Should I buy Katarina or Orianna?

Elephant888·1/7/2015, 1:14:13 AM·2 votes·2,797 views

Basically what the title says. I want to find an ideal mid champ that can carry me out of silver, if i can properly play her. I think i've narrowed the choices down to these two champs, but i cant really decide which one will be more effective to carry out of Silver League. Pls help. If you guys have any more suggestions on good champs, pls comment. Ty :D.

And if I am in the wrong board section pls tell me :3.

34 Comments

Drunk Rummate1/7/2015, 4:20:05 PM2 votes

Voted Other:

I suggest Ahri.

Katarina... you can carry hard with her, but you will find yourself getting bored. She's extremely easy to play despite looking flashy and she's just got a toxic and boring kit imo. Smart players will shut her down as you get into higher ELO anyways. Especially if you pick her early in the draft.

Orianna is currently bad with the season 5 mana regen. Used to love her but with assassins (zed in particular) being common, it's not very safe to pick a mana hungry, immobile, farm champion in mid lane.

Ahri gives you teamfight potential, pick potential, engage/initiation, and tons of waveclear. She's everything you could want in a mid laner right now, especially since she doesn't die easily to assassins like Zed since you can just dash away when he ults you (or charm him and murder his arse).

Tabs1/7/2015, 1:24:32 AM1 votes

Just find a champ you really really like, and main them. Even if it takes a long time to find the champ, it will be worth it.

Elephant8881/7/2015, 1:24:35 AM1 votes

Thnx dude, never considered morg before. How do you think she does in the uncoordinated realm that is soloq?

Stray Kat1/7/2015, 1:24:54 AM1 votes

I'd vote for Ori, if you're looking to carry yourself "Out of silver and beyond". Kat is decent in low ELO(Bronze/Silver specifically, from what I'm told.) But in the higher leagues people are much more careful to not feed her, and save their Point+Click CC to shut her down the moment she jumps.

Ori, on the other hand, has a ton of outplay potential even at a higher level of play.

To be fair, I don't play much of either one(Though I do dabble in both.) If you're gonna spend the time getting good with one of them, it might as well be the one that can carry you the highest.

Texicant1/7/2015, 1:43:24 AM1 votes

orianna has a lot more potential. you can do great as kat, but she has the greater potential to be completely shut down, whereas orianna is less likely to be outright owned.

Dont Smite Me1/7/2015, 1:56:54 AM1 votes

if i had to choose between the two i would choose ori but if it was my choice i personlay love playing karthus but to each man/woman his/her own.

SexyTaylorSwift1/7/2015, 1:58:11 AM1 votes

Go Ori. Kat is easily shut down, but will soon get nerfs from Bronzies bitching about her being OP.

EndlessSorcerer1/7/2015, 1:17:21 AM1 votes

I'd suggest Morgana mid. She has a really safe laning phase, can easily catch out opponents with her bind, easy farming, and she can deal a lot of damage during fights because of high ratios and base damages. She doesn't really have a lot of sustained damage later in the game, but she provides a lot of CC and burst damage. It can be pretty hard to stop her from farming and she's good for teamfights in small locations, like the jungle or dragon area.

Elephant8881/7/2015, 2:00:27 AM1 votes

so far, i'm seeing lot of good press for ori :D. How do you think she compares to morg, utility and burstwise?

Elephant8881/7/2015, 2:04:40 AM1 votes

So my best bet would be either morg or Ori? or maybe just any AP caster with good utility. How do they compare with carrying soloq in silver to other roles/niches such as splitpusher solo top trynd, or AD assassin like zed?

Elephant8881/7/2015, 2:38:09 AM1 votes

Just saying, the reply automatically adds the quote now, sorry. Tell me if i'm to annoying :P

Elephant8881/7/2015, 6:08:03 AM1 votes

The problem that i see with morg is that the high mobility 100-0 assassins will easily dodge her q, completely destroying her dmg output. She is strong lategame, but with the new 100-0 assassin meta, i dont think she is as good as ori. Do you guys have any other mid laners that could be good in the meta? Dont be limited to the options i gave in the top.

Leblancs Boob1/7/2015, 6:31:17 AM1 votes

Orianna fits into most team comps and is overall one of the safest picks in the game. Kat is extremely high risk and high reward, but relies quite a bit on her team to frontline. Ori is a better pick

SexyTaylorSwift1/7/2015, 1:58:33 AM1 votes

Fiddlesticks is pretty fun, though.