. I will not be restrained.
to use this. Maybe I should have been there for this. An >> ally has been slain. >> Probably should have been there for that. An ally has been slain.
He has now. I forgot I have like biscuits as this should actually play a little more defensive cuz he can stealth, right? defensive cuz he can stealth, right? >> People fear what they stand.
>> People fear what they stand. >> An enemy has been slain.
though. Cool. I was expecting it a little.
I think I like this champion. It's pretty cool.
I'm so dead. Oh my gosh, that was so bad. My um my dude like he was running here and then he started running this way. So then he switched directions and I was like, "Well, screw it. I'm going to keep
like, "Well, screw it. I'm going to keep going this way." And then we met Victor. >> I guess all in all, no one died or did my dude die. Did the Shico die there? I was just too tunnled on not trying to die.
No longer an ally slain.
I kind of like it though. It's just like I can't even. It's like very very very weird. >> So much more.
That was very clearly a limit test. It's like, okay, I didn't I thought I thought maybe my would just kill him, but guess not. The Shico stealth out at like 20%. not. The Shico stealth out at like 20%. I had my E back up, but no Q to proc it.
I had my E back up, but no Q to proc it. Sho's right there.
have been should have been a double. Should have easily been a double. Sho's like stealth, right? I'm like so nervous he's going to assassinate me here. I should have saved my E. Crap. Sho,
don't assassinate me, please. You ulted with only one ball. Wait, I thought it was default three since you have three around you. Am I tripping? It's like three, four, or five. Or you can even sometimes get up to six. He means one
out. Oh, I think I I mean I don't I don't know. I think that it's fine >> Sho could be here. Man, I I hate fighting Sho. I just like don't fighting Sho. I just like don't [laughter] don't know where he's at.
right there. But Victor has a really long range, too. So, he can poke me as well. Is that Shico? I don't know, man. I'm freaking out. Was Shico close. Am I
seeing things? I might be seeing things. Oh, no. Here he is. Drake is up and we're down. I would like to go for it. Are we strong enough to?
Not really. Sho could be behind me. I'm going to save my E in case. Sho just going to save my E in case. Sho just pops up behind me. They got two Drakes. Kai'Sa is 52. Can Kai'Sa stealth or something? Where
Can Kai'Sa stealth or something? Where is she? I think she can.
Oh, I thought I was dead. So, I should have saved my E. The E is a something. Don't know what that was. There's a big fight happening here. winning, but that looks really bad, so I'm not going to.
I'm not going to. >> An ally has been slain.
actually. Limit test. Okay, just wanted to see how that would feel. I think I to see how that would feel. I think I did miss the stun though. I think I did miss the stun though. We had I think five balls, which is nice,
but the E missed. If the stun lands, do we win that? Probably not. Probably not. You did stun her. Really? I think I just knocked her. I think the I think it always knocks, but I miss the sphere hitting her for the stun.
>> Okay, two top two mid. Okay, worst case we have the uh the Joker jump onto me.
>> Let's get back. be so much more. >> Look at that top fight.
Why did I think teleport was 3 seconds? Did they nerf that or am I tripping? become unargetable. >> It actually is three. it? >> It was close. It was okay. I was like I
It looked like a long cast bar. I I don't know. I thought I could maybe uh TP up to that tower attacked you when you eat, so it was an invis target. Oh, you eat, so it was an invis target. Oh, the shaker was there on the tower.
Oh, I never realized that. That's smart. Okay.
I don't know which one's the real one, but I'll just hit both of them.
for >> guaranteeing the cannon. It's >> guaranteeing the cannon. It's >> kind of what I need. >> slain an enemy. >> Mhm.
how that how we actually don't die. Here we have flash. We have our E. We pushed her back. She warded through. I had no ward. Do I suicide up into this? An enemy has been slain. This power is command.
>> save for death cap, right? We need the death cap. death cap. >> Shakos here. Okay. Yeah, they're coming for me. Okay. [laughter] Okay. Okay. Fine.
>> Okay. Sho just got >> power is mine to command.
like that should have been pretty close to a kill. Am I tripping? >> A whole world, >> dude.
Bad TP. I just couldn't figure out where else to TP. I literally was like, "Where do I TP to?" Terrible TP though.
just defend our base. And I think we're kind of like Yeah, I agree. Don't Don't fight that. I just want to get higher life, push all the lanes through. Where should I have tpd to? I'm trying to think. There was
nothing. I guess there this wasn't there yet. I don't think toy with. >> Or maybe it was a zoning TP. Exactly.
Guys, what item are we going next? Zonia or Shadow Flame or something else?
Kai'Sa. I didn't think about the Victor. I didn't have a ward. Ah, that's just bad. That's just bad. It's just bad play, right? I don't know why I thought I was fine there. We saw two. We saw the Shico
top. Why did I think I was okay? That was just a clearly bad decision to go there.
Yikes. Okay, I'm very squishy.
>> Is that the fake one? Gosh, I'm so bad at fighting Shako. then he like just I just Oh gosh, so bad at fighting Shako. I almost need to play a game of Shico just just to like know like
unranked game of Shico. Every time I fight this champ, I'm like, I don't even would have just stunned him. So, I was holding my E for when he jumps on me. I have my E in my back pocket and it was the real one. I could have
the clone. Thought he was in stealth. Well, I kind of just ran in and died Well, I kind of just ran in and died twice. So, that's brutal, boys. Draen 35 is massive. We have TP. This game's interesting. We came from behind there,
interesting. We came from behind there, guys. I mean, that was rough for a while there. We came from behind. Okay, that's three wins in a row now after swapping champs off the rise. Man, I swear it's just
luck. I swear it's just luck. I want to look at this graph. So, what's [snorts] the damage? I did 21,000 damage, which is isn't even that good. Oh, the Zerith carried. I wouldn't even realize guy did 41k, man.
Check the 23 minutes. Yeah, I want to see this. So, we were losing the whole see this. So, we were losing the whole game. Even up to the end at 23 minutes, we went from here to here. That was the triple kill dragon kill. Oh my gosh,
triple kill dragon kill. Oh my gosh, they threw that so hard. I mean, it feel it feels good to win, but I I really think if I'm on rise those last three games, we also win those three. Like if I'm just on Rise instead of my Zed, I
guarantee we win that, too. If I'm on Rise instead of my CRA, like I guarantee we win these. I guarantee it's just luck. No, you you guys are on some copium. That is copium.