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

Samira vs Kindred

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

based on 3,391 Samira vs Kindred matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds each and every week. Within our dataset, Samira faced off against Kindred in 3391 rounds. Using so many games with Samira vs Kindred gives us a lot of faith in our capability to provide enlightening stats and a pro build to annihilate your opposition. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Samira has to counter Kindred in only 1.9% of her matches.

Samira vs Kindred Matchup Summary

Samira has done a good job of beating Kindred. On average, she wins a whopping 52.6% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Samira against Kindred rounds, Samira’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus Kindred.

Best Samira vs Kindred Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterThe CollectorHubris

Optional Items

Guardian AngelImmortal ShieldbowYoumuu's GhostbladeVoltaic Cyclosword

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
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure 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
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Samira

Advice to Win Against Kindred

When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.

Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.

Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.

Samira vs Kindred Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Kindred Image
9.5
< Kills >
6.6
6.7
< Deaths >
7
5.5
< Assists >
7.7
2.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.5
166
< Minions Killed >
38
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
1.39
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.42
19,084
< Physical Damage >
14,438
2,533
< Magic Damage >
3,820
523
< True Damage >
1,202
22,140
< Damage Dealt >
19,462
23,655
< Damage Taken >
29,970
12,884
< Gold Earned >
11,814
2.18
< Towers >
1.51
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
7,676
< Total Healing >
16,514
12,257
< Experience >
13,057
16
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
6
27
< Time Dealing CC >
213

How to Counter Kindred with Samira in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several important Samira vs. Kindred counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kindred..

Samira usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Kindred. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Samira and Kindred

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Kindred
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Kindred

Who is Better, Samira or Kindred?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Samira usually wins when trying to fight Kindred, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Samira makes a good counter to Kindred.

While Samira does have a higher win rate compared to Kindred, when they face off with one another, Samira also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Samira into Kindred.

Additionally, Samira has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Kindred matchups, Samira is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Samira is an above average counter for Kindred. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Samira against Kindred.

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira vs Kindred Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kindred as Samira, we analyzed 3,391 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 Kindred 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Samira to counter Kindred during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira typically racks up much more CS compared to Kindred. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Samira versus Kindred build include Bloodthirster, The Collector, and Hubris. When Samira bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Kindred than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when playing against Kindred with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Kindred as Samira, Samira players should equip 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 combinations players picked for Samira vs Kindred battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.

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