Syndra ARAM Mayhem Build

The Dark Sovereign. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #47 of 173 champions.

APatch 26.21MageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.0%
Pick rate: 5.4%
Rank: #47 of 173
Games: 1,248,992
Patch: 26.21

How to play Syndra in ARAM Mayhem

Syndra is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #47 of 173 champions, with a 51.0% win rate over 1,248,992 games. Riot rates it 8/10 for difficulty, so give it a few games before you judge it.

91% of Syndra's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. With 50 seconds of crowd control per game it is one of the team's main sources of lockdown.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Luden's Echo, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame, with a 50.5% win rate over 881,848 games. For boots, most players buy Sorcerer's Shoes, but Gluttonous Greaves rank higher.

The cards that do best on Syndra are Back To Basics, Homeguard and Mad Scientist. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Mystic Punch and Shark Tempest when you can: they do worst on Syndra. A pair to look for: Eureka with With Haste.

Take Flash and Ghost (71% of players). Max Q (Dark Sphere) first, then E, then W. Players who max Q first instead win a little more often, so it is worth trying.

Syndra ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Syndra game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

50.5% win rate · 86% of Syndra games · 881,848 games

Start

Refillable Potion
Lost Chapter

Core items, in buying order

Luden's Echo
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame

Boots on the AP build for Syndra, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	13%
No boots	28%
Sorcerer's Shoes	54%

Situational, after the core

Stormsurge24% buy it
Void Staff47% buy it
Banshee's Veil10% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass23% buy it
Archangel's Staff4% buy it
Cryptbloom4% buy it

Most bought items

Shadowflame85% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap67% of games
Luden's Echo62% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes47% of games
Void Staff40% of games
Stormsurge35% of games
Blackfire Torch28% of games
Zhonya's Hourglass23% of games
Gluttonous Greaves16% of games
Liandry's Torment12% of games

Best augments for Syndra

Every card with enough Syndra games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Syndra's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1HomeguardTier S
2Don't BlinkTier S
3Blue BarrierTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Syndra

12 S tier and 18 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Syndra in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier S	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
With Haste	Gold	Tier S	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Big Brain	Gold	Tier S	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
Don't Blink	Silver	Tier S	Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Mind to Matter	Silver	Tier A	Gain (50% Max Mana) Health.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Upgrade Zhonya's	Silver	Tier A	Reduce Zhonya's Hourglass Cooldown to 45 seconds. You can now move when in Zhonya's Hourglass, Seeker's Armguard, or Wooglet's Witchcap…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)

Average on Syndra
42 cards, best first

Below average on Syndra
27 cards, best first

Weakest on Syndra
9 cards, best first

Best first augment for Syndra

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Syndra's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Back To Basics, Infinite Recursion and Mad Scientist come out on top.

The best augments for Syndra in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Back To BasicsTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	With HasteTier S
2	Infinite RecursionTier S	HomeguardTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Big BrainTier S
3	Mad ScientistTier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	With HasteTier S	Don't BlinkTier S
4	HomeguardTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	HomeguardTier S	HomeguardTier S
5	Weapon of DestinyTier S	EurekaTier S	EurekaTier S	Hand of BaronTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Syndra, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost71% of players · 51.8% win rate
Flash + Barrier2% of players · 50.6% win rate
Flash + Mark24% of players · 48.9% win rate

Skill order

QDark Sphere
EScatter the Weak
WForce of Will

Max Q first. 81% of players use this order (51.1% win rate); put points in R whenever you can. Maxing Q first (16% of players) wins 54.0%.

Syndra in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 10.7 / 9.9 / 24.9
KDA: 4.21
Damage to champions: 37,870
Damage taken: 25,345
Self-mitigated: 12,312
Healing on allies: 28
Shielding on allies: 3
Crowd control: 50 s
Kill participation: 63%
Game length: 16:50

Damage type

Physical 2%Magic 91%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Syndra build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Syndra: Luden's Echo, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Syndra in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Syndra, best first: Back To Basics, Homeguard, Mad Scientist, With Haste and Big Brain. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Syndra good in ARAM Mayhem?

Syndra is tier A on patch 26.21, #47 of 173 champions, with a 51.0% win rate over 1.2 million games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Syndra in ARAM Mayhem?

For Syndra's first pick on patch 26.21: Back To Basics, Infinite Recursion, Mad Scientist, Homeguard and Weapon of Destiny, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Syndra counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.