Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
The Samira Gragas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gragas, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Samira sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gragas helps Samira perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Samira is an ally to Gragas, she gets a small increase in her total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Gragas supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played alongside Gragas on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Gragas.
Additionally, when Samira plays with Gragas on the same side, she usually receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Gragas does a poor job of protecting Samira during teamfights.
There is no ideal ally for Samira that will 100% of the time be her top ally. Yet, overall, Gragas is a below average teammate for Samira. By being on the same team as Samira, he decreases their win rate by -1.4% to 47.3%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Samira and Gragas that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Gragas has a lower difficulty than Samira. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Gragas allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Samira players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Samira and Gragas together, you may not be giving your side enough support. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Gragas ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Samira to pair well with Gragas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to have in your Samira and Gragas synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Samira used at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Gragas than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Samira had an average win rate of 47.3% when playing alongside Gragas with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Gragas with Samira are given for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.