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How to Synergize Samira with Irelia on the Same TeamSamira is in the a tier of champions

Samira with Irelia

How to Win With Samira and Irelia Paired TogetherSamira is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Samira and Irelia

based on 4,401 Samira with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Samira has gone into battle with Irelia in 4401 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much accurate data straight from the publishers of League, we feel confident that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Samira play with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Samira to play with Irelia as allies. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 2.5% of rounds with Samira.

Samira Irelia Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Samira has done a below average job of teaming up with Irelia. On average, she wins a lowly 47.4% of the time the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Samira when playing alongside Irelia by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Samira vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

Guardian AngelHubrisYoumuu's GhostbladeInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Samira to level upq
>
Second ability for Samira to level upe
>
Last skill for Samira to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Samira's passive ability p
Samira's q ability q
Samira's w ability w
Samira's e ability e
Samira's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Samira and Irelia

Advice to Understand How Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Samira Irelia Synergy Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Irelia Image
8.9
< Kills >
9.4
7.1
< Deaths >
7.1
5.3
< Assists >
5.4
2.03
< Killing Sprees >
2.13
166
< Minions Killed >
169
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.44
18,056
< Physical Damage >
19,006
2,481
< Magic Damage >
2,538
552
< True Damage >
578
21,090
< Damage Dealt >
22,124
23,425
< Damage Taken >
23,923
12,669
< Gold Earned >
12,946
2.02
< Towers >
2.08
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,286
< Total Healing >
7,672
12,140
< Experience >
12,312
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
27
< Time Dealing CC >
27

How to Play with Irelia as Samira in LoL

The Samira Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Irelia helps Samira perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Samira plays on the same team as Irelia, she sees a small decrease in her full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Irelia does not support by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played with Irelia 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 Irelia.

Additionally, when Samira plays with Irelia on the same team, she often receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Irelia does a decent job of covering