So, where are the Orianna buffs?

Miraweave··22 votes·1,552 views

Worlds is coming up, that means you need to buff Ori riot. Get your shit together jeez.

In all seriousness though, what do people think of her right now? I'm pretty happy with where she's at, though my winrate outside of normals is literal ass with her :(

33 Comments

Handy Sandy 4 votes

Orianna is one of the hardest champions to do well with, along with yasuo and zed. She requires tons of practice to fight people at or above your skill level. She doesn't really need a buff right now. She's a bit underplayed because of how difficult she is, but I think she has alot of potential.

Sire Hippington4 votes

I think all she needs are QoL buffs, especially the one that has been requested for ages: Let allies who carrie her ball see how far they can move from her befor it snaps back. Aditionally, it would be nice if the ball couldn't snap back duering the ult animation, and if it would snap back with a 0.5-1sec delay, so leaving the range very briefly doesn't imidiatly cause the ball to return to ori.

Ori mostly is held back by how easy it is to fail the ult combo because that malph or whoever had the ball ults slightly to far away from her.

Sevixys1 votes

Yes.. Yes.. YES

Sightless663 votes

She's slightly below average. Could use a little help. Nothing urgent, but a small buff should be considered whenever Riot has some spare time.

Miraweave9 votes

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She's slightly below average. Could use some help. Nothing urgent, but a small buff should be considered whenever Riot has some spare time.

Honestly I don't think she needs a buff at all. She's never going to be a top tier soloqueue champion since she's heavily team reliant, but she's solid if her team supports her. Several of her hardest matchups happen to be top-tier right now, too. When Cass/Viktor/Azir/Rylais get nerfed she'll be a lot better.

Sightless6610 votes

When Cass/Viktor/Azir/Rylais get nerfed she'll be a lot better.

I'm inclined to disagree. She's been out of the meta for quite a bit, well before any of them (except Azir) were major things. Even with team support, she's not preforming very well. I think she's going to need some help before she's competitive again.

NotCounter1 votes

shouldn't orianna be good against viktor just like cass... since her short Q cooldown and empowered autos give her a dps advantage?

Only Play Darius3 votes

Orianna needs buffs, her winrate has been terrible for a long time.

HateDaddy3 votes

She's fine. She's never had a high winrate in solo or competitive but she's always been regarded as one of the safest mid lane picks.

Honestly, you don't see a lot of her because of Gragas existing in competitive and he kinda shits on her existence while not being good with her at all.

Miraweave2 votes

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She's fine. She's never had a high winrate in solo or competitive but she's always been regarded as one of the safest mid lane picks.

Honestly, you don't see a lot of her because of Gragas existing in competitive and he kinda shits on her existence while not being good with her at all.

I agree that she's fine but worlds is coming up so she needs buffs. Come on hatedaddy you should know this!

Shmoovus3 votes

I think this buff to her passive would help her early and allow a little more sustain:

P now caps at 4 instead of 2.

It's subtle, but it would help a little with her farming and sustained teamfights.

Miraweave1 votes

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I think this buff to her passive would help her early and allow a little more sustain:

P now caps at 4 instead of 2.

It's subtle, but it would help a little with her farming and sustained teamfights.

That would break her early laning phase. "Shield yourself and auto them" is already a really good harass plan earlygame.

TheSingularity3 votes

Would a slight increase to her aa range be appropriate? To strengthen her ability to utilize her passive against azir or annie as she'd still have to close the gap to use her spell combo

Miraweave3 votes

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Would a slight increase to her aa range be appropriate? To strengthen her ability to utilize her passive against azir or annie as she'd still have to close the gap to use her spell combo

Eh, her laning phase is already really good. Giving her more auto range would probably push her into oppressive territory.

She's honestly fine. The issue is that her counters are really good right now.

TheSingularity2 votes

Perhaps make the MAX tether range of her ball clearer to her allies when it's on then. So champs like malphite or zac don't accidentally jump out of range, causing an ori to ult herself and both the ori and the initiator feelin pretty stupid at the end. She'd be just as effective in high tiers and less of a handicap in low tiers

Miraweave2 votes

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Perhaps make the MAX tether range of her ball clearer to her allies when it's on then. So champs like malphite or zac don't accidentally jump out of range, causing an ori to ult herself and both the ori and the initiator feelin pretty stupid at the end. She'd be just as effective in high tiers and less of a handicap in low tiers

That would be a really good QOL change. I hate it when I ball an initiator and they immediately dash out of range and complain that I didn't ult.

MisterShameless2 votes

I think a good buff would be to increase her ball travel speed a bit. I notice it can take a while when using her Q then trying to E an ally right after.

Bisaknosp2 votes

increase her base ad and maybe the ball travel speed i dont think she needs more damage on her spells another buff i can think of is the duration of the field on her w cant think of anything else tbh

iLLp2 votes

wait until worlds

Qiy4na2 votes

Put her q range back up to where she can actually use itsummoner 31 put that thing back or so help me

Slack King2 votes

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Worlds is coming up, that means you need to buff Ori riot. Get your shit together jeez.

In all seriousness though, what do people think of her right now? I'm pretty happy with where she's at, though my winrate outside of normals is literal ass with her :(

Shes fine, still plenty strong. Why play her though when there is azir and viktor

IS3E531E3F9643911 votes

I like playing her as a support, literally all of her abilities have utility and you can either go for burst damage as support or more defensive with E giving your ADC armor/mr and a insta shield depending on the match up

Kanzaki Ranko1 votes

We can't buff Orianna till right before worlds c'mon guys.

ZapMyHeart1 votes

Mmm, she's good for the most part. However, I would like to see some mana buffs in her kit and maybe a slight increase in damage on her passive.

Axe2Handle1 votes

This post made me think of CLG Link, and how he did the scarface from half-baked on his way out. Lolz

Çhåryzård1 votes

I rarely ever see her anymore

FantasySniper1 votes

Love taps to her late-game is probably all she needs. Like maybe increasing the speed that her ball travels and getting rid of the single-target restriction her passive.

Evewynn1 votes

Worlds coming up?

Waiting for the lee buffs.

Zedex1 votes

Imo shes one of the few truly balanced mid mages. If you could call someone with a kit that gives you extreme advantage over your lane opponent at all times balanced. Lets not forget the ridiculous engage she adds to her team along with absurd damage for a utility mage.

Miraweave1 votes

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Imo shes one of the few truly balanced mid mages. If you could call someone with a kit that gives you extreme advantage over your lane opponent at all times balanced. Lets not forget the ridiculous engage she adds to her team along with absurd damage for a utility mage.

Agreed. Her biggest issue in solo queue is team reliance, which isn't a reason to buff her. Her biggest issue in competitive is the fact that a lot of the best midlaners right now counter her.

invisiblecat11 votes

Slight increase in the Ball's speed during Q would make it so she doesn't need a Malphite, Rengar etc to land a good ult

Meep Man1 votes

Why play Orianna when you can play Azir?

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