Xerath with Samira
How to Synergize Xerath and Samira
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Xerath Samira Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Samira
Tips for Playing as Xerath with 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 Samira Synergy Stats
How to Play with Samira as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Samira. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Samira helps Xerath perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Samira, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Samira helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Samira on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Samira.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Samira on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Samira does a decent job of protecting Xerath in team fights.
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Samira?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Xerath that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Samira is a terrible ally for Xerath. By playing on the same team as Xerath, she lowers their win rate by -3.2% to 47.4%. This signals that there is a very bad bond between Xerath and Samira that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Samira has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Samira teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Playing alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by pairing Xerath and Samira together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of support. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Samira ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to work well with Samira during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to include in your Xerath and Samira synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Shadowflame. When Xerath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Samira than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 47.4% helping carry Samira with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.
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