Talk:Orianna/@comment-4070227-20120529230358/@comment-4952847-20120530202531

Although I do love Shockwave, its base damage is indeed very low for an ulti. It, being an ulti on a 90 second cooldown timer, has lower damage than Brand's ablazed Pillar of Flame. Both are skillshot AoEs, although Shockwave has the ability to displace enemies, being an ulti it still has room for buffing.

It is not with prejudice that I say Ori's ulti has low damage as well. Compare her ulti with Morgana's, which has higher base damage, a larger AoE and, although not guaranteed, a stun that deals damage again... and it very easily hits 5 people as well. Of course one could argue that Orianna could effectively be casting her ult from 1125 range whereas Morgana's ult is 600 range at best and etc etc, but Ori's ulti certainly requires better control and thought to cast, so 300 damage at max rank is indeed quite low.

Not that it isn't already game changing...