I play a ton of Ornn and have played him through several seasons now. In doing so I have seen first hand the small little changes Riot makes such as removing the shield on W, not getting health when you build it in lane, the later power spike of the mythic rework this past season, and not directly Riot's doing but games on average getting shorter.

It all seems to have culminated to a weaker Ornn with Riot not fully compensating after slowly chipping him down. Ornn wants to make it into the late game and be a big beefy FORGE GOD, but in certain matchups against bruisers or other jugs one or two bad trades can lead to you falling significantly behind.

Ornn lacks a shield to help mitigate some damage in trades, Ornn does not have a way to regen his health outside of runes/dorans/pots/items, or skill expressive way to mitigate dmg. Sure you can unstoppable some things but once your W is over you HAVE TO WAIT OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE CC ANYWAY.

Ornn honestly feels kinda lackluster compared to some newer champs or more popular champs who can trade then out sustain and eventually just shove him out of lane. Not to even mention that most of the champs who can force you to back can then make short work of your tower.

Don't get me wrong I love Ornn and when you're winning it feels great, but I feel after all this time I would be better off having learned to play something like Camille/Fiora/Irelia/Sett/Mord to the same level I do Ornn.

What do y'all think? Am I crazy and just need to getgud or could our Lord of the Forge use some sweet tender Rito lovin'?