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Yasuo vs Samira

How to Beat Samira as Yasuo in LoLYasuo is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Samira as Yasuo

based on 12,565 Yasuo vs Samira matchups
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
1.82
Pick Rate
4.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League rounds each and every week. Within our database, Yasuo engaged Samira 12565 times. With so many games with Yasuo versus Samira gives us confidence in our capacity to produce informative stats and a supported build to suppress your rival. This champ pairing is somewhat uncommon. Yasuo encounters Samira in only 4.8% of his rounds.

Yasuo vs Samira Matchup Summary

Yasuo does a average job of beating Samira. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.9% of matches the champions face each other in. In Yasuo against Samira matches, Yasuo’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Samira.

Best Yasuo vs Samira Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Yasuo Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelInfinity EdgeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Mercurial ScimitarImmortal ShieldbowBloodthirsterTerminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yasuo to level upq
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Second ability for Yasuo to level upe
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Last skill for Yasuo to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yasuo's passive ability p
Yasuo's q ability q
Yasuo's w ability w
Yasuo's e ability e
Yasuo'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 Samira as Yasuo

Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Samira

Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.

Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.

At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.

Yasuo vs Samira Counter Stats

Yasuo Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Samira Image
7.1
< Kills >
9.5
7.1
< Deaths >
7
5.8
< Assists >
5.8
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
2.16
180
< Minions Killed >
166
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.44
18,450
< Physical Damage >
18,545
1,882
< Magic Damage >
2,533
940
< True Damage >
594
21,273
< Damage Dealt >
21,673
23,922
< Damage Taken >
23,541
12,377
< Gold Earned >
12,887
2.29
< Towers >
2.09
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,388
< Total Healing >
7,632
14,061
< Experience >
12,290
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
203
< Time Dealing CC >
27

How to Counter Samira with Yasuo in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some influential Yasuo vs. Samira counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Samira..

Yasuo usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Samira. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yasuo and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Yasuo
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yasuo
Samira

Who is Better, Yasuo or Samira?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Samira, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Samira.

While Yasuo does have a higher winrate compared to Samira, when on opposite teams, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Samiraas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Yasuo also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Samira matchups, Yasuo 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.

Yasuo is a decent counter for Samira. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Samira.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yasuo

Yasuo Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.3% winrateNilahNilah45.6% winrateTaricTaric45.8% winrateRammusRammus45.8% winrate

Yasuo Wins Against

YuumiYuumi60.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee57.2% winrateGwenGwen55.2% winrateKindredKindred54.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Yasuo Players

How We Calculated Our Yasuo vs Samira Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Samira as Yasuo, we analyzed 12,565 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 Samira as Yasuo 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

Yasuo Build Samira Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yasuo typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Samira. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Yasuo versus Samira build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Yasuo combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Samira than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 50.9% battling Samira with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Samira as Yasuo, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Yasuo vs Samira counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.

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