What happened to Orianna support?

dramatic banana·5/19/2015, 2:06:56 AM·2 votes·749 views

So i played Orianna support recently, and she is OP, yet I don't see many other Oriannas and have never seen an Orianna support. So why?

16 Comments

MLDzXnRRR5/19/2015, 7:09:08 AM3 votes

Some mages are too mana hungry to be played as support (Lux, Orianna)...

SlytherinUmbreon5/19/2015, 2:19:21 AM1 votes

I play her mid, but I never see other orianna's :c https://youtu.be/xQ4LpoXI-_I?t=1m3s

67chrome5/19/2015, 7:04:56 AM1 votes

So why?

Same general reason you don't see AD Thresh or AP Varus. Orianna is simply a better mid-lane champion than a support.

Her early game harass and wave clear are so phenomenal she winds up having near support-level utility while matching the end-game damage of a lot of mages soley focused on damage at the cost of utility.

Kind of hard to justify using her sub-optimally, even though she's a strong enough champion she's not a wrong choice for support.

Godhri5/19/2015, 7:16:59 AM1 votes

she has a high skill cap for playing as a support. I mean she has a high skill cap in general but much higher as a support as your damage output is less so you need to be on point about when to use your skills and wind up passive otherwise your output as a support will be far too little to make you significant. She needs to be able to deal damage to be relevant in lane as a support since she has no real hard cc other than her ult which doesn't really stop them from attacking her adc. I still play her as a support from time to time but I generally like using Lulu better. Lulu essentially does the same things she does but better. Lulu has a speed boost/Hard CC, Q poke that also slows and deals more damage, Shield that can damage or protect and an Ult that protects, Knocks up AND slows nearby enemies.

NoMonku5/19/2015, 8:59:21 AM1 votes

There are better champions you can play. Lulu and Janna can easily offer the same amount of peel and protect that Ori support could. Ori also uses a lot of mana and to be really effective, she needs a lot of gold. Also her shield offers nothing besides some armor/mr(if ball is on them I think) whereas Lulu/Janna shield augments the person who is shielded AA. Ori's ultimate CAN be game changing, but I only really seeing it be game changing BECAUSE it has the damage behind it, without it it doesn't really offer much. Also she has a high skill cap.

Drunk Rummate6/12/2015, 2:42:21 PM1 votes

She has the same shield size as janna, but Janna gives free movespeed, a knockup, a slow, a displacement, and a heal. Main difference beyond that is that Orianna is giving a little armor and MR while Janna is giving flat AD.

No good reason to pick her over Janna.

Lulu is far superior as a support as well. Twice as much utility in her kit than Orianna.

Wickedfates6/12/2015, 2:47:06 PM1 votes

people dont understand her so they dislike her....

her shield is amazing, her ball completely removes facechecking bushes.... i say play it and dont listen to the haters.... max shield first

BeatzBoyFTW6/12/2015, 2:52:37 PM1 votes

Thresh hooked, gg Leona dashed, gg Alistar knocked-up, gg Nautilus locked down, gg Janna blown up, gg

Conclusion: She is too underrated to be considered "support".

SwiftKitten885/19/2015, 2:15:35 AM1 votes

same thing that happened to Nidalee support...

3TWarrior6/20/2015, 11:25:37 PM1 votes

because she' not tanky or a healer and her burst damage requires a lot of mana(as the other posts say)

Syndra makes a better support with constant harrass, a distancing attack, long ranged stun and a large aoe slow

reasons why they're not supports, they play other roles much better and can't farm efficiently