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[5.0] Ornn Guide - How To Smith

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How To Smith

Hi, I am a GM Ornn player, hitting top 28 Ornn in S15. This Guide is meant to help you understand the strenghts and weaknesses about Ornn in the different states of the game. How to play the early game and what to do in teamfights, for both Baron-Lane and Support Ornn.

Pros

  • very tanky in the late game
  • a lot of cc and extremely powerful teamfights
  • easy to master
  • can buy items in lane to get an advantage

Cons

  • Ornn is a bit weird to play at the beginning
  • mana issues in the early game
  • hard to pick up
  • slow, low mobility
  • needs some time to scale, weaker early game

Ornn Build

Best Build Guide for Ornn

Starting Items
Ruby Crystal
Plated Steelcaps
Mercury's Treads
Core Items
Plated Steelcaps
Sunfire Aegis
Thornmail
Force of Nature
Amaranth Twinguard
Mantle of the Twelfth Hour
Situational Options
Randuin's Omen
Frozen Heart
Dead Man's Plate
Iceborn Gauntlet
Warmog's Armor
Fimbulwinter
Support
Relic Shield
Plated Steelcaps
Warmog's Armor
Frozen Heart
Force of Nature
Amaranth Twinguard
Situational Options
Thornmail
Randuin's Omen
Protector's Vow
Dawnshroud
Mantle of the Twelfth Hour
the hidden technique of big bonk
Trinity Force
Dead Man's Plate
Thornmail
Force of Nature
Sterak's Gage
Plated Steelcaps

Item Build Description

Additional information on the items

Starting items:

You almost always want to start with a Ruby CrystalRuby Crystal and build Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps or Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads after, depending on the enemy team.
Afterwards you should build [Heartsteel] and/or Sunfire AegisSunfire Aegis into most matchups. For some matchups it's definitely worth buying Bramble VestBramble Vest first.
There is also very specific scenarios where you could try rushing Dead Man's PlateDead Man's Plate or even Frozen HeartFrozen Heart but more on these kind of items further below.



Core items:

As Core items I would put items that you almost always want to build, because they are just overall very effective on OrnnOrnn and good into most enemies.

  • [Heartsteel] and/or Sunfire AegisSunfire Aegis are your bread and butter items. You build these almost every game. Sunfire AegisSunfire Aegis is just very good for clearing waves but also deals a lot of damag to champions. [Hearsteel] lets you scale into infinity. But I would not reccomend building it, if you have a hard time stacking it up. it is very hard to get stacks vs very squishy teams with a lot of mobility or range champions, becaus everytime you get clos to them, they just die before you can collect the stack. Just rush Sunfire AegisSunfire Aegis instead and go for Dead Man's PlateDead Man's Plate instead, if you want to catch ranged champs. Or just build ThornmailThornmail vs ranged AD or Warmog's ArmorWarmog's Armor if you need more HP etc. Just ignore [Heartsteel] in these matches.

  • For your second/third item ThornmailThornmail is a very powerful item. It will grant you tons of Armor to compliment your high HP from your firs one or two items, while also increasing your damage to enemies who like to use auto attacks a lot. You definitely want high Armor and MR on Ornn, since it also increases your [Ornn:3] damage.

  • Another option would be [Kaenic Rookern] or Force of NatureForce of Nature , in case you need more Magic Resist.

  • Amaranth TwinguardAmaranth Twinguard is extremely powerful as a 5th or 6th item, since it will push all the high resistences you got from your other items to the next level, perfectly rounding up your build in most matches.

  • Mantle of the Twelfth HourMantle of the Twelfth Hour is similar to Amaranth TwinguardAmaranth Twinguard , granting less resistances, but some HP and a useful passive that helps you survive burst damage. Also better vs slows, while [Amaranth Armor] is better vs hard cc, like stuns and roots.

    There is some Matchups, where I would rush Bramble VestBramble Vest  to cut down their healing and deal some damage back. Like FioraFiora , CamilleCamille , TryndamereTryndamere , JaxJax etc.
    ThornmailThornmail can be a very strong first item vs some very specific champions like TryndamereTryndamere or UrgotUrgot , since they deal only phsical DMG and have high attack speed, resulting in a lot of thorn-damage, if they start hitting you.


Situational Items

  • Randuin's OmenRanduin's Omen is the best item if you are playing vs champions that build critical hit items, like most ADCs do, but also TryndamereTryndamere , YoneYone and [Yasou]. Look at the enemy team, anyone building crit items? Does it feel like they hurt you too much? Go get Randuin's OmenRanduin's Omen !

  • Frozen HeartFrozen Heart on the other hand is a great item that helps vs high attack speed champions, like JinxJinx , ZeriZeri , [Kalista], VayneVayne , YasuoYasuo , TryndamereTryndamere . When thinking about which item I should get vs someone like TryndamereTryndamere or JinxJinx , I tend to go with Frozen HeartFrozen Heart instead of Randuin's OmenRanduin's Omen , since they don't hurt me too much anyway ans Frozen HeartFrozen Heart will slow their attack speed down, which decreses their damage output, not only vs, but also vs my teammates, which they will probably be focusing anyways. It's a great way to protect your carry in a team fight.

