Viktor vs Syndra Counter Pick

With 5,242 recorded games on patch 16.13.1, this is about as stable a reading as a matchup produces, and it puts Viktor at 46.7%. Syndra’s advantage is not one ability but the way her kit converts positioning into burst, since Dark Sphere leaves objects on the ground and both Force of Will and Scatter the Weak reuse them.

• Scatter the Weak stuns anything struck by a knocked back sphere, a reliable answer to Viktor’s approach that costs her no ultimate.
• Transcendent upgrades her abilities through Splinters of Wrath gathered from levels and damage, so her power moves in visible steps.
• Unleashed Power bombards a single champion with every sphere she holds, which suits a target carrying 600 health early and 2,300 at level 18.

Viktor’s case is defensive rather than offensive. He is the sturdier of the two in armor by level 18 at 97.8 against 93, Siphon Power returns a shield her kit has no equivalent for, and Arcane Storm interrupts channels. Both deal pure magic damage, both spend mana and both fight at a similar distance, 525 against 550, so the exchange usually belongs to whoever commits second. Syndra opens at 583 health and 25 armor against 600 and 23, and she is the slower of the two at 330 against 335. Viktor is rated difficulty 9 against Syndra’s 8. Full kits: Viktor, Syndra.