The stat comparisons shown here underscore some strategic Samira vs. Nilah matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, showing that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nilah..
Samira usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nilah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Samira usually loses when trying to fight Nilah, with a 45.4% win rate. Thus, Samira makes a poor counter to Nilah.
While Samira does have a much lower win rate compared to Nilah, when facing one another, Samira also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Samira into Nilah.
Moreover, Samira has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nilah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Samira vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Samira is a terribly counter for Nilah. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Samira against Nilah.
If you would like to truly master Samira in order to counter Nilah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira most often gets a similar amount of CS as Nilah. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Samira versus Nilah build consist of Lame d'infini, Soif-de-sang, and Arc-bouclier immortel. When Samira included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Nilah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 45.4% when playing against Nilah with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Nilah as Samira, you should use the Conquérant, Triomphe, Légende : sangsue, Baroud d'honneur, Ruée offensive, and Chasseur de trésors runes from the Précision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Samira vs Nilah counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.4% winrate overall.
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