The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Qiyana vs. Samira matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Qiyana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Samira’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Qiyana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Samira..
Qiyana often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Samira. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Qiyana usually loses when taking on Samira, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Qiyana makes a bad counter for Samira.
While Qiyana does have a lower winrate than Samira, when facing one another, Qiyana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Qiyana into Samiraas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Qiyana also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Qiyana vs Samira matchups, Samira is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Qiyana is a somewhat poor counter to Samira. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Qiyana against Samira.
To truly master Qiyana in order to counter Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Qiyana often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Samira. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Qiyana versus Samira build include Lame spectre de Youmuu, Manteau de la nuit, and Opportunité. When Qiyana included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Samira than with many other common item sets. In fact, Qiyana boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Samira with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Samira as Qiyana, Qiyana players should take the Électrocution, Ruée offensive, Arracheur d'œil, Chasseur de trésors, Présence d'esprit, and Baroud d'honneur runes from the Domination and Précision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Qiyana vs Samira counters, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Samira as Qiyana are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.