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.
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Orianna against Kayle matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayle..
Orianna usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kayle. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when facing off against Kayle, with a 46.7% win rate. Therefore, Orianna makes a poor counter for Kayle.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate compared to Kayle, when facing one another, Orianna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Orianna into Kayleas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Orianna also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Orianna is a bad counter for Kayle. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Kayle.
If you would like to truly master Orianna to counter Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kayle. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Orianna versus Kayle build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Kayle than with most other common builds. In fact, Orianna boasted an average winrate of 46.7% when playing against Kayle with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Kayle as Orianna, Orianna players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Orianna vs Kayle matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kayle as Orianna are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.