Ahri vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Ahri
based on 5,152 Ahri vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Samira
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
Ahri vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Ahri in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several significant Ahri vs. Samira matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Samira..
Ahri normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Samira. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ahri and Samira
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Who is Better, Ahri or Samira?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually loses when playing against Samira, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes a poor counter to Samira.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate compared to Samira, when on opposite teams, Ahri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Ahri into Samira.
Moreover, Ahri also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Samira matchups, Samira is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Ahri is a somewhat poor counter to Samira. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ahri to counter Samira during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri often gets a similar amount of CS as Samira. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Ahri versus Samira build include Malignance, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Samira than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ahri had an average winrate of 48.6% when playing against Samira with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Samira as Ahri, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Ahri vs Samira face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.6% winrate overall.
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