Talk:Orianna/@comment-10428734-20150712231425

Command Shockwave not following the ball

Bug or intended?

IMO it's 100% bug. I can only recall the shockwave effect following the ball, so that casting R mid-dash would effectively create the shockwave at the end of a dash. Also, I just tested it again, and the Shockwave->Flash trick still works perfectly (animation where you was, effect where you blink).

In fact I hope this is not intended. That would be a huge (and undocumented -.-) nerf to Orianna's most famous move/identity (ball delivery), both decreasing her skill cap (you had to time R well to do the combo fluidly) and reducing counterplay (as shown in the 3rd example, where Janna knock backs Irelia at the perfect time but still gets pulled), while being extremely inconsistent (blinks and dashs having different behaviors) and unnecessarily confusing for long-time Orianna players (even pros, like Bjergsen in that video).