Ornn
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Poor (3/10)
High Investment Required
Epic Relics
Paid Relics
Ornn is widely considered one of the weakest champions in the game. His prohibitive mana cost, slow setup, and vulnerability to aggressive boards make him highly ineffective in difficult encounters. While his late-game scaling can be satisfying, he requires significant investment and specific Epic or Paid relics to function adequately.
Instant Ram Rush
Triggers a free attack immediately upon play, provided Ornn has 10+ power.
Duplicates the attacking Ram to overwhelm the opponent's defenses.
Accelerates early unit scaling and ensures Ornn levels up upon being played.
Strategy
This build transforms Ornn into an immediate game-ending threat. Secret Technique allows you to rapidly scale a unit in the early game. Once Ornn is played, he copies the massive equipment, easily meeting the 10+ power requirement for Cease and Desist. This triggers an immediate free attack, while Spectral Scissors duplicates the Ram for massive burst damage.
Plunder Cost Reduction
Reduces Ornn's cost by 2 when Plunder is activated.
Provides immediate Warning Shots to reliably activate Plunder.
Capitalizes on accumulated gold to ensure Ornn drops with massive stats.
Strategy
Designed to bypass Ornn's prohibitive mana cost. Dreadway Chase Gun provides immediate Plunder enablers, allowing The Scourge's Stash to heavily discount Ornn. This enables you to deploy a massive champion much earlier than his standard 7-mana cost allows, establishing critical board presence.
Aggressive Scaling
Ensures Ornn strikes upon entering the battlefield, aiding his level-up condition.
Allows Ornn to consume his summoned Ram to consolidate stats.
Provides an additional attack token to close out the game quickly.
Strategy
Stalker's Blade ensures Ornn levels up immediately upon entering the battlefield. Corrupted Star Fragment allows Ornn to consume his summoned Ram, consolidating stats to survive enemy removal and avoid being chump-blocked. Galeforce provides the extra attack needed to execute a one-turn kill.
Nexus Burst
Strikes the enemy Nexus upon being played.- Strikes the enemy Nexus upon being played.
- Strikes the enemy Nexus upon being played.
Strategy
A high-risk, high-reward approach utilizing only rare relics. The strategy involves stalling the game and stacking a single piece of equipment on an early unit. Once Ornn is played, he copies the massive equipment and strikes the enemy Nexus three times for immediate lethal damage.
Other Relic Options
Essential for accelerating Ornn's slow game plan, though it requires specific relic combinations or powers to ensure he meets the Titanic requirement.
Provides critical defensive utility. Dropping Ornn on the opponent's attack turn stuns their entire board, ensuring his survival for a counterattack.
Protects Ornn's massive stat investments from disruptive spells, stuns, and obliterate effects.
Grants a rally effect upon leveling up, enabling powerful swing turns when combined with his Ram.
Constellation
Ornn is widely considered one of the weakest champions in the game, suffering from a slow game plan, prohibitive mana costs, and a lack of early board presence. Players eagerly anticipate a comprehensive constellation rework to address his fundamental tempo issues and improve his equipment generation.
Sweet Solitude
Round Start: Create a 0 cost Fleeting Time and Dedication in hand.
I Made This
+1 Starting Mana. The first time you play an ally or equipment that cost 4+ mana, Manifest an equipment and reduce its cost by 2.Review
This power is highly inefficient. Creating a random equipment after playing a high-cost card is too slow and mana-intensive to provide meaningful early-game stabilization.
Sweet Solitude II
Round Start: Create a 0 cost Fleeting Time and Dedication in hand. The first time you Forge each round, Forge again.Review
Absolutely essential for Ornn to function. The double forge effect provides the necessary scaling to compete in difficult adventures, though it does not resolve his early-game vulnerabilities.
Gameplay Tips
- Prioritize Early Mana Acceleration
Ornn's primary weakness is his high mana cost. Prioritize powers and nodes that provide extra mana gems or cost reduction to deploy him before aggressive opponents overwhelm the board.
- Leverage Support Champions
In many difficult encounters, the optimal strategy is to focus entirely on buffing a low-cost support champion with Ornn's forge effects, using Ornn himself only as a late-game contingency plan.
- Exploit Equipment Copy Mechanics
When Ornn is played, his ability to copy an equipped weapon does not count as playing a card. This mechanic is highly effective for bypassing restrictive enemy powers, such as Lissandra's mana tax on card plays.
- Avoid Trap Relics
Relics that rely on the Ram surviving, such as The Taker's Bow, are ineffective. Ornn's attack sequence consumes the Ram before its attack-triggered effects can resolve.
- Capitalize on Favorable Mutators
Ornn excels in adventures with mutators that accelerate mana or transform units (such as the squirrel transformation), as his forged equipment retains its stat bonuses regardless of the unit's base form.