Zed
- Mid is also this pick's lane, so the two meet head-on in lane.
- This pick's 3 Command: Protect shields or heals, so trade while it is on cooldown.
- The reviewed build opens with: Youmuu's Ghostblade
- The reviewed rune page includes: Conqueror
Kit notes are keyword matches over Riot's ability text and the reviewed builds of both champions. They are guidance, not win rates.
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Every count on this page is a count of documented links, not a win rate or a strength score.
In the matchup data documented in Rift Lab, these are the harder matchups for Orianna: Zed (Mid), Fizz (Mid), Yasuo (Mid), Yone (Mid), Kassadin (Mid), Akali (Mid), Nautilus (Support), Blitzcrank (Support). This is a documented matchup list, not a win rate: TheNexus does not publish win-rate or pick-rate figures it cannot source.
Riot's ability text for Orianna describes a shield in Command: Protect (ability 3). Plan around those abilities before a trade or a fight. These notes are keyword matches over the ability text only, not a rating of how strong Orianna is, so read the full descriptions on this page.
The Nexus-reviewed core build for Orianna, in purchase order: Seraph's Embrace then Rabadon's Deathcap then Infinity Orb then Crown of the Shattered Queen then Cosmic Drive then Boots of Mana + Stasis. Runes: Conqueror, Botanist, Transcendence, Nimbus Cloak, Bone Plating. Situational swaps: against enemy healing: Morellonomicon; against enemy shields: Oceanid's Trident; against enemy front line: Liandry's Torment; against enemy crowd control: Stasis; against enemy burst: Crown of the Shattered Queen. This is a reviewed snapshot (patch 7.2b), not a build ranked by win rate.
Orianna is a Mage and Support by Riot's classification and is played in Mid. Riot rates the difficulty Medium. On our tier-list snapshot (patch 7.2b) it shows S tier from its external source, which is a snapshot letter and not a TheNexus win rate.
Every answer here is built from Rift Lab data and Riot's own ability text. Where the data is missing we say so instead of guessing.