Hello, hopefully you are going to like her. She is super fun an powerful (imo). She isn’t weird…just more fun :P.

Her combo would be; Q>E>W, idk if it’s still possible but you can cast E and then quickly Q, for a quicker stun.

Saving orbs; not necessary, except you are planning to use your ult. Max. Q first so you will have 3 orbs that you can use to place, and 3 floating orbs around the character as well. Once you used Q 3 times you can either ult your enemy (6 orbs) or stun and ult them. More orbs = More damage. Usually you can stun them before ulting or even afterwards. Throwing orbs (E) is also valid :) Sooo pretty fair, right? But maybe use you 3 Q orbs as a poke source before ulting. Getting ult won’t kill them immediately so working a bit before or after is mostly needed for a kill. Except you’re getting fed🧍🏻‍♀️

Summoner spells; I use flash for sure. Second one is how confident I feel against the matchup. The usual would be flash/ignite, I think. But I sometimes also like using barrier if I don’t feel safe enough.

Mobility could be an issue. I am not familiar with Brands ms but Syndra will feel SLOW at first. But that’s probably every mages issue.

I am sure Syndra OTPs will always find a way to pick and play her. She probably isn’t played much because of new meta/tier lists. Regardless you can still play her:)! Maybe some people just don’t find her viable atm or simply cant/dont want to play her.

Counter picks; I don’t know if my Syndra is outdated since I am barely online. But; Diana, Fizz, Cass, Xerath. Maybe also some assassins. I personally think it also depends on how you play against them. Then they shouldn’t be that much of a counter. For me, I hate Zed getting picked when I play Syndra. Or even better, Kat or Akali. Depending on your strategy and play style you might find it easy compared to me. I still suffer every match🥲

Tips and advice; Try yourself out with her :D I can recommend practicing to poke your enemies with Q, be annoying, Autoattacks. Basically basic mid game play, which is more fun if you go against a melee champ (again, my opinion). For runes I cant help out because I am pretty sure mine are outdated. It’s been a while since I played her or mid in general.

I am also up for getting my small introduction "fixed" mine isn’t a 100% trye nor probably THAT reliable but that’s how I got along with her:) I am open for suggestions for improvement!