Queen of Numbani (survivability through aggression)

[Centripetal Charge] and [Charged Plating] have great synergy to get you to 20% Ability Power in round 1, along with [Power Playbook] . Use your ult at the earliest opportunity to secure the buffs from [Charged Plating] . If you play it well, you can often get ult in the first fight.

 

Try to focus on landing javelins on squishies to secure eliminations and proc [Frenzy Amplifier] , which will either allow you to keep rolling the squishy eliminations or run away from the enemy tank if you're low on resources. If you're playing into beams, use your superior range to your advantage and your speed to out-rotate the enemy tank. You should be able to farm loads of Stadium Cash in round 1, even into Zarya.

[Efi’s Theorem] is a must-pick here, as it buffs the duration of team move speed and overhealth we get from [Ride with Me] . There is an argument for taking [Hollagram Helmet] instead against Zarya, to nullify her ult, but I think the benefit of team speed and overhealth to get teammates safely away from her during the neutral is more valuable.

 

[Multi-Tool] is really nice, because the effective cooldown reduction for Fortify is ~15%. But, you can take whatever other AP buff you like if you prefer a different secondary bonus.

 

If you have enough cash to afford more blue-tier items, sell greens to make space. In sell-priority order: [Charged Plating] , [Power Playbook] , [Frenzy Amplifier]

With [Efi’s Theorem] , the cooldown reduction during Fortify from [Factory Reset] lasts for 6s, which is long enough to get Javelin Spin back again if it was used right before Fortify, and the javelin throw is reduced to 4.5s, all without considering other cooldown reductions. This is why taking a zillion self-heal survival items is a poor build strategy. By instead building to enhance our abilities, we still get oodles of personal survivability, while also greatly increasing our lethality and CC/disruption output, and supporting teammate survivability and aggression. By this point in an Orisa mirror match, the enemy Orisa will usually have 200-300 HP more than I do, and she may even be annoyingly difficult to kill even after her whole team is dead. But her whole team will die while mine lives, unless we do something stupid or they massively out-ult us.

 

Anyway, I like [Mark of the Kitsune] here, but [Superflexor] and [Three-tap Tommygun] are good cheaper alteratives. If you want to replace the movement speed buff from [Frenzy Amplifier] , you can take [Booster Jets] or [Aftermarket Firing Pin] . Fill slots with whatever other blue or green AP upgrades you can afford.

 

If you had [Elite Rotator Cuff] to enhance [Refraction Tiles] into Zarya, and you have the cash to get another purple upgrade instead, I recommend replacing it. The cooldown reduction in Fortify plus [Iridescent Iris] gives you plenty of spin uptime already.

The final power choice here is really up to preference and the specifics of the match.

 

I like [Supercharger] for even more damage, though it can be vulnerable to being insta-killed. (See note in the Powers section for more details on that.) In combination with [Centripetal Charge] and [Iridescent Iris] , you do have the option to treat your ult as a Supercharger + overhealth + ability reset and actually prioritize bongo safety over the actual Terra Surge pull and damage with your positioning. With so much damage flying around in round 7, standing still in the middle of the enemy team can be pretty scary, even with the Fortify damage reduction, so it could be worthwhile trade.

 

There's also a good argument for [Restortify] , which also benefits from [Efi’s Theorem] . I don't love it because it offers nothing offensive, but it may be worthwhile into beams, or if the enemy team has just been trying really hard to kill you. The healing benefit is less for us than for the HP-stacking Orisas though, since it is percentage-based.

 

Final items are by preference.