Blitzcrank vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Blitzcrank
based on 6,471 Blitzcrank vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Samira
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Blitzcrank vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats provided here show several influential Blitzcrank against Samira counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Samira. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Samira. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Samira
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Samira?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when facing off against Samira, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a good counter for Samira.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher winrate than Samira, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Blitzcrank into Samira.
Furthermore, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Samira. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Samira matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter to Samira. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Blitzcrank against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to counter Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Samira. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Blitzcrank versus Samira build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Samira than with most other common builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average winrate of 51.4% when playing against Samira with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Samira as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Blitzcrank vs Samira counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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