Talk:Orianna/@comment-28606070-20160531110700/@comment-26203093-20160531201412

She's a control mage, not a burst mage. Her passive promotes a different play pattern, doesn't emphasize the original, but doesn't mean it doesn't fit her kit. Lux walking in and slapping people after a cast doesn't fit her, either, but it's to make her want to go aggressively despite her range so she's not balanced around passivity. Same goes for oriana, except she doesn't have to chain with casts, meaning she can split focus - which is a headache to play properly if you actually replays of how you could just keep attacking one target, while controlling another area instead of tunnelvisioning to kill whatever's close to the ball.

If she didn't have that passive, you might as well play the ball.