Samira vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Samira
based on 2,461 Samira vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Samira
Advice to Win Against Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Samira vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Samira in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several valuable Samira versus Sivir matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Sivir. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Samira typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Sivir. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Sivir
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Who is Better, Samira or Sivir?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually fairs equally well when playing against Sivir, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Samira makes an ok counter for Sivir.
While Samira does have a higher winrate than Sivir, when facing one another, Samira also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Samira into Sivir.
Furthermore, Samira has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Samira vs Sivir matchups, Samira is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Samira is a decent counter for Sivir. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Samira against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Samira in order to counter Sivir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sivir. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Samira versus Sivir build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and The Collector. When Samira used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Sivir than with most other common builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 50.1% battling Sivir with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Sivir as Samira, Samira players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Samira vs Sivir LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.1% win rate overall.
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