The stat comparisons shown here feature several vital Nilah versus Samira matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Samira..
Nilah often has a similar longest kill spree as their foe does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Samira. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nilah usually wins when facing off against Samira, with a 53.3% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes a great counter to Samira.
While Nilah does have a higher win rate compared to Samira, when facing one another, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Nilah into Samiraas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nilah also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Samira. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Samira matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nilah is a great counter for Samira. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nilah against Samira.
If you would like to truly master Nilah to counter Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Samira. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often 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 require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nilah versus Samira build include Arco-escudo Imortal, Sedenta por Sangue, and Hidra Raivosa. When Nilah combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting Samira than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 53.3% battling Samira with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Samira as Nilah, you should take the Conquistador, Triunfo, Lenda: Linhagem, Até a Morte, Caçador de Tesouros, and Impacto Repentino runes from the Precisão and Dominação rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nilah vs Samira clashes, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Samira as Nilah are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.