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How to Win Samira vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupSamira is in the a tier of champions

Samira vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Samira in LoLSamira is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Samira

based on 8,080 Samira vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
53.1 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League games each and every week. In our database, Samira battled Kai'Sa in 8080 rounds. With so many games with Samira vs Kai'Sa provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare actionable stats and a recommended build to wreck Kai'Sa. This particular champ matchup is fairly uncommon. Samira has to counter Kai'Sa in only 4.6% of her rounds.

Samira vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Samira has done a good job of beating Kai'Sa. Typically, she wins a terrific 53.1% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Samira against Kai'Sa games, Samira’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood versus Kai'Sa.

Best Samira vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityPickaxe

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelMaw of MalmortiusVoltaic CycloswordImmortal Shieldbow

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
>
Last skill for Samira to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Samira

Advice to Win Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Samira vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
53.1 %
VS
Win Rate
46.9 %
Kai'Sa Image
10
< Kills >
7.8
6.9
< Deaths >
6.6
5.7
< Assists >
6.7
2.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
172
< Minions Killed >
177
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.46
20,118
< Physical Damage >
12,376
2,646
< Magic Damage >
7,953
603
< True Damage >
438
23,368
< Damage Dealt >
20,768
23,766
< Damage Taken >
19,631
13,346
< Gold Earned >
12,454
2.32
< Towers >
2.14
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
7,919
< Total Healing >
4,151
12,509
< Experience >
12,557
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
28
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Samira in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several influential Samira versus Kai'Sa counter statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kai'Sa..

Samira typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Kai'Sa. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Samira and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Samira or Kai'Sa?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Samira usually wins when trying to fight Kai'Sa, with a 53.1% win rate. As a result, Samira makes a great counter for Kai'Sa.

While Samira does have a higher win rate than Kai'Sa, when facing one another, Samira also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Samira into Kai'Sa.

Furthermore, Samira also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Samira vs Kai'Sa matchups, Samira is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Samira is a great counter to Kai'Sa. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Samira against Kai'Sa.

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 Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Samira, we analyzed 8,080 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 Kai'Sa 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

Samira Build Kai'Sa Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Samira to counter Kai'Sa during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Kai'Sa. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Samira versus Kai'Sa build consist of Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Samira bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Kai'Sa than with many other common item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 53.1% when countering Kai'Sa with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Kai'Sa 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Samira vs Kai'Sa battles, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kai'Sa as Samira are given for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.