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

Samira vs Pantheon

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

based on 7,999 Samira vs Pantheon matchups
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. In our database, Samira battled Pantheon 7999 times. Including so many games with Samira vs Pantheon provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce actionable statistics and a supported build to wreck Pantheon. This counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Samira encounters Pantheon in only 4.5% of her matches.

Samira vs Pantheon Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Samira has done a below average job of beating Pantheon. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.4% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Samira vs Pantheon games, Samira’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably won't get first blood against Pantheon.

Best Samira vs Pantheon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelInfinity EdgeImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsMaw of MalmortiusVoltaic Cyclosword

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 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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Samira

Advice to Win Against Pantheon

Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.

Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.

Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.

Samira vs Pantheon Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Pantheon Image
9.6
< Kills >
7.7
7.6
< Deaths >
7
5.7
< Assists >
8
2.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
166
< Minions Killed >
103
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.41
18,832
< Physical Damage >
20,039
2,584
< Magic Damage >
767
567
< True Damage >
1,233
21,984
< Damage Dealt >
22,040
24,496
< Damage Taken >
25,877
13,019
< Gold Earned >
11,365
2.03
< Towers >
1.69
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
7,504
< Total Healing >
5,089
12,328
< Experience >
12,854
16
< Vision Score >
30
8
< Wards Placed >
13
26
< Time Dealing CC >
69

How to Counter Pantheon with Samira in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several important Samira versus Pantheon matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Pantheon..

Samira normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Pantheon. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Samira and Pantheon

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Pantheon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Pantheon

Who is Better, Samira or Pantheon?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when facing off against Pantheon, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Samira makes a poor counter to Pantheon.

While Samira does have a lower winrate compared to Pantheon, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Samira into Pantheon.

Additionally, Samira has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing 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 Pantheon matchups, Pantheon is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Samira is a somewhat poor counter for Pantheon. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Samira against Pantheon.

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira vs Pantheon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pantheon as Samira, we analyzed 7,999 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 Pantheon 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Samira in order to counter Pantheon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira on average racks up more CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly 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 exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Samira versus Pantheon build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Samira combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Pantheon than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Samira had an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Pantheon with this build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Pantheon as Samira, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Samira vs Pantheon face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.

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