Xerath vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Xerath
based on 6,880 Xerath vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Samira
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Xerath vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Xerath vs. Samira counter statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Samira’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Samira. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Xerath often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Samira. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Samira
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Who is Better, Xerath or Samira?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Samira, with a 54.0% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a great counter for Samira.
While Xerath does have a much higher winrate than Samira, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Samiraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Samira. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Samira matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a great counter to Samira. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath to counter Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath often gets less CS compared to Samira. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Xerath versus Samira build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Shadowflame. When Xerath bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Samira than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 54.0% battling Samira with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Samira as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Xerath vs Samira LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.0% winrate overall.
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