Gwen vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Gwen
based on 3,711 Gwen vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Samira
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Gwen vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some important Gwen against Samira counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Samira..
Gwen normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Samira. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Samira
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Who is Better, Gwen or Samira?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when playing against Samira, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Gwen makes a poor counter for Samira.
While Gwen does have a lower win rate than Samira, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gwen into Samira.
Additionally, Gwen also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Samira. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a terribly counter for Samira. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen to counter Samira during both the early game 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 tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Samira. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Gwen versus Samira build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Gwen used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Samira than with most other common builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Samira with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Samira as Gwen, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Gwen vs Samira fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Samira as Gwen are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.