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.
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
The Orianna Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Orianna sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Annie helps Orianna perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Orianna plays on the same team as Annie, she gets a little drop in her full damage output. This change may signal that Annie doesn't help protection for her to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Orianna is played alongside Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Annie.
Moreover, when Orianna plays with Annie on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Annie does a poor job of protecting Orianna in team fights.
There is no universally accepted best companion for Orianna that will always be her #1 synergy. Yet, Annie is a terrible companion for Orianna. By being on the same team as Orianna, she drops their win rate by -5.2% to 42.3%. This demonstrates that there is a terrible synergy between Orianna and Annie that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Annie has a lower difficulty than Orianna. That means Orianna players don't need to be cautious when arranging Annie allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working alongside, Orianna players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by aligning Orianna and Annie together, you probably will not be granting your side enough attack damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Annie ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Orianna in order to pair well with Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to use in your Orianna and Annie synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Stormsurge. When Orianna used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Annie than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Orianna boasted an average win rate of 42.3% when playing alongside Annie with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Orianna players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 42.3% winrate overall.
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