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How to Synergize Samira and Leona

based on 12,646 Samira with Leona pairs
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.38
Pick Rate
7.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Samira has been on the same team as Leona in 12646 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much great data directly from the makers of League, we are completely sure that we can produce high-quality, insightful builds to help Samira play with Leona. It is common for Samira to play with Leona as allies. This pairing has taken place in approximately 7.2% of matches with Samira.

Samira Leona Synergy Summary

Samira has done a good job of playing alongside Leona. Usually, she wins a whopping 52.6% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Samira when fighting on the same team as Leona by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Samira vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeThe Collector

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelInfinity EdgeImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

BloodthirsterMercurial ScimitarDeath's DanceLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Samira to level upq
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Second ability for Samira to level upe
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Last skill for Samira to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactEyeball Collection
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Samira and Leona

Advice to Understand How Leona Will Play

Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.

Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.

You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.

Samira Leona Synergy Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
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11
< Kills >
9.4
6.9
< Deaths >
7.1
5.4
< Assists >
5.4
2.46
< Killing Sprees >
2.13
172
< Minions Killed >
169
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.44
20,897
< Physical Damage >
19,006
2,704
< Magic Damage >
2,538
605
< True Damage >
578
24,208
< Damage Dealt >
22,124
23,884
< Damage Taken >
23,923
13,616
< Gold Earned >
12,946
2.28
< Towers >
2.08
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
8,216
< Total Healing >
7,672
12,401
< Experience >
12,312
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
27
< Time Dealing CC >
27

How to Play with Leona as Samira in LoL

The Samira Leona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Leona, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Samira sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Leona. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Leona helps Samira perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Samira plays on the same team as Leona, she gets a sizeable uptick in her total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Leona helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played together with Leona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Leona.

Moreover, when Samira plays with Leona on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Leona does a decent job of covering Samira during team fights.

Synergies between Samira and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Samira
Leona

Is Samira better when played alongside Leona?

There is no top synergy for Samira that will 100% of the time be her #1 ally. Yet, Leona is a fantastic ally for Samira. By playing on the same side as Samira, she improves their win rate by 3.9% to 52.6%. This clearly indicates that there is an important bond between Samira and Leona that allows them to perform better together than without each other.

Leona has a lower difficulty than Samira. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Leona comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.

Playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.

Although, by pairing Samira and Leona together, you may not be providing your team a lot of magical damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Leona teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira Leona Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Samira and Leona, we analyzed 12,646 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Samira with Leona comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Samira in order to pair well with Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to have in your Samira and Leona synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Samira incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Leona than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when playing alongside Leona with this build.

To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Eyeball Collection runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Samira and Leona pairings, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.

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