Ashe vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Ashe
based on 11,816 Ashe vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ashe vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Ashe vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Ashe
Tips for Playing as Ashe against Samira
Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.
Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
Ashe vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Ashe in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several influential Ashe against Samira counter statistics that can help us understand the differences between these two champs. Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Samira. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Ashe often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Samira. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ashe and Samira
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Who is Better, Ashe or Samira?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ashe usually loses when facing off against Samira, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Ashe makes a poor counter to Samira.
While Ashe does have a lower winrate compared to Samira, when facing one another, Ashe also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ashe into Samira.
Furthermore, Ashe also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Samira. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Samira matchups, Samira is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Ashe is a somewhat poor counter for Samira. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ashe against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ashe to counter Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ashe usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Samira. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Ashe versus Samira build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Ashe included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Samira than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Ashe boasted an average win rate of 48.7% battling Samira with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Samira as Ashe, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ashe vs Samira LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Samira as Ashe are presented for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.