[LoL]This new champion sounds INCREDIBLY complex.

XRATED. · May 27, 2011

Summoners!

Weâ€™d love to give you a sneak-peak at some of Orianna, the Clockwork Girlâ€™s gameplay features. Weâ€™re blazing new mechanical trails with this champion, and we want to share the excitement with you.

Oriannaâ€™s key gameplay hook is commanding her primary weapon â€“ an animated hextech ball that she uses as a focus for her abilities. This ball acts as a focal point for all of her skills, allowing her to dynamically control space. By moving The Ball (as she named it) and then activating skills, you can use it to deal magical damage, attach it to allies (then use them as the focal point for your skills), shield friends, or even move enemies out of position. Knowing how and when to use Oriannaâ€™s abilities - combined with strategic setup - can deny entire areas of a combat zone or support a key ally and act as a force multiplier.

To add risk to the kit, her passive encourages her shorter-range auto-attacks to maximize her damage output. This means you can play safer and use the long range of Oriannaâ€™s ball, but to lesser effect than if you combine it with auto-attacks. We made this decision in order to create an interesting dichotomy of risk/reward that will allow expert Orianna players to stand out.

We want to push the boundaries in our champion creation and your impressions and feedback can help shape this. Let us know what you think!
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Source: http://www.leagueoflegends.com/news/orianna-mechanics-preview

This is something I could have a ton of fun playing....using a weapon to pinpoint your targets? Sounds like it actually might require this thing called SKILL.

Anyone else think this sounds pretty bad ass?

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