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How to Win Samira vs Cassiopeia Counter MatchupSamira is in the a tier of champions

Samira vs Cassiopeia

How to Beat Cassiopeia as Samira in LoLSamira is in the s tier of champions
Marksman
Mage

How to Beat Cassiopeia as Samira

based on 1,681 Samira vs Cassiopeia matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our database, Samira faced off against Cassiopeia 1681 times. With so many matchups for Samira versus Cassiopeia provides us confidence in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a solid build to crush your opposition. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Samira encounters Cassiopeia in only 1.0% of her rounds.

Samira vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Samira does a dismal job of beating Cassiopeia. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.2% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Samira versus Cassiopeia games, Samira’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Cassiopeia.

Best Samira vs Cassiopeia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

HubrisLord Dominik's RegardsYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Samira to level upq
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Second ability for Samira to level upe
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Last skill for Samira to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Samira's passive ability p
Samira's q ability q
Samira's w ability w
Samira's e ability e
Samira's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Samira

Advice to Win Against Cassiopeia

Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.

Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.

Samira vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Cassiopeia Image
9.5
< Kills >
6.9
7
< Deaths >
6.2
5.5
< Assists >
6.9
2.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
170
< Minions Killed >
168
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.43
19,842
< Physical Damage >
623
2,585
< Magic Damage >
22,120
576
< True Damage >
313
23,004
< Damage Dealt >
23,057
23,776
< Damage Taken >
26,161
13,031
< Gold Earned >
11,504
2.07
< Towers >
1.86
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
7,609
< Total Healing >
6,690
12,306
< Experience >
14,790
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
27
< Time Dealing CC >
428

How to Counter Cassiopeia with Samira in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several important Samira vs. Cassiopeia counter statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Cassiopeia’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Cassiopeia..

Samira often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Cassiopeia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Samira and Cassiopeia

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Cassiopeia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Cassiopeia

Who is Better, Samira or Cassiopeia?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when trying to fight Cassiopeia, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Samira makes a bad counter for Cassiopeia.

While Samira does have a lower winrate compared to Cassiopeia, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Samira into Cassiopeia.

Moreover, Samira has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Cassiopeia matchups, Cassiopeia 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.

Samira is a somewhat poor counter to Cassiopeia. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Samira against Cassiopeia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Samira

Samira Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.7% winrateTaricTaric44.7% winrateLeonaLeona44.8% winrateZyraZyra44.9% winrate

Samira Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55% winrateSkarnerSkarner53.7% winrateAkshanAkshan53.4% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa53.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 52.6% 12646 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.1% 10849 GamesIvernIvern+ 53.1% 1902 GamesKalistaKalista+ 59.1% 115 Games

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira vs Cassiopeia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Cassiopeia as Samira, we analyzed 1,681 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Cassiopeia as Samira comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Samira to counter Cassiopeia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Cassiopeia. Champions who on average don't take much CS 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Samira versus Cassiopeia build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Samira included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Cassiopeia than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 48.2% battling Cassiopeia with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Cassiopeia as Samira, Samira players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Samira vs Cassiopeia battles, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.

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