Talk:Orianna/@comment-76.107.214.102-20120514035645/@comment-3419132-20120514160148

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Orianna

Orianna is a strong highly skill requisite mage that offers some of the best dynamics to both the laning phase and mid to late game team fights. Her damage is by no means low, it is all AoE, and one can be quite surprising with the ball. But before we get into that lets talk about, well, the ball. As you probably know all her abilities but her passive originate from the ball meaning that for you to deal damage and defend your allies you need to both manage and keep track of the ball. Think of Command: Attack, your Q, as your second move comand. Don't treat it like damage because early game its damage is rather negligable until later game. You use it to move the ball either to your opponent or to position it for a later attack or defense. The ball is Orianna's biggest and best mechanic as it allows for some real surprises with attacks and disruptions. However it is also where the difficulty comes in. The ball's movespeed is rather low and you need to compensate for that with preprediction of your target's movement and where you need it most. Failing to get the ball into position fast enough can result in your and sometimes team mates deaths as you can often save them or yourself by quickly giving a shield and then speed buffing the target for a quick getaway. Orianna's main damage comes in from Command: Dissonance and is what you want to level first. At rank 2 or 3 its early game damage can shred through health and the speed debuff helps stack your passive for heavy damage. Orianna's sheild and Ult give her a massive amount of utility as wel as possible burst damage. The great thing about the shield is that when it attempts to travel to your target it will damage those in its path. Positioning the ball a bit behind someone can give you some more damage on top of your Q-W burst as it will then be given back in your possesion ready to attack again. Finally her Ult. It is truly one of the greatest tactical ults in the game and can completly throw off a team's coordination. While its damage is rather low it is still a nice powerful additional hit that leads to more because of the toss and stun. I could give a million more words about her but I need to define other champs so all in all Orianna is a strong mage that needs a heft amount of skill and positioning to be at best use. Her utility is immense and she is a powerful mid.