I get what the latest patch is trying to do with Orcane’s up special removing his puddle, even with an Orca Hop, but I don’t think it fixes the core issue of Orcane camping by placing a puddle at one end of the stage and running to the other. I think a better solution would be to make Return to Puddle scale with distance while keeping the puddle when using Orca Hop.
The current change also makes ledge refreshes with Orca Hop much riskier, especially in matchups like Clairen, where one mistake can get you killed at a low percent. Orcane already relies on his double jump more than most characters, so making his recovery options riskier just makes edgeguarding him even more miserable.
I don’t think everything needs to be perfectly balanced, but the game should be fun. Losing your puddle every Orca Hop feels more frustrating than necessary, and distance-based scaling would address the camping issue without taking away so much of Orcane’s options.