Guide · Mid

Orianna Guide

the Lady of Clockwork

Mage

Support

Tier B Mid

Orianna, the Lady of Clockwork, is a mage and support champion that is demanding to master. Across our 550 analysed ranked games, Orianna is mostly played in Mid (100% of its games), with a 50.5% win rate in that role: tier B among Mid champions (#17 of 42, ranked by win rate). Orianna's damage is mostly magic (93%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 54.5% in long games (over 35 min, 66 games) versus 49.7% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Averages measured over 550 Mid games played with Orianna, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Orianna is a mage who plays with her ball: every ability gives it an order (Attack, Dissonance, Protect, Shockwave), and the ball stays in the targeted area. Her passive deals increasing damage on the same target, and her ultimate pulls enemies toward the ball after a short delay.

Harassment

Q › W › AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Command: Attack sends the ball, which stays in the area; Command: Dissonance deals damage around it and creates a zone that slows enemies and speeds up your allies; your attack benefits from your passive.

Protection

E › W

When: Your carry is being dived.

Command: Protect attaches the ball to an ally: a shield, armor and magic resistance, and damage to enemies along its path.

See all 3 Orianna combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Command: Attack sends the ball to an area, hitting targets along the way. Position the ball: Dissonance and Shockwave come from it, not from you.

Common mistakes

• Forgetting where your ball is: your abilities come from it.
• Casting the ultimate without a well-placed ball.
• Using Protect on an ally who is not under threat.

Riot's official tips for playing Orianna

• Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
• Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
• Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Luden's Echo (45 games, 55.6% win rate), usually with Spellslinger's Shoes (48.9% over 227 games).

Zhonya's Hourglass+Shadowflame+Luden's Echo

45 games · 55.6%

Rabadon's Deathcap+Shadowflame+Luden's Echo

39 games · 59.0%

Rabadon's Deathcap+Zhonya's Hourglass+Shadowflame

22 games · 63.6%

Skill order

Max order : Q > W > E50.8% · 61 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●			●	●		●		●
W		●						●		●		●	●
E			●											●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 77 games).

Starting items

Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion48.0% · 75 games

First completed items, in order

Luden's Echo›Shadowflame

19 games · 42.1%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3606 gold, 80 CS, 4863 XP. At 15 min: 5550 gold, 120 CS, 7407 XP.

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes48.9% · 227 games

Crimson Lucidity52.7% · 220 games

Chainlaced Crushers52.4% · 63 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport50.7% · 493 games

Flash + Ghost41.4% · 29 games

Most-played runes

Summon Aery + Precision

50.0% · 172 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band99%

Transcendence86%

Scorch93%

Secondary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind65%

Coup de Grace48%

Shards

Attack speed96%

Adaptive force85%

Health scaling55%

Summon Aery + Resolve

50.0% · 102 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band100%

Transcendence76%

Scorch97%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Bone Plating88%

Overgrowth64%

Shards

Attack speed99%

Adaptive force76%

Health84%

Arcane Comet + Precision

51.0% · 100 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band99%

Transcendence68%

Scorch96%

Secondary tree · Precision

Cut Down86%

Legend: Haste85%

Shards

Attack speed92%

Adaptive force62%

Health85%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Orianna's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team55.6% · 153 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Luden's Echo 58.8% ▲

Shadowflame 56.9% ▲

Blackfire Torch 50.0% ▼

Hextech Rocketbelt 64.3% ▲

Zhonya's Hourglass 61.0% ▲

Rabadon's Deathcap 61.1% ▲

The item that stands out most is Luden's Echo: 58.8% win rate, +11 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team52.4% · 143 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Blackfire Torch 59.7% ▲

Luden's Echo 41.4% ▼

Shadowflame 49.0% ▼

Hextech Rocketbelt 62.2% ▲

Zhonya's Hourglass 56.4%

Rabadon's Deathcap 50.0%

The item that stands out most is Blackfire Torch: 59.7% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team46.5% · 254 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Blackfire Torch 50.9%

Luden's Echo 44.1% ▼

Shadowflame 51.0%

Hextech Rocketbelt 49.3% ▼

Rabadon's Deathcap 50.0%

Zhonya's Hourglass 56.6%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Orianna in Mid

Viktor Orianna: 26.3%19 games

Viktor has the edge in 74% of the 19 Mid duels against Orianna. See the Viktor guide.

Syndra Orianna: 62.5%16 games

Syndra has the edge in 38% of the 16 Mid duels against Orianna. See the Syndra guide.

Who Orianna is strong against

Syndra62.5% · 16 games

Viktor26.3% · 19 games

How to play against Orianna

• Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.
• Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Orianna's matchups.

Orianna Mid: what our games say

Laning phase against the Mid average

Measured over 77 Orianna games with a timeline; the average covers 72 champions played Mid in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

Best result: long (over 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Abilities

PassiveClockwork Windup

Orianna's Attacks deal additional magic damage. This damage increases the more Orianna Attacks the same target.

QCommand: Attack

Orianna commands her Ball to fire toward a target location, dealing magic damage to targets along the way (deals less damage to subsequent targets). Her Ball remains at the target location after.

WCommand: Dissonance

Orianna commands her Ball to release a pulse of energy, dealing magic damage around it. This leaves a field behind that speeds up allies and slows enemies.

ECommand: Protect

Orianna commands her Ball to attach to an allied champion, Shielding them and dealing magic damage to any enemies it passes through on the way. Additionally, the Ball grants additional Armor and Magic Resist to the champion it is attached to.

RCommand: Shockwave

Orianna commands her Ball to unleash a shockwave, dealing magic damage and launching nearby enemies towards the Ball after a short delay.

Other Mid champions to know

Most played

Syndra53.0 %Viktor48.9 %Ahri50.4 %Yone49.8 %Locke50.8 %Yasuo48.9 %Zed51.8 %Sylas48.5 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Vel'Koz54.3 %Kassadin54.0 %Twisted Fate54.0 %Lux53.0 %Diana52.9 %Katarina52.6 %Anivia52.3 %Aurelion Sol52.1 %

Frequently asked questions

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