Talk:Orianna/@comment-94.195.178.233-20120330055710/@comment-151.66.174.216-20120331213611

@Princess Unicorn (quoting you because I think you try to make sense with your posts, while many others do not):

Thing is, most people here think Q is best used as a poke. Wrong. I find out, exactly because if you touch minions Q's damage is going to go down A LOT, that you shouldn't take more than two-three points in it, and just take Dissonance whenever you can. Max it first. When it's maxed, start taking Q. I'm writing a guide about this.

Following my hint, you can harass a lot better, since dissonance's damage isn't reduced by anything. Early game, a couple of lvl 2/3 dissonance to a squishy means his HP is halved. Not bad, right? Plus, the slow from the dissonance can get you to throw a couple of AA's too if he retreats (and, again, if he's a squishy after two dissonances he will.) I agree with you that her ratios aren't the best, but it's because they're spammable. Orianna is NOT a burst mage. You shouldn't try to burst down an enemy, you should get him down to 40% and then ulti dissonance protect ignite him to death. Or, if you have a laning partner, just let him take the kills and stack two assists.

As for the Mana issues in harassing question:

Okay, okay, using dissonance uses more mana than Q. But if you keep Q low enough, and use dissonance only when you're sure you'll hit someone, you'll be fine just going brb once at lvl 6, since you'll be keeping Q's cost low, and using mana only when you really need it.

As for The Ball's slowness:

True, sometimes it's a pain in the a** to hit people with the ball. That's why I usually take lane and not mid with her. You flee from that Yi OR dodge my dissonance - AND if you choose the first Yi gets you afterwards anyways since you're slowed. Your choice.

Mid is a little bit trickier but not impossible. Just position the ball near their creeps, maybe pop a dissonance so he thinks you're farming. As soon as it recharges, just use Q again and the ball will have very little space to travel before it hits his a**.

Dellis (i'll make an account sometime in the future... not now)