Caitlyn vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Caitlyn
based on 16,828 Caitlyn vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Samira
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Caitlyn vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several important Caitlyn vs. Samira counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Samira..
Caitlyn normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Samira. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Samira?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when facing off against Samira, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes a good counter to Samira.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate than Samira, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Samira.
Furthermore, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Samira. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Samira matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Samira. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Samira. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Samira build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Samira than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 51.5% when playing against Samira with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Samira as Caitlyn, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Caitlyn vs Samira battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.
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