Talk:Orianna/@comment-35019468-20140111190358/@comment-8506165-20140118041649

Ult is pretty much a free W on anyone caught by the shockwave. Most other AoE-CCing ultimates don't have any kind of guaranteed follow-up on all targets hit in that manner. Then there's potentially another Q or E on the enemies hit afterwards (depending on which spell was used to position the Ball for ult in the first place), again AoE. Overall Ori's ult ends up being nastier on the targets it hits than, say, Lissandra's.

As the previous poster mentioned, it also has one of the highest potential ranges, being 1225 if used at max leash range when the Ball is on an allied champion. Not only that, but it's not always predictable if you stick the ball on a stealthed champ or one with a fast gap-closer (Ever been hit by the Malph/Ori combo? Almost impossible to avoid. Rengar/Ori can be evil too.) So it's potentially: long-range, untelegraphed and with a free follow-up.