User blog comment:AtheistUntoDeath/Which of these Champions Would win? Part 4/@comment-6102571-20140525213012

There seems to be some kind of misunderstanding about how Orianna and the Ball are built, but let me throw my shitty opinion here while correcting you all.

Orianna is a clockwork killing machine/dancing robot. The Ball is electric energy field manipulating somewhat intelligent orb of destruction.

Viktor is a brilliant scientist who upgraded his body and mind with superior Hextech innovations. He has deep understanding of all things hextech, but most likely doesn't know exactly how Orianna works, since Infinity Gear was basically a myth until Corin Reveck built Orianna (read the judgement).

Let's compare bodies first.

Orianna is completely made of different kinds of metal, but since she is clockwork creation, strong physical attacks should break at least some mechanisms easily. Scrap metal could stop the gears from turning. Weak electricity should have almost no effect, but when the current gets strong enough, her gears should weld together. Immense heat should also be able to cut her light armor. She was designed to be a dancing combat machine, not a tank (she actually has the worst armor of all mages, but that's a coincidence). Having to wind herself up might be a huge disadvantage too, but she can probably do that even while moving.

The Ball is most likely more heavily armored, but also more vulnerable to electric currents if the protective outer shell is pierced, or the ball is currently open. Some of the finer mechanisms like the extensible eye/arm could be easily broken with physical force or immense heat, denying the duo some vision, but The Ball knows most likely how to protect it. I think it's also safe to assume that The Ball has strong control over its hovering mechanism, so a hit shouldn't send it flying around like a super ball in zero gravity.

Viktor rebuilt himself, so he knows how everything in his body works and should be able to improvise fixes. Since all of these modifications are improvements, we can assume that he is physically and mentally above normal human, though most likely didn't design them for extreme mobility. The weight of these parts shouldn't make him any less mobile than full human though, because that would be simply bad design. He is also more heavily armored, compare prototype suit to more armored normal Viktor (Another coincidence here, Viktor has one of the highest armor values out of all mages). Heck, even his cape is reinforced with metal. Even though he still has parts that are human, most of them should be under armor, and if someone makes an argument that Orianna could exploit his human flaws, we have to remember that Viktor redesigned himself to get rid of them all: emotions, physical frailty, movement limitations of muscles and bone (Yoga master Viktor when, Rito plz).

Now, let's compare their combat styles

Based on lore and some aspects of her in-game gameplay, Orianna's combat style should be highly mobile, dodging incoming shots while attacking from multiple directions. Unlike in-game, she should be rather potent at melee combat too, because many martial arts have similarities to dancing, and it makes sense that she would've trained those before and/or after the accident. Because we're talking about a combat duo, they should be able to scout ahead effectively and gather information about their surroundings, also their teamwork should be flawless. Basically, search and destroy combat duo. Only thing I'm not sure about is how these two communicate with each other. While it's true that the lore says that these two have a symbiotic connection, in the judgement and in-game Orianna has to say each command to The Ball out loud, which is a huge disadvantage.

Viktor, on the other hand (also on the third, hue), is a zone-control tactician. His combat style would most likely include securing his immediate surroundings and then turning the whole environment against his enemy. Even if he doesn't get time to turn the whole factory into a giant deathtrap, he still has his arsenal of tools to keep his enemies away.

Which brings us to the next part of our comparison, the arsenal of tools available to our champions.

Orianna herself has sharp gears as throwing weapons, but there is most likely a limited amount of them (unless we assume that she has some kind of weird pocket dimension full of them, which is a bit too far-fetched). She should also be rather lethal at close range, but because of her frailty would probably avoid melee combat. Orianna should also be able to utilize her floating tech to avoid some attacks, but most likely unable to make her body parts go far away from each other. Easiest metaphor would be that her body parts are connected by a spring, and she would jump, causing them to be further away from each other momentarily during the fall. Due to having ball joints everywhere in her body, she should also be able to hide and move rather easily in small spaces (ventilation ducts?), but her ticking should make sneaking impractical.

The Ball on the other hand can manipulate energy fields and gravity around it, and can also crash into enemies at high speed. It is safe to assume that touching the ball is also rather dangerous, because it being able to charge itself with electricity makes sense. Because The Ball floats, it should be able to avoid certain types of traps and travel through difficult terrain. It should also be better at sneaking than Orianna, because it has less mechanical parts (though it does make noise when the mechanical parts are moving)

This combat duo has one huge disadvantage to Viktor though: they were designed to be league champions with appropriate power level, while Viktor continually aims to improve himself.

The Machine Herald is basically a walking army and the maintenance squad in one man/machine. What we see in-game is nothing compared to what he should be able to do outside of league. His passive is basically a way for him to unlock some of his true potential in league matches, so it's rather obvious that he has all of those upgrades and more outside of them. Viktor can manipulate gravity so it crushes his foes (gravity that completely prevents you from moving is close to crushing you). He can summon singularities on the battlefield that consume everything nearby (black holes? This guy could probably destroy the whole Runeterra on accident). His Death Ray should be able to tear through almost anything in its path, and it most likely has powerful tracking algorithms (it has some intelligence, why would it have that if it's not for tracking the enemies?). His staff can shoot weird wavy beams of energy at his enemies, and probably can be used for other things too. And if this wasn't enough, Viktor has multiple high-tech devices and tools with him at all times. I'm talking about that banana helicopter that he uses for Power Transfer (the bot in Creator Viktor doesn't count, it's in an alternate future), and if he went to the fields of justice to test and improve his inventions, he most likely carries multiple tools with him at all times, like anyone who tinkers with tech. Also his Death Ray can be used for welding, like in his reveal comic.

So, to put it simply, the only way Orianna would be able to beat Viktor is an instant surprise attack, and even then she could fail just because of Viktor's pure destructive potential. Also, since both champions are aware of the other's presence in the arena, surprise attacks shouldn't work that well. The longer the fight lasts, the bigger Viktor's advantage grows, as he turns the factory against Orianna. Depending on how The Ball floats, Viktor might be able to completely prevent it from moving the instant it comes to his field of view, and even if it can resist the gravity, Death Ray should be able to deal with one of the duo instantly even if they attack from behind him. Even if everything else fails, Viktor can take the duo with him to grave by releasing his Chaos Storm's full potential, most likely wiping the whole city-state of Zaun off the map.

The fight doesn't really make sense to me though, since Viktor seeks to upgrade the mankind, while Orianna only wants to be a champion and get some friends. She poses no threat to Viktor's goals and is, in a twisted way, what he aims for all of the humans to become.

TL;DR

Viktor wins, or at least takes the duo with him. Also I ship Viktor and Orianna.