Talk:Orianna/@comment-87.202.15.42-20121007091134/@comment-3419132-20121007184936

Thats a pretty big gap in playstyle but i'll do my best

Orianna 

(Excerpt from my Orianna Mega-guide Intro)

Orianna is a high difficulty and unique Ability Power caster whose abilities revolve entirely around her companion, the Ball. Orianna has some of the highest utility in the game through positioning of the Ball and her respective abilities. Orianna excels at zoning and out-ranging almost any opponent. Orianna is excellent in team fights as all her abilities are area-of-effect and provide strong utility. Orianna has a strong balance between auto-attacks and her abilities given proper management of her passive which allows her to have a steady amount of damage from sources that other mages may not have. Orianna has an extremely high skill-cap because of her unique ability set and will take a fair amount of practice and experience to master.

Swain

Swain is a close range tanky DPS caster who is able to deal out large damage over a duration whilst still staying alive through a high amount of punishment. Swain offers a moderate amount of team utility with his slow and AoE bind but otherwise has a good amount of personal utility with his Damage Amplification and healing. Swain is a moderate difficulty as his bind is key to his gameplay as well as the immediate risk of being a short ranged mage. Overall Swain is a powerful tanky DPS caster that can keep a high profile in team fights and melt down a single target over a duration