Talk:Orianna/@comment-77.254.235.77-20111102121309/@comment-95.129.196.81-20111103072154

Ori isn't a "support character", even from Riot's perspective (which is why despite all the recent tooltip cleanups, they haven't added "support" to Ori's profile types). She has basically one and a half support skills, neither of which scale particularly well, and is extremely squishy as well as mana-intensive to boot.

This is basically the same thing that pisses me off about Shen: if Riot wants a character to play a certain way, then fine, but don't just go half-half and expect the mediocre results to suffice. What do we get with Shen? A low-stat tank that deals less damage than a feather duster and is basically outclassed in his role by people who aren't even tanks themselves (looking at Nas here). And Orianna? A now extremely weak mage with mana problems subject to endless streams of nerfs. I don't buy it.