An Orianna main to Riot about balance.

Honestly, as a three month Orianna main, I have been under the impression that she is inherently balanced in her late game power and utility by having a weak early game. But as I have been playing her more, I have seen that her early game isn't nearly as bad as I once thought.

As a champion with a supposedly bad early game, I shouldn't be able to push a champion with a normal-good early game under tower, and zone them out of CS. I shouldn't be able to out damage my opponent at 10 minutes with only 29 CS. I shouldn't be able to feel safe hanging around lane with -20% hp, and still escape a gank from the unwarded river.

I don't know how exactly you would give her that one small tweak to curb her power just enough to be perfectly balanced. As it stands, I feel she isn't very overpowered. However, she does seem to be slightly over the edge of that.

Her attack speed is low, but more than that, she has a long attack animation, and a slower than average attack projectile, which makes CSing difficult.. She has (from what I've seen) the slowest skill shot in the game, which is required to land all her spells. She has just about the lowest base AD I know of, and her Auto Attack boost doesn't make up for that until you get to mid game. She has low base mana regen, and medium mana costs. However, she has low damaging spells with low cooldowns, which requires more mana than most champs to stay in lane. With all these things going against her early game, I don't have a clue what you would do to make that minor adjustment, but I'm sure you could figure something out.

I am not making this post because I think Orianna is a problem, or even because I want a nerf for her. I am merely giving feedback on the champion I am most familiar with, and allowing for a more constructive way to let Riot know of a minor (emphasis on minor) problem, rather than rage filled posts about how OP certain champions are, telling Riot what to do to nerf them, and not giving constructive feedback.