Sivir vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Sivir
based on 2,461 Sivir vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Samira
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
Sivir vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Sivir in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some important Sivir against Samira matchup stats that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Samira..
Sivir usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Samira. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sivir and Samira
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Who is Better, Sivir or Samira?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sivir usually fairs equally well when taking on Samira, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Sivir makes an ok counter to Samira.
While Sivir does have a lower winrate compared to Samira, when on opposite teams, Sivir also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sivir into Samira.
Furthermore, Sivir has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Samira. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Samira matchups, Samira is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sivir is a somewhat poor counter to Samira. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sivir against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sivir in order to counter Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Samira. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Sivir versus Samira build include Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Samira than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sivir had an average win rate of 49.9% battling Samira with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Samira as Sivir, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Sivir vs Samira counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.9% winrate overall.
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