Talk:Orianna/@comment-4677525-20120201234612/@comment-92.200.48.86-20120202005856

she lanes quite well with doran stacking like any other ap mid. Her dmg is good but her teamfight utility is just her biggest part. If you can catch 3+ champs in your ult, you've won the tf, unless your mates suck as hell. What she lacks however is spammable hard cc which is why she is quite weak 1on1 against an equally fed ap mid like morg, cass, kass, lb, etc. You deal a lot of sustained dmg so don't expect to get many kills as your mates will usually outburst you (you've to be insanely fed to kill someone with just one combo). What you feel while playing her however is that her range got nerfed too hard. You'll feel especially awkward when playing her with smartcast because you know, that the spell should already be in range to be trigger but just doesnt.. There simply isnt that much point in playing her anymore as she's just got about average range. Cass for instance will do everything orianna can (zoning, aoe, sustained dmg, initiation) but better (both got 850 range). I'm quite sure she'll get buffed once more urgent cases have been dealt with. If you want an overall strong ap, go for cass (but i wouldnt be suprised if she got nerfed soon), for maximum burst go for xerath (his ult alone got an ap scaling nearly comparable to other casters 3/4 combo). In other words, don't get her atm if you are only interested in champion performance. If you still like the concept, go ahead, she's perfectly playable but she's inferior.