A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
The stats shown on this page highlight some significant Samira versus Evelynn matchup stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Evelynn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Evelynn..
Samira typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Evelynn. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Samira usually fairs equally well when playing against Evelynn, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Samira makes an ok counter to Evelynn.
While Samira does have a higher win rate compared to Evelynn, when facing one another, Samira also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Samira into Evelynn.
Additionally, Samira also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Evelynn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Samira vs Evelynn matchups, Samira is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Samira is a decent counter for Evelynn. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Samira against Evelynn.
To truly master Samira to counter Evelynn 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 suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira most often picks up much more CS relative to Evelynn. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Samira versus Evelynn build consist of Immortal Shieldbow, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Samira incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Evelynn than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Evelynn with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Evelynn as Samira, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Samira vs Evelynn counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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