Anivia vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Anivia
based on 2,515 Anivia vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Samira
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
Anivia vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several significant Anivia versus Samira matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences between the pair. Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Samira’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Samira..
Anivia typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Samira. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Samira
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Who is Better, Anivia or Samira?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually wins when facing off against Samira, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Anivia makes a good counter for Samira.
While Anivia does have a higher win rate compared to Samira, when on opposite teams, Anivia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Anivia into Samiraas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Anivia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Samira. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Samira matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Anivia is a good counter for Samira. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Anivia against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia to counter Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Samira. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Anivia versus Samira build include Malignance, Liandry's Torment, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Samira than with most other typical builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 52.6% battling Samira with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Samira as Anivia, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Anivia vs Samira counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.
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