Orianna Build Guide : Support Orianna - We Are As One :: League of Legends Strategy Builds

Introduction

Welcome! I am Yazzel, and I'll be bringing you a support like you've never seen before! Please meet Supporianna (Support )! This little robot, despite being played as an APC mostly, is actually a beastly support.

With no more things to add, let us begin this journey of Support Domination with SUPPORIANNA!

Pros / Cons

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Pros

Supporianna Watches Thee!
+ Can check bushes with .
+ Makes anyone tanky with .
+ Has a speedup/slow.
+ Has a very good basic attack poke.
+ Very mana-efficient shield.
+ Has awesome skins :3

Support 's role is to provide tanky buffs, along with a lot of utility both in a team fight and in lane. She doesn't have to facecheck bushes, and her will give your ADC (or anyone) an armor/MResist buff, if she stays nearby.

Cons

Supporianna Watches Thee!
- Has no form of sustain for her ADC.
- Needs a strong peeler due to the somewhat short range on her spells.
- Very underplayed.
- Has a slightly weak early game.
- A lot of people will want you to go mid.
- Works best with an AoE or hard engage team comp.

Support is highly underestimated, so many people won't want you to support with her at first. Also, her early game isn't as good as some other supports ( for example) Her shield's ap scaling is 0.4 (or 40%), which isn't that great.

Champion Abilities

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Even though you don't build AD or AP, this passive will make your auto-attack pokes a bit stronger. Works really well with and .

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This will be the ability you'll be using to check bushes, and moving your ball pet around with. Get a point early for its utility, but max it last, as only the damage and cooldown will change. You want its utility, not its damage.

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For Standard Supporianna, this will be mostly used for the utility, and will be maxed second as it will provide a very strong gap closer, slow and speedup. If you want to play more poke-y and aggressive, you could max this before , but I, personally, prefer maxing second.

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This is your bread and butter. This spell will give an amazing shield to your allies and also some Armor and MR as long as the ball stays on them. A good Supporianna will know who to throw the ball to next, and will keep it rotating around a teamfight due to its low mana cost, and potentially low cooldown (5.4 sec CD with 40% CDR). It's mana cost will also not increase as you keep leveling it, which is something amazing, remaining at 60 mana through the entire game.

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As APC , this will be used for both its strong nuke and its utility. But as Supporianna, you'll be focusing only on its utility aspect. Using it to keep enemies in place(ish), or to simply play around with their positioning will be the reasons to use her ult.

Masteries

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Fear Supporianna

UTILITY TREE

Tier 1 - 3 points in for better movement speed. 3 points in to give better mana regen.

Tier 2 - 3 points in for lower cooldowns on summoner spells. 1 point in for better potions in lane.

Tier 3 - 3 points in for better gold generation. Always appreciated. 1 point in because is a great cook. Also, the upgraded potions is nice.

Tier 4 - 1 point in because FREE GOLD! 1 point in because FREE GOLD!

Tier 5 - 1 point in because it gives you even more gold for poking with your basic attacks. 3 points in because CDR is nice, and so is the lower cooldown on actives.

Tier 6 - 1 point in because it allows for quicker warding, and getting back to lane. If you have to roam, this also helps.

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OFFENSE TREE

Tier 1 - 4 points in for better CDR.

Tier 2 - 1 point in , because it allows your team to deal more damage when you use spells to hurt the enemy. 3 points in for a nice AP per level.

Tier 3 - 1 point in for a nice additional AP. Never too much AP.

Runes

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Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed: The movement speed really allows Orianna to move around quickly, get in range of her allies, or even run away if necessary. Greater Quintessence of Gold could also be used, but the gold generation isn't as necessary with the introduction of gold generation items in 2014.
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Greater Mark of Magic Penetration: Orianna could always use some magic penetration in order to poke better. You want to help your AD Carry deal damage if you can, just don't go around taking kills. Greater Mark of Armor can also work if you're not looking for much damage, but for a passive lane, instead.
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Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist: You should be bot, against a support and an AD Carry, which means that the amount of Magic Damage you'll be taking will be quite low. So instead of going for flat Magic Resist, I go for Scaling Magic Resist, which will end up giving me more Magic Resist later on in the game, when Orianna will be facing an AP champion.
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Greater Seal of Armor: I take flat armor here because most of the time, I'll be spending against the enemy AD Carry, and I don't want to feed because of a silly mistake, so I counter them as soon as possible by getting some flat Armor instantly.

Summoner Spells

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has proved to my favorite support summoner spell. It renders the enemy ADC half-useless, or can allow an ally to escape with the correct usage of this summoner spell.

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Great tool for escaping, leaping over walls, entering the fight, and so on. Usually a must-have in my summoner spells.

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Good summoner spell for an even better map awareness. Good choice on , but if you're going to use it on other lanes/jungle. If not, don't take it, you have for nearby bush checking.

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Good spell for a support. Since has no heals, it can be a good spell to have. It can surprise enemies when used correctly.

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Since your ADC should be running , going for as a support can be a good choice. It can secure kills, and really negate the enemy from being healed. Good against fighting a sustain support.

Items

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This gives a nice mana regeneration passive, along with some AP to help with everything in your kit. This also rewards you for poking with auto-attacks, which should do a lot, since they're so strong.

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The long lasting ward can be very good for long-term vision. If the enemy has , be careful to not show them where you placed the ward, so they don't sweep it instantly.

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It allows you to bring an extra ward to lane, other than the . If you want, you can also go with the over the for a more aggressive laning phase.

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Two of these. Since has no heals, it's nice to take some s in order to avoid recalling every 20 seconds.

