He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.
Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.
His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.
His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!
The stats shown on this page show several critical Samira against Aurelion Sol counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aurelion Sol’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Aurelion Sol..
Samira often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives more damage than Aurelion Sol. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when playing against Aurelion Sol, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Samira makes a bad counter to Aurelion Sol.
While Samira does have a lower winrate than Aurelion Sol, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Samira into Aurelion Sol.
Furthermore, Samira also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Aurelion Sol is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Samira is a terribly counter to Aurelion Sol. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Samira against Aurelion Sol.
To truly master Samira in order to counter Aurelion Sol during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Aurelion Sol. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Samira versus Aurelion Sol build include Infinity Edge, The Collector, and Hubris. When Samira included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Aurelion Sol than with many other typical builds. In fact, Samira had an average winrate of 47.2% when playing against Aurelion Sol with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Aurelion Sol as Samira, Samira players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Samira vs Aurelion Sol battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Aurelion Sol as Samira are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.