The solvation effect is an imperative but often overlooked factor for the accurate simulation of heterogeneous catalytic reactions. Though attempts to develop and standardize solvation models for periodic metal surface-based catalysts have been made, a large number of theoretical studies in this direction are still based on gas phase calculations. For an electrocatalytic reaction like ORR, the dynamics of the electrode-electrolyte medium can be important in determining the reaction rate. Liu et al. have reported via a kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) study that considering water solvent in the chemisorbed state is essential for the accurate prediction of ORR kinetics. Nonetheless, an empirical approximation based on the stabilization of ORR intermediates in the presence of water molecules has been adapted in many studies, resulting in satisfactory ORR activity prediction from a thermodynamic perspective. Despite the observed validity of such correction methods for predicting activity trends, they do not consider a realistic description of solvent effects. In addition, the plausible DFT-functional sensitivity towards such correction factors is not well calibrated.