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This item is a must-buy for Supporianna (unless the jungler wants to take it). It stacks very well with your , giving up to 50 MR, and a shield for around 470 when used together. (Level 5 and at level 18, with no AP on ). This item is godly, and will help your team greatly.

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This item gives a necessary mana regen, along with some really nice CDR, to allow you to throw the ball around, shielding allies and slowing enemies. The MR it gives is also quite nice.

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It's the final upgrade of your initial gold generating item. You get a really nice amount of AP, and a good targeted slow for helping peel or allowing you to land skillshots better.

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Gives a nice slow on your spells, along with some AP and really good HP. Since your main job is utility, the slow and survivability really helps. The AP allows your poke to be even better.

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Gives some nice MPen, to give you better poke, along with some AP and HP. This pairs up very well with , as it makes the burning effect hurt twice as much. It helps shred enemy HP for your team.

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The AP this item gives is always appreciated. It also allows you to scout, or help with chasing. The movement speed it gives is very nice, and so is the MR.

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Good item against teams with big AD threats. The immunity can also help counter some champions, or save you from others. Not to mention, it gives a ton of AP.

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Matchups

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Next, is a list of ADCs who I've found that work best with Supporianna. (Still highly prone to change.)

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His Stealth + will give and a really strong surprise engage. Together, these two will surely dominate their lane, and cause the enemies to hide under their turrets.

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and have great laning chemistry. Especially when she's used her ultimate, tag team, which will mean that she'll turn into a super fast melee champion. If she's fighting an enemy, using will both speed her up and slow her enemy, as she will be in melee range. Also, you won't have to use to land . But when isn't using her ult, she still recieves great bonuses from 's speedup and shield. paired with will mean that can trade with the enemy ADC while taking virtually no damage.

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is very easily killed since he's so squishy, and has close to no escape abilities. Paired with , you can use your to speed him up, either chasing down an enemy, or escaping, and slowing down the incoming enemy if they stand on the Dissonance area. You can also keep his defenses up by using your as soon as he takes a hit. (If you have beast reflexes, then before he's even hit.)

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Next, is a list of enemy champions that can give Orianna a hard time. (Still highly prone to change.)

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will be a problem on 's lane, despite what role she's playing, whether it be jungling or mid. As a jungle, you'll have to be playing defensive, as s won't see her, and s will be more expensive and she can kill them, therefore, slowing down your build. But when she's mid, it will mean that she will become one of the game's strongest roamers, leaving her lane undetected, and will practically mean that there will be two people attempting to gank your lane: and the jungler.

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Although can turn her ADC into a tanky demon, she cannot do much when she's stunned, or her ADC is. 's passive, , will also add damage for her ADC, which will mean that you'll be fighting one very bursty enemy.

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The flamboyant will be a huge pain. He will be giving his ADC a good amount of armor, and something to catch up, like you do. But the worst part is, while you only have a temporal shield, will have a heal. The easiest way to keep him off your case will be to poke him a lot. Keep his health low, or force him to burn his mana.

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This little yordle is one annoying ADC to fight against. The only way she can be shut down is in the early game, and since that's Support 's weakest point, theres not much you can do. Her late game is one of the best, so you'll have to ask for your jungler to help shut her down.

Gameplay

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Supporianna can be fairly easy to play, if you're not using any items, of course. If that's the case, then you're not doing it quite right! Most support items have Active Effects to be used, not just Passive Effects! Nevertheless, there are two things to keep in mind while playing Supporianna:

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Robo-Rule #1:

Always keep your pet ball hugging your ADC. (Or in this picture's case, your ) The only exception to this rule is if you're going to poke the enemy, in which case, it's good to have the shield on you to avoid taking too much damage.

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Don't follow this rule, and you will soon get your ADC (Or ) killed.

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Robo-Rule #2:

Your death is less valuable than your AD Carry's. So if you have to die in order to let your AD Carry escape, THEN DO IT! They will love you for it.

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Summary

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Thank you for reading through this guide, little Roboling! You are officially able to play Supporianna, and spread the DESTRUCTION that she can cause! Feel no remorse! Feel no regret! Destroy. Them. All. Thanks for reading! -Yazzel

SPECIAL THANKS: Credits to jhoijhoi for the template, which you can find here.

Change Log

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2/2/14: Finally got to editing the guide for the new season. I'm still trying some things around. Took off the "Consumables" section.
10/14/13: Changed Summoner Spell Heal for Exhaust. Silly me. Exhaust is OP <3.
8/3/13: With the recent changes to Locket, I decided to add it to the core build. Tweaked the guide a bit. Changed some descriptions.
6/14/13: As the huge derp I am, I forgot to add Locket into the build. Added now. >.>
6/9/13: Edited the "Items" chapter, changing the starting items, and adding an "Other Items" section. Also edited the "Matchups" section.
5/3/13: Edited the Masteries.
4/14/13: Added a "Wards" section to the "Items" chapter, under "Consumables".
5/3/13: Added the first draft for the "Matchups" section. Still prone to change.
1/3/13: Guide was created. <Operation: Supporianna> has begun.

Support Orianna - We Are As One

Support Orianna - We Are As One

Recommended Items

Spells:

Exhaust

Flash

Items

Ability Order

Clockwork Windup (PASSIVE)

Command: Attack (Q)

Command: Dissonance (W)

Command: Protect (E)

Command: Shockwave (R)

Introduction

Pros / Cons

Champion Abilities

Masteries

Runes

Summoner Spells

Items

Matchups

Next, is a list of ADCs who I've found that work best with Supporianna. (Still highly prone to change.)

Next, is a list of enemy champions that can give Orianna a hard time. (Still highly prone to change.)

Gameplay

Summary

Change Log

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