The stat comparisons provided here clarify some critical Samira against Fiddlesticks matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Fiddlesticks. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Samira often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Fiddlesticks. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when trying to fight Fiddlesticks, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Samira makes a bad counter for Fiddlesticks.
While Samira does have a lower win rate than Fiddlesticks, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Samira into Fiddlesticks.
Furthermore, Samira also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Samira vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Samira is a somewhat poor counter to Fiddlesticks. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Samira against Fiddlesticks.
To truly master Samira to counter Fiddlesticks during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira often racks up much more CS compared to Fiddlesticks. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Samira versus Fiddlesticks build include Lord Dominiks Grüße, Der Sammler, and Überheblichkeit. When Samira bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Fiddlesticks than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 48.2% battling Fiddlesticks with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Fiddlesticks as Samira, you should use the Eroberer, Triumph, Legende: Blutdurst, Letztes Gefecht, Plötzlicher Einschlag, and Schatzjäger runes from the Präzision and Dominanz rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Samira vs Fiddlesticks matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.2% win rate overall.
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