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Annie with Samira

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How to Synergize Annie and Samira

based on 2,952 Annie with Samira pairs
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
4.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Annie has fought alongside Samira in 2952 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much great data straight from the makers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Annie play with Samira. It is somewhat uncommon for Annie to play with Samira as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in about 4.7% of matches with Annie.

Annie Samira Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Annie has done a below average job of fighting on the same side as Samira. Typically, she wins an acceptable 49.0% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Annie when fighting on the same team as Samira by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Annie vs Samira Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Annie Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentZaz'Zak's RealmspikeMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Annie to level upq
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Second ability for Annie to level upw
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Last skill for Annie to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Annie's passive ability p
Annie's q ability q
Annie's w ability w
Annie's e ability e
Annie's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Samira

Tips for Playing as Annie with Samira

Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.

Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.

Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.

Annie Samira Synergy Stats

Annie Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
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6.1
< Kills >
6.4
6
< Deaths >
6.2
8.1
< Assists >
8.1
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
139
< Minions Killed >
137
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.43
884
< Physical Damage >
885
20,135
< Magic Damage >
20,558
1,219
< True Damage >
1,243
22,239
< Damage Dealt >
22,687
17,726
< Damage Taken >
18,233
10,811
< Gold Earned >
10,970
1.8
< Towers >
1.77
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,629
< Total Healing >
1,673
13,635
< Experience >
13,685
21
< Vision Score >
22
10
< Wards Placed >
10
232
< Time Dealing CC >
231

How to Play with Samira as Annie in LoL

The Annie Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Annie sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Samira. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Samira helps Annie perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Annie tries to synergize with Samira, she gets a little decrease in her complete damage output. This difference could signal that Samira does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played alongside Samira on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Samira. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Samira.

Additionally, when Annie plays with Samira on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Samira does a decent job of protecting Annie in teamfights.

Synergies between Annie and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Annie
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Annie
Samira

Is Annie better when played alongside Samira?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Annie that will always be her top synergy. Yet, Samira is a very typical companion for Annie. By playing on the same team as Annie, she decreases their win rate by -0.3% to 49.0%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Annie and Samira that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Samira has a lower difficulty than Annie. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Samira allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.

Fighting alongside, Annie players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by pairing Annie and Samira together, you may not be providing your team much engage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Samira ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Annie Players

How We Calculated Our Annie Samira Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Annie and Samira, we analyzed 2,952 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Annie with Samira comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Annie to synergize with Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to get in your Annie and Samira synergy build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie combined at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Samira than with many other common item sets. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when playing alongside Samira with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.

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