User blog comment:AtheistUntoDeath/Which of these Champions Would win? Part 4/@comment-24946635-20140524231644/@comment-24946635-20140525170539

Okay, let's walk down realism lane a little more closely; I was indeed going heaviliy off of the kits in my first look.

Orianna's ball can't go through walls -- okay, but it still can damage people through solid objects since the ball has two moves which operate by generating fields of energy.

Viktor's Q can miss and the ball cannot teleport -- fair enough.

Orianna not necessarily having high mobility -- We do have lore for that. Her prior human self was capable of dodging not just one or two, but many blasts in the open from a fully-fledged tower. It is an assumption that hextech is an improvement, but I'd say that the robot version is going to have higher mobility than the human version. For evidence, I'll point out that she already has dramatically improved flexibility, enough to bend around her own back. And her kit allows her to boost her speed if the ball is near her (Dissonance.) So we have evidence that she can be quite mobile.

Viktor not necessarily having low mobility -- when a character has zero moves in his kit, and zero mention in his lore of mobility, it doesn't mean he's not better than your average Joe Shmoe, but it means he has no advantages in combat from his mobility.

Range of abilities. Yes, Viktor has multiple damage sources, but if we're going to be mixing in more reality, Orianna also has multiple damage sources as well. Her abilities, particularly Shockwave, are much better designed to utilize the environment. A key question with regard to Shockwave is how much weight the ball can actually 'throw'. I'd say a lot. It's a clockwork-techmaturgy device, so it is "assumed to work", and it's proven itself capable of throwing some pretty heavy objects (like Sejuani and the pig, no offence to the ginger). On Viktor's side, his lightning actually won't synergize with pools of water: it always directly hits the champion. Still incredibly damaging, but not synergizing with the terrain. His Q could synergize, if he uses it to knock down pieces of the ventilation system. His W cannot be used to knock things down from the ceiling, since it is attached to the ground.

As far as relative size, you have a good point. But I shouldn't have even brough it up.The point is moot since both champions have AoE attacks that are highly damaging.

Viktor does have an advantage in intelligence, but I want to point out that the ball has motivation. It's a little strange to think about it that way, but the ball is twice shown to have it's own motivations and thoughts. How strong or what that motivation is, we don't know much about.

I do think that Viktor will win. I think that the fact that the two combatants will quickly see each other means that he will be able to launch a full assault and win in the first 30 seconds. But I want to make sure that Orianna gets a fair treatment, not just laughed at as laser target practice.