Talk:Orianna/Strategy/@comment-93.136.15.170-20120720014034

I found this build to be the best so far:

start with boots and 3 potions. Then if the mid champ is heavy ap go straight for the chalice of harmony emphasising mres first if you have to go b sooner than you have the money. If not, I still suggest picking up a mana regen item, maybe Fiendish Codex, 10% cdr is always nice. But I usually go with chalice regardless and it works very well almost every time.

The next item is hextech revolver as it gives a nice boost of ap, great boost to continious survivability and it's not too expensive. You can't imagine how many times I've been left injured with less than 20% hp which'd usually force me to b but this way you just slap some minions, jungle and you're fine.

After that it all depends on how good you're doing, with the basic build built you are already on a horse and you just need spell pen. So it just depends on how much money you'll have on your next b, the ideal situation where you're getting a ton of farm, being fed and basically destroying the lane is getting large rod + sorcerer's. If not large rod then blasting but the shoes are a must after the first 2 items. You need the speed and at that point people will start having a bit more mres so the extra magic pen will help a ton.

Of course, your 3rd item is rabadon but what I do sometimes, I can buy both needledly large rod and blasting wand and still have ~500c left over, at this point I just upgrade the revolver to will of the ancients. Helps a lot in teamfights and it does make a difference.

After Rabadon and WotA I go for Linch Bane, good mana, some mres, nice ap, great passive when combined with ori's inate passive + the movement speed to save ya from sticky situations. Then I upgrade the Chalice of Harmony to Athene's Unholy Grail, an awesome item for orianna as it makes you a spell spamming machine!

After that it's prolly already late game so it depends on the situation, if they're stacking mres, go for void staff and change sorcerer's to something else (I usually go for mercury's).

I also strongly urge you to take elixir of brilliance whenever you can! The 10% cdr do make a difference! Combine that with 20% from golems and 15% from the grail, you should have constant 40% cdr mid to late game which is where orianna truly shines!

So to recap, full build is: Sorcerer's Shoes (->Mercury's after Void Staff) + Athene's Unholy Grail + Will of the Ancients + Rabadon's Deathcap + Linch Bane + Void Staff.

For runes I use flat mana regen seals, cap/level glyphs, mpen marks and flat ap quints.