Draven vs Syndra Counter Pick

Two champions rated 8 for difficulty meet here, and the harder execution is not the one rewarded: Draven holds 41.3% over 242 games on patch 16.13.1. The sample is modest, but the direction matches what the two kits suggest.

Syndra throws magic damage from 550 range, matching his reach exactly, and Transcendent upgrades her abilities through Splinters of Wrath collected from levels and from damaging enemies, so waiting her out is not a plan. Scatter the Weak stuns anything knocked into a Dark Sphere, and a stunned Draven loses his axe catch and his Blood Rush escape in the same instant. Unleashed Power then fires every stored sphere at one champion, a finisher against a marksman with no way to break line of sight. His own numbers argue for aggression instead: 675 health to 583, 62 attack damage to 54, and 29 armor against her 25, all favoring a fight started inside her cast range rather than traded across it. Force of Will can hurl a minion for a slow, so approaching through the wave is not automatically safe, and Dark Sphere placement telegraphs where the stun will land. Her 2,283 health and 93 armor at level 18 stay well inside what a finished marksman build kills, so the matchup is lost to the seconds Scatter the Weak buys rather than to scaling. Both pay mana costs, and their 330 move speed is identical. Full numbers for Syndra.