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

Samira vs Lissandra

How to Beat Lissandra as Samira in LoLSamira is in the a tier of champions
Marksman
Mage

How to Beat Lissandra as Samira

based on 2,366 Samira vs Lissandra matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Lissandra as Samira resulted from an analysis of 2366 ranked games where both champs engaged each other. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Samira has to counter Lissandra in only 1.3% of her games.

Samira vs Lissandra Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Samira does a dismal job of beating Lissandra. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.0% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Samira against Lissandra games, Samira’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood against Lissandra.

Best Samira vs Lissandra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowThe Collector

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsInfinity EdgeYoumuu's GhostbladeHubris

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
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure 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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Samira

Advice to Win Against Lissandra

Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.

Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.

The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.

Samira vs Lissandra Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Lissandra Image
9.4
< Kills >
5.9
7.3
< Deaths >
6.2
5.7
< Assists >
9.6
2.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
171
< Minions Killed >
164
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.44
19,132
< Physical Damage >
1,136
2,570
< Magic Damage >
19,872
582
< True Damage >
1,003
22,285
< Damage Dealt >
22,011
24,188
< Damage Taken >
22,025
13,049
< Gold Earned >
11,276
2.04
< Towers >
1.93
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
7,602
< Total Healing >
3,327
12,345
< Experience >
14,009
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
27
< Time Dealing CC >
494

How to Counter Lissandra with Samira in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several important Samira vs. Lissandra counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lissandra’s ratio of NaN, showing that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lissandra. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Samira often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Lissandra. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Samira and Lissandra

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Lissandra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Lissandra

Who is Better, Samira or Lissandra?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when playing against Lissandra, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Samira makes a poor counter to Lissandra.

While Samira does have a lower win rate compared to Lissandra, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Samira into Lissandra.

Furthermore, Samira has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lissandra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Lissandra matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Samira is a trash counter to Lissandra. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Samira against Lissandra.

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 Lissandra Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lissandra as Samira, we analyzed 2,366 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 Lissandra 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 Lissandra Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Samira to counter Lissandra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Lissandra. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Samira versus Lissandra build include Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Samira used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when facing Lissandra than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Samira had an average win rate of 47.0% battling Lissandra with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Lissandra as Samira, Samira players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Samira vs Lissandra battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lissandra as Samira are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.