How to win lane as Yone against Syndra · 46.61% win rate (12,016 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
She pokes a man with a return ticket — E in, spend everything, snap back before her answer clears customs.
Track: Syndra's E — Scatter the Weak (Stun, 15s cooldown). The QE stun cone starts every kill combo — stay off the line between her and her orbs.
Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Syndra.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Syndra | Syndra's 800-range Dark Sphere outreaches you before Soul Unbound exists. |
| Level 2 | Syndra | At level 2 she poke-trades from well outside your Mortal Steel range. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 you out-tempo an escape-less mage gated only by her E stun. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through 4-5 you can all-in every time her stun is on cooldown. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 your E and R gap-close through her spheres she can't escape. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item crit tempo lets you survive her burst and out-DPS the downtime. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Two items in you outscale a stationary control mage with R pick and W shred. |
On paper you own every phase here, but respect that Syndra is a strong blind pick, so play it clean. Levels 1-5 favour you (Yone) because she's immobile: walk up behind the wave to body-block her Dark Sphere (Q) and chip with Mortal Steel each time her Scatter the Weak (E) is on cooldown. Her only defensive layer is that E stun, so bait it or space around it and she has nothing to stop your step-ins.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yone vs Syndra report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Syndra, slightly — Yone wins 46.61% of 12,016 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Syndra has a small statistical edge (53.39% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Syndra has the slight edge (Yone wins 46.61%), though it stays close.
Yone takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Second Wind) vs Syndra.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Noonquiver / Cloak piece (≈1000g). Build BotRK / Immortal Shieldbow first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads / Berserker's.
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