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How to Win Samira vs Garen Counter MatchupSamira is in the a tier of champions

Samira vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Samira in LoLSamira is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Samira

based on 6,281 Samira vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League games each and every week. Within our dataset, Samira battled Garen 6281 times. Including so many matchups for Samira vs Garen provides us confidence in our capability to produce useful data and a supported build to obliterate your opponent. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Samira encounters Garen in only 3.6% of her games.

Samira vs Garen Matchup Summary

Samira does a average job of beating Garen. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.0% of the time the champs face each other in. In Samira versus Garen rounds, Samira’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood against Garen.

Best Samira vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeThe CollectorHubris

Optional Items

Guardian AngelVoltaic CycloswordBloodthirsterImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal 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
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
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 Countering Garen as Samira

Advice to Win Against Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Samira vs Garen Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Garen Image
9.3
< Kills >
6.2
6.9
< Deaths >
5
5.4
< Assists >
4.5
2.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
167
< Minions Killed >
173
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.61
19,001
< Physical Damage >
14,499
2,477
< Magic Damage >
230
583
< True Damage >
4,755
22,061
< Damage Dealt >
19,485
23,813
< Damage Taken >
30,964
12,904
< Gold Earned >
12,057
2.11
< Towers >
2.79
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
7,720
< Total Healing >
3,208
12,347
< Experience >
15,061
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
27
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Counter Garen with Samira in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Samira versus Garen counter stats that may help us understand the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Garen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Garen. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Samira typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Garen. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Samira and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Garen

Who is Better, Samira or Garen?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Samira usually fairs equally well when playing against Garen, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Samira makes an ok counter for Garen.

While Samira does have a higher win rate compared to Garen, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Samira into Garen.

Moreover, Samira has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Samira vs Garen matchups, Garen is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Samira is a decent counter for Garen. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Samira against Garen.

Other Champion Matchups Against Samira

Samira Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.7% winrateTaricTaric44.7% winrateLeonaLeona44.8% winrateZyraZyra44.9% winrate

Samira Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55% winrateSkarnerSkarner53.7% winrateAkshanAkshan53.4% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa53.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 52.6% 12646 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.1% 10849 GamesIvernIvern+ 53.1% 1902 GamesKalistaKalista+ 59.1% 115 Games

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Samira, we analyzed 6,281 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Garen as Samira comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Samira in order to counter Garen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Garen. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Samira versus Garen build include Infinity Edge, The Collector, and Hubris. When Samira used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Garen than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Samira had an average win rate of 50.0% battling Garen with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Garen as Samira, Samira players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Samira vs Garen face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Garen as Samira are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu above.