Nilah vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Nilah
based on 4,062 Nilah vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Samira Counter Build
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Nilah vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Nilah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several valuable Nilah vs. Samira matchup stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Samira..
Nilah usually has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Samira. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nilah or Samira?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nilah usually wins when facing off against Samira, with a 54.6% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a great counter to Samira.
While Nilah does have a much higher win rate than Samira, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nilah into Samiraas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nilah has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Samira matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nilah is a great counter for Samira. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nilah in order to counter Samira during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Samira. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Nilah versus Samira build include Guardian Angel, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah combined at least these three items in their build, they performed much better countering Samira than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 54.6% battling Samira with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Samira as Nilah, Nilah players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Nilah vs Samira clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.6% win rate overall.
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