Taric vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Taric
based on 1,943 Taric vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Samira
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Taric vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Taric in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some important Taric vs. Samira matchup stats that can help us understand the distinctions between this set of champs. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Samira. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Taric often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Samira. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Samira
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Who is Better, Taric or Samira?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when playing against Samira, with a 55.3% win rate. As a result, Taric makes a fantastic counter for Samira.
While Taric does have a much higher win rate than Samira, when they face off with one another, Taric also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Taric into Samira.
Furthermore, Taric has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Samira matchups, Taric is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Taric is a great counter for Samira. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Taric in order to counter Samira during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric most often gets a lot less CS compared to Samira. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Taric versus Samira build consist of Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Taric used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Samira than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 55.3% when countering Samira with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Samira as Taric, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Taric vs Samira battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 55.3% win rate overall.
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