Orianna Counters Classic 26.22

Clockwork Windup adds magic damage to Orianna's basic attacks and raises it across repeated hits on one target. Akali can disappear inside Twilight Shroud after the first hit. Remain within the smoke's area; every listed Twilight Shroud bonus is conditional on staying inside.

The ball traces a damaging line to an allied champion during Command: Protect. Shadow Dance carries Akali directly to a target. Compare the two routes when Orianna sends the ball. Crossing its live path exposes Akali to the passing damage before she reaches Orianna.

Command: Dissonance deals magic damage around the ball, and Mark of the Assassin needs Akali's melee attack for its additional damage. A ball sitting beside Orianna puts both effects in the same close space. Let the ball move elsewhere before you trigger the mark.

Null Sphere takes the ball out of her hands, and every cast she owns is a Command to that ball. A ball parked by Command: Attack stays at that spot until she can cast again. Kassadin waits nine seconds for the next bolt, and Void Stone keeps cutting her magic damage the whole time.

Attack her while the ball is riding an ally, since Command: Protect hands its extra Armor and Magic Resist to whoever it is attached to. Every swing you land refills mana through Nether Blade, and the ones that land on her return three times what a minion gives.

Eventually Orianna reaches for Command: Shockwave. The launch does not arrive the instant she casts it. Take that delay as your exit, since Riftwalk clears the ball's radius in a single press. Force Pulse will not be there either, since six casts have to go off near you before the cone exists.

Command: Protect puts a shield on an ally and adds Armor and Magic Resist to them. Half of Orb of Deception walks past both stats. Magic damage goes out. True damage comes back. Put the return half through whoever is carrying the ball.

Wait for Charm before you commit anything else, because a minion in front of Orianna will swallow the kiss. Spend Spirit Rush once Charm lands, and each dash fires bolts that pick champions over minions. Each point in Charm also raises its mana cost.

Orianna owns the ground once Command: Dissonance goes off, since the field it leaves speeds her side up and slows yours. Clockwork Windup grows with repeat attacks on one target, so a stationary trade only gets worse. Backing away does not stop your damage, because Fox-Fire needs no direction from you.