Samira vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Samira
based on 2,381 Samira vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Samira
Advice to Win Against Jarvan IV
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Samira vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Samira in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some strategic Samira against Jarvan IV counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between these two champs. Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Jarvan IV. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Samira usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Jarvan IV. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Samira or Jarvan IV?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Samira usually wins when playing against Jarvan IV, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Samira makes a good counter to Jarvan IV.
While Samira does have a higher win rate than Jarvan IV, when facing one another, Samira also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Samira into Jarvan IV.
Additionally, Samira has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter 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 Jarvan IV matchups, Samira is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Samira is an above average counter to Jarvan IV. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Samira against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Samira in order to counter Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira often gets much more CS compared to Jarvan IV. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Samira versus Jarvan IV build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and The Collector. When Samira incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Jarvan IV than with most other typical builds. In fact, Samira had an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Jarvan IV with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Jarvan IV as Samira, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Samira vs Jarvan IV LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.3% winrate overall.
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