Her passive

grants bonus magic damage on her autos (stacks up to 2x), so most AP mid laners will lose to her when trading autos.

's shield lasts 2.5 secs and grants bonus resistances. It has a base CD of 9 secs, so use that window to trade.

has a 0.75 sec delay, so it's possible to Flash or dash out of it.

damage is reduced if going through multiple enemies.

If she didn't take

lvl 1, her lvl 2

+

burst is respectable.

Orianna is very strong in teamfights - lvls 6, 11 and 16 are huge power spikes because of

, which will deal a lot of damage alongside

.

The first item power spike comes with the completion of

and

. When she's level 16 with

,

, and

completed, her combo can 100-0 squishy targets.

Orianna lacks mobility outside the speed from her W. Look to punish her if she overextends.