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

Samira vs Senna

How to Beat Senna as Samira in LoLSamira is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Senna as Samira

based on 13,546 Samira vs Senna matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
7.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League matches that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Senna as Samira came out of an examination of 13546 ranked games where both champions engaged each other. This champion matchup is relatively uncommon. Samira encounters Senna in only 7.7% of her rounds.

Samira vs Senna Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Samira has done a poor job of countering Senna. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.3% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Samira versus Senna rounds, Samira’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Senna.

Best Samira vs Senna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeThe Collector

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelInfinity EdgeBloodthirster

Optional Items

Mercurial ScimitarImmortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsRapid Firecannon

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
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
6
R
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Q
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Samira vs Senna Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
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9.6
< Kills >
5.1
7
< Deaths >
6.6
5.3
< Assists >
12.4
2.18
< Killing Sprees >
1.15
167
< Minions Killed >
60
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.57
18,755
< Physical Damage >
18,003
2,502
< Magic Damage >
334
533
< True Damage >
530
21,791
< Damage Dealt >
18,868
23,871
< Damage Taken >
18,178
12,939
< Gold Earned >
10,687
2.09
< Towers >
2.46
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
7,648
< Total Healing >
9,037
12,236
< Experience >
11,410
16
< Vision Score >
48
8
< Wards Placed >
19
26
< Time Dealing CC >
210

How to Counter Senna with Samira in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some vital Samira against Senna matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Senna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Senna. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Samira often has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Senna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Samira and Senna

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Senna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Senna

Who is Better, Samira or Senna?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Samira usually loses when taking on Senna, with a 47.3% win rate. As a result, Samira makes a bad counter to Senna.

While Samira does have a lower win rate than Senna, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Samira into Senna.

Additionally, Samira also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Senna. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Samira vs Senna matchups, Senna is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Samira is a bad counter to Senna. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Samira against Senna.

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 Senna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Senna as Samira, we analyzed 13,546 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 Senna 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 Senna Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Samira in order to counter Senna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira typically picks up more CS compared to Senna. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, 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 case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Samira versus Senna build consist of Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Bloodthirster. When Samira used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Senna than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 47.3% when playing against Senna with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Senna as Samira, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Treasure Hunter, and Sudden Impact runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Samira vs Senna face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Senna as Samira are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.