The appropriate nerf Orianna needs

Oakleaf Ranger··3 votes·593 views

First let me say Orianna does not need a damage nerf. If you nerf her damage she will just become a karma wannabe. What she needs is a nerf to the range of her Q or just the initial Q range when first used.Her Q range by itself is about a medium ranged (a little bit on the longer side) ability compared to mages in general but when combined with W, her effective combat range begins to rival those of artillery mages. By slowing the enemy down immediately after Q she is able to poke almost the whole mid lane roster down in lane with little opportunity of retaliation or hope of going on the offense against her. Her combat range is essentially too large for the amount of thing she can do within it. Her ability to poke and run away is too strong and needs to be reduced so that her enemies realistically have a chance of trading with with her instead of it being for the most part a 1 way street of pain delivery.

Also for those think that Orianna is balanced and doesn't need nerfs. If you watched (or saw :)) LCS week 2 your crazy if you don't think Orianna isn't on the chopping block after that.

5 Comments

Viktor Von Lazer2 votes

Orianna is exactly the type of mage you want. A solid, well rounded "A" Not over tuned or overpowered just a consistent strong pick, and I think every game needs that. Consistent strong picks - Ahri and Orianna... strong but more situational picks - Syndra, Karthus, ziggs and your niche picks which see less play but remain viable and good counter picks..

Nerfing orianna just means the power balance shifts str8 into Ahri and you move from having a number of mages currently hovering around 50-52% winrate to orianna 49% ahri 53% .. basically right where we started before and everyone on the board complaining again. She's at 50% now.. pretty balanced to me. She's moved up in priority, ahri's moved down and no mages except for niche ones like my boy Karthus have any high winrates.

Bears Dont Care2 votes

Or we can leave her alone because she isn't an issue.

sit kid1 votes

I just think they need to revert her mana cost buff on her Q in lower ranks. 30 mana is just plain stupid. She's definetely too strong, bit not really by too much.

I don't think there is anything wrong with her Q's range. A lot of other mages have spells that have longer ranges Ahri Azir Karthus Viktor Xerath Syndra Brand Velkoz Ziggs Anivia

Oakleaf Ranger1 votes

I feel like that a indirect version of a damage nerf that doesn't really fix what I consider her main issues. There are mages that can "function" in her combat range but their effective combat range tends to be significantly smaller than hers. Plus the abilities that do end up being able to to compete with her effective combat range are tend to be ineffective at Orianna's effective combat range for different reasons. Especially when you consider the missile speed of Q and how W can be used instantaneously right after.

ZT Xperimentor1 votes

A range nerf? She's already out-ranged by a handful of mids.

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