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How to Synergize Samira with Tristana on the Same TeamSamira is in the a tier of champions

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How to Synergize Samira and Tristana

based on 1,161 Samira with Tristana pairs
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
1.91
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Samira has fought alongside Tristana in 1161 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much great data directly from the publishers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can give you high-quality, accurate builds to help Samira play with Tristana. It is very rare for Samira to play alongside Tristana on the same team. This has only happened in about 0.7% of games with Samira.

Samira Tristana Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Samira does a poor job of playing alongside Tristana. On average, she wins a lowly 47.5% of the time the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Samira when playing alongside Tristana by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Samira vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsImmortal ShieldbowThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterInfinity Edge

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
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Samira and Tristana

Advice to Understand How Tristana Will Play

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

Samira Tristana Synergy Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Tristana Image
8.3
< Kills >
9.4
7
< Deaths >
7.1
5.1
< Assists >
5.4
1.87
< Killing Sprees >
2.13
160
< Minions Killed >
169
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.44
17,098
< Physical Damage >
19,006
2,366
< Magic Damage >
2,538
503
< True Damage >
578
19,968
< Damage Dealt >
22,124
22,612
< Damage Taken >
23,923
12,137
< Gold Earned >
12,946
1.77
< Towers >
2.08
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
6,793
< Total Healing >
7,672
11,671
< Experience >
12,312
15
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
24
< Time Dealing CC >
27

How to Play with Tristana as Samira in LoL

The Samira Tristana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tristana, 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 Tristana. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Tristana helps Samira perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Samira tries to synergize with Tristana, she sees a measurable drop in her full damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Tristana does not provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played with Tristana on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Tristana.

Additionally, when Samira plays with Tristana on the same team, she often takes less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Tristana does a decent job of covering Samira during teamfights.

Synergies between Samira and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Samira
Tristana

Is Samira better when played alongside Tristana?

There is no one best champion pairing for Samira that will 100% of the time be her #1 teammate. However, overall, Tristana is a relatively poor ally for Samira. By being on the same team as Samira, she drops their win rate by -1.2% to 47.5%. This proves that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Samira and Tristana that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Tristana has a lower difficulty than Samira. That means Samira players don't need to be cautious when arranging Tristana teammates to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, Samira players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by grouping Samira and Tristana together, you may not be providing your side enough utility. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Tristana ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira Tristana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Samira and Tristana, we analyzed 1,161 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 Tristana 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 learn all of the intricacies of Samira in order to synergize with Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to prioritize in your Samira and Tristana synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Samira incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Tristana than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 47.5% helping carry Tristana with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Samira and Tristana pairings, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Tristana with Samira are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.