How do I play vs Orianna?

El Peluquero·3/16/2019, 4:07:28 AM·1 votes·1,018 views

I think this is the matchup I hate the most in the midlane. I cant deal with anything this champion has in her kit, I feel like she doesnt have any weakness.

-She zones you away from farming with the ball -She has very low cooldowns -She wins every auto trade -She can shield damage while also getting extra resistances -She clears waves pretty fast if she needs to -She is a lane bully -She is pretty strong early -And late -She has some of the best teamfighting tools in the game in her ult and shield

I cant remember the last time I went out of the laning phase considering myself as the winner in the Orianna matchup, I cant do anything against this monstrosity of a champion, no matter what I do.

People have told me before to bait her Q and fight while its on cooldown, but for that to happen, I need minions in my favor which is not easy to do since she can control waves better than most champs in mid, also the moment she throws Q, if she fails it she would just back off and wait for it to be back again or just shield any dmg that goes her way. Dodging her ball is very difficult, it moves way too fast. The range on her Q is indeed low, but it doesnt matter if the simple fact of her moving forwards forces you to back off and not farm. She is also very difficult to kill or engage on since she can just put the ball on herself and ult. And even if I manage to somehow win the lane against her, it only takes a good Orianna ult to win a teamfight.

And before some idiot tells me the typical: ''If she's so strong why dont you play her?''. Well the reason is, I shouldnt be forced to play a champion that I dont feel comfortable with or I just simply dont enjoy the gameplay of that champ.

5 Comments

Celestial Lion123/16/2019, 4:21:30 AM3 votes

assassins or outrange her, shes very immobile so she has issues with champs who can just jump on her and burst her, or very long range poke mages, such as xerath or ziggs who can outrange her so she cant easily poke without taking harass back.

Phieldworker3/16/2019, 5:09:15 AM1 votes

You jump on her and burst her down. Or you our range her. Azir can tear her up form a distance. Or vel koz.

I don’t lane against her too much since I play top lane primarily and mid second but I usually would play velkoz and just shove her under tower. Also if she uses w too much she’ll burn mana too quick.

HP Crookshanks3/16/2019, 3:33:03 PM1 votes

She is immobile and really squishy also she can't win auto trades against AD champions so try Jayce or Lucian against her. Build item 3155 . Velkoz and Xerath are also good counters.