  • Dead Man's PlateDead Man's Plate is a very niche item, that you should try to get early in the game, as your first full item, after boots. This item can help you vs ranged matchups, since it deals damage and helps you gap close.

  • Warmog's ArmorWarmog's Armor grants you a lot of HP and regeneration when out of combat. I typically build this as one of my last 2 items if I already have a ton of resistances and feel like I need some more HP. It enables you to stay on the map between teamfights in the later stages of the game. You never need to go back to base, and can put pressure on the map by pushing waves and moving to the next objective first.

  • FimbulwinterFimbulwinter rarely feels very good on Ornn, you will be way weaker early on, but you will be able to stay in lane and use your abilities much more, thanks to the mana. If you are planning on building this, get [Tear of the goddes] asap, in the beginning of the game, so you can start stacking it up.




Ornn Runes

Best Runes for Ornn

Keystone
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying
Domination
Weakness
Weakness
Resolve
Second Wind
Second Wind
Inspiration
Mastermind
Mastermind

This is your basic Rune Page you take vs almost every melee champ. Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying is amazing on OrnnOrnn , because it will provide a ton of bonus HP, ocmbined with OrnnOrnn 's passive.
Second WindSecond Wind is also incredibly powerful, since you want to take short trades, most of the time. And Second WindSecond Wind will help you regenerate some Hp lost in these trades.
For your scondary Tree you just take demolish into most match ups. There is matchups, like Sion, Maokai, Garen, where you need much more mana to fight them and clear the wave. In these matchups, Manaflow BandManaflow Band can be very helpful.


Keystone
Phase Rush
Phase Rush
Domination
Weakness
Weakness
Resolve
Second Wind
Second Wind
Inspiration
Mastermind
Mastermind

This one is for running away. Running away from DariusDarius and maybe OlafOlaf . Minor runes basically stay the same, but you want Phase RushPhase Rush just so you don't get run down as easy.

Keystone
Summon Aery
Summon Aery
Domination
Scorch
Scorch
Resolve
Second Wind
Second Wind
Inspiration
Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band

This one is for these annoying ADC or TeemoTeemo toplane players. Poke them down with Q and Summon AerySummon Aery or [Arcane Comet].
ScorchScorch can help with poking them down, too.
Don't get hit too much, second wind helps you vs their poke. Get ThornmailThornmail vs ADCs or Force of NatureForce of Nature vs. Magic Damage.

Secret Knowledge: ThornmailThornmail will proc Summon AerySummon Aery .

Skill Order

How to distribute skill points

Living Forge
Living Forge - Passive
Volcanic Rupture
Volcanic Rupture
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Bellows Breath
Bellows Breath
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Searing Charge
Searing Charge
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Call Of The Forge God
Call Of The Forge God
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Summoner Spells

When to take which summoners

Ignite
Helps a lot in 1v1 sitiuations, any other summs just don't have a lot of value on ornn.
Flash
Good for repositioning or getting a brittle auto attack vs someone who jumps away, after you W them.
Exhaust
Never really tried this one, but it could be helpful vs Olaf, since it reduces his DMG, while he ults and runs at you.

Combos

Learn how to maximize the champions potential

Auto Attack
AA

Your Bread and button combo would be: Q, W, E, Auto, run away, to win short trades in lane.

If you think you can kill the enemy, try hitting a Q Volcanic RuptureVolcanic Rupture , then Ult1 Call Of The Forge GodCall Of The Forge God , E Searing ChargeSearing Charge , Ult2 Call Of The Forge GodCall Of The Forge God , auto attack, W Bellows Breath Bellows Breath , auto attack. If they flash after your W Bellows Breath Bellows Breath , flash at them and finish them off anyway. You can change the order of some of these abilities and also weave in some auto attacks, but that requires some practice and it's typically much safer to just do the basic combo.


Ornn Matchups & Counters

Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters

Sion
Easy
Sion
Nasus
Easy
Nasus
Teemo
Easy
Teemo
Malphite
Easy
Malphite
Tryndamere
Easy
Tryndamere
Darius
Medium
Darius
Dr. Mundo
Medium
Dr. Mundo
Urgot
Medium
Urgot
Sett
Medium
Sett
Warwick
Medium
Warwick
Renekton
Medium
Renekton
Nautilus
Medium
Nautilus
Gwen
Hard
Gwen
Camille
Hard
Camille
Garen
Hard
Garen
Irelia
Hard
Irelia
Jax
Hard
Jax
Yone
Hard
Yone
Olaf
Hard
Olaf
Yasuo
Hard
Yasuo
Fiora
Skill
Fiora
Volibear
Skill
Volibear

wet noodle fight, he can't kill you, if you dodge his Qs Decimating SmashDecimating Smash  and you can't really kill him, unless you build something like Divine Sunderer Second Item. Just focus on farming, and defending your turret vs his split push.

Ornn

General Game Plan

As mentioned a few times, your goal is not to beat the enemy laner as hard as you can, or win lane aggressively early. Concentrate on farming and use your passive for item advantage. Only take short trades, since you don't have the dps other Top-Laners have in the early stages of the game. After the laning phase you always want to be in the teamfights. That's why I love to go Teleport EnchantTeleport Enchant . Just focus on what will be the next objective and move there with your team. Ornn OrnnOrnn is a beast in teamfights, if you can land a good ultimate.

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