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How to Win Samira vs K'Sante Counter MatchupSamira is in the a tier of champions

Samira vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Samira in LoLSamira is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Samira

based on 2,653 Samira vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our data, Samira faced off against K'Sante 2653 times. Using so many matchups for Samira vs K'Sante provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce enlightening stats and a pro build to suppress your enemy. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Samira encounters K'Sante in only 1.5% of her matches.

Samira vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Samira has done a good job of beating K'Sante. On average, she wins a terrific 52.5% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Samira against K'Sante games, Samira’s team is 0.2% more likely to get first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus K'Sante.

Best Samira vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelInfinity EdgeThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsHubris

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 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
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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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Q
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Samira

Advice to Win Against K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Samira vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
K'Sante Image
9.4
< Kills >
4.7
7
< Deaths >
5.5
5.5
< Assists >
6.7
2.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.09
168
< Minions Killed >
167
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.39
19,295
< Physical Damage >
13,908
2,511
< Magic Damage >
3,468
583
< True Damage >
1,523
22,389
< Damage Dealt >
18,901
23,426
< Damage Taken >
29,993
12,856
< Gold Earned >
10,761
2.08
< Towers >
2.09
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,396
< Total Healing >
4,624
12,074
< Experience >
14,391
16
< Vision Score >
15
8
< Wards Placed >
8
28
< Time Dealing CC >
993

How to Counter K'Sante with Samira in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Samira against K'Sante counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than K'Sante. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Samira usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than K'Sante. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Samira and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Samira
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
K'Sante

Who is Better, Samira or K'Sante?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Samira usually wins when playing against K'Sante, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Samira makes a good counter for K'Sante.

While Samira does have a higher win rate compared to K'Sante, when facing one another, Samira also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Samira into K'Sante.

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

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs K'Sante matchups, Samira is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Samira is an above average counter for K'Sante. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Samira against K'Sante.

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 K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Samira, we analyzed 2,653 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 K'Sante 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

Samira Build K'Sante Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Samira in order to counter K'Sante during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to K'Sante. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Samira versus K'Sante build consist of Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and The Collector. When Samira incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs K'Sante than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 52.5% when countering K'Sante with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating K'Sante as Samira, Samira players 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 sets players picked for Samira vs K'Sante clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat K'Sante as Samira are presented for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.