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How to Synergize Samira and Rakan

based on 6,804 Samira with Rakan pairs
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Samira has fought alongside Rakan in 6804 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much great data from the creators of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can present to you robust, insightful builds to help Samira play with Rakan. It is relatively rare for Samira to play alongside Rakan on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 3.9% of games with Samira.

Samira Rakan Synergy Summary

Samira does a decent job of teaming up with Rakan. Typically, she wins an acceptable 51.0% of games the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Samira when playing with Rakan by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Samira vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloak of Agility

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelInfinity EdgeImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

BloodthirsterVoltaic CycloswordLord Dominik's RegardsMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
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
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Samira and Rakan

Advice to Understand How Rakan Will Play

Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.

Samira Rakan Synergy Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Rakan Image
9.5
< Kills >
9.4
6.6
< Deaths >
7.1
5.1
< Assists >
5.4
2.14
< Killing Sprees >
2.13
172
< Minions Killed >
169
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.44
20,075
< Physical Damage >
19,006
2,581
< Magic Damage >
2,538
569
< True Damage >
578
23,227
< Damage Dealt >
22,124
23,088
< Damage Taken >
23,923
12,894
< Gold Earned >
12,946
2.11
< Towers >
2.08
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,464
< Total Healing >
7,672
12,069
< Experience >
12,312
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
30
< Time Dealing CC >
27

How to Play with Rakan as Samira in LoL

The Samira Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, 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 large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rakan. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Rakan helps Samira perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Samira is an ally to Rakan, she observes a small increase in her full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Rakan helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played with Rakan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Rakan.

Moreover, when Samira plays with Rakan on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Rakan does a decent job of protecting Samira in teamfights.

Synergies between Samira and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Samira
Rakan

Is Samira better when played alongside Rakan?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Samira that will always be her ideal ally. Yet, Rakan is a decent companion for Samira. By locking into the same side as Samira, he raises their win rate by 2.3% to 51.0%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good bond between Samira and Rakan that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Rakan has a lower difficulty than Samira. That means Samira players don't need to be cautious when lining up Rakan comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing alongside, Samira players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by pairing Samira and Rakan together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of protection for burst damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Rakan ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira Rakan Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Samira and Rakan, we analyzed 6,804 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 Rakan 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

If you would like to truly master Samira to synergize with Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The best items to focus on in your Samira and Rakan synergy build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Samira incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Rakan than with most other common item sets. In fact, Samira had an average win rate of 51.0% when playing alongside Rakan with this build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Samira and Rakan pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.

If you want to get Samira with Rakan collaboration tips and stats for a a specific skill level, please select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using all games completed with both champions.