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

Samira vs Skarner

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

based on 630 Samira vs Skarner matchups
Win Rate
53.7 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
0.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our data, Samira faced Skarner 630 times. Including so many games with Samira vs Skarner provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to provide actionable data and a supported build to shatter your opposition. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Samira fights Skarner in only 0.4% of her rounds.

Samira vs Skarner Matchup Summary

Samira does a good job of beating Skarner. On average, she wins a terrific 53.7% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Samira vs Skarner rounds, Samira’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Skarner.

Best Samira vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterThe Collector

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's Regards

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
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure 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
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Samira

Advice to Win Against Skarner

Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!

Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.

Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.

Samira vs Skarner Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
53.7 %
VS
Win Rate
46.3 %
Skarner Image
9.9
< Kills >
4.3
6.7
< Deaths >
6.1
5.4
< Assists >
9.2
2.24
< Killing Sprees >
0.96
169
< Minions Killed >
36
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
1.24
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.37
19,814
< Physical Damage >
8,448
2,602
< Magic Damage >
3,378
597
< True Damage >
734
23,013
< Damage Dealt >
12,562
23,380
< Damage Taken >
29,097
13,172
< Gold Earned >
10,619
2.28
< Towers >
1.26
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
7,729
< Total Healing >
9,960
12,385
< Experience >
12,908
16
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
6
29
< Time Dealing CC >
861

How to Counter Skarner with Samira in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several vital Samira vs. Skarner counter statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Skarner. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Samira normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Samira and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Skarner

Who is Better, Samira or Skarner?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Samira usually wins when facing off against Skarner, with a 53.7% win rate. Therefore, Samira makes a great counter for Skarner.

While Samira does have a higher winrate compared to Skarner, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Samira into Skarner.

Moreover, Samira has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Samira vs Skarner 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 allies during late stage team fights.

Samira is a great counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Samira against Skarner.

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 Skarner Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Skarner as Samira, we analyzed 630 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 Skarner 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

To truly master Samira in order to counter Skarner during both the early game 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 presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira on average gets much more CS relative to Skarner. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Samira versus Skarner build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Samira included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Skarner than with most other common item sets. In fact, Samira had an average winrate of 53.7% when playing against Skarner with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Skarner as Samira, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Samira vs Skarner face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.7% win rate overall.

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