Samira vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Samira
based on 6,751 Samira vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Samira
Advice to Win Against Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Samira vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Samira in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several critical Samira vs. Varus matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Samira typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes more damage than Varus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Samira and Varus
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Who is Better, Samira or Varus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually fairs equally well when facing off against Varus, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Samira makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Samira does have a lower winrate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Samira also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Samira into Varus.
Furthermore, Samira also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Samira vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Samira is a somewhat poor counter for Varus. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Samira against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Samira to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Samira versus Varus build include Immortal Shieldbow, The Collector, and Hubris. When Samira used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Varus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Varus 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 chose for Samira vs Varus face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Varus as Samira are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.