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

Samira vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Samira in LoLSamira is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Samira

based on 4,517 Samira vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Irelia as Samira came out of an analysis of 4517 ranked matches where both champs engaged each other. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Samira has to counter Irelia in only 2.6% of her games.

Samira vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Samira has done a average job of countering Irelia. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.4% of matches the champs face one another in. In Samira against Irelia matches, Samira’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Irelia.

Best Samira vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBloodthirsterThe Collector

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsVoltaic CycloswordInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
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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Guide to Countering Irelia as Samira

Advice to Win Against Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Samira vs Irelia Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Irelia Image
9.5
< Kills >
7.1
6.8
< Deaths >
6.9
5.5
< Assists >
5.3
2.16
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
169
< Minions Killed >
202
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.46
18,829
< Physical Damage >
15,831
2,531
< Magic Damage >
5,926
657
< True Damage >
734
22,017
< Damage Dealt >
22,492
23,217
< Damage Taken >
30,221
12,929
< Gold Earned >
12,631
2.1
< Towers >
2.28
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
7,559
< Total Healing >
10,330
12,246
< Experience >
14,637
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
26
< Time Dealing CC >
108

How to Counter Irelia with Samira in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Samira against Irelia matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Irelia..

Samira normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Samira and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Irelia

Who is Better, Samira or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Samira usually fairs equally well when taking on Irelia, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Samira makes an ok counter for Irelia.

While Samira does have a higher winrate than Irelia, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Samira into Irelia.

Additionally, Samira has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Samira vs Irelia matchups, Samira is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Samira is a decent counter to Irelia. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Samira against Irelia.

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 Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Samira, we analyzed 4,517 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 Irelia 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 learn all of the intricacies of Samira to counter Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira typically gets a similar amount of CS as Irelia. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Samira versus Irelia build include Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Samira incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Irelia than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Irelia with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Irelia as Samira, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Samira vs Irelia counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.

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