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.
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
The Orianna Master Yi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Master Yi, 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 Master Yi. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Master Yi helps Orianna perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Orianna tries to synergize with Master Yi, she observes a small decrease in her complete damage output. This change could demonstrate that Master Yi does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Orianna is played together with Master Yi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Master Yi.
Moreover, when Orianna plays with Master Yi on the same side, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Master Yi does a decent job of covering Orianna in team fights.
There is no one best synergy for Orianna that will always be her ideal ally. Yet, overall, Master Yi is a decent companion for Orianna. By being on the same side as Orianna, he raises their win rate by 1.3% to 48.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a good bond between Orianna and Master Yi that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Master Yi has a much lower diffuclty than Orianna. That means Orianna players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Master Yi comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Orianna and Master Yi together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of crowd control. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Master Yi ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
To truly master Orianna to work well with Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to build first in your Orianna and Master Yi synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna bought at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Master Yi than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 48.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Master Yi with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating 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. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Master Yi with Orianna are given for every ranked division. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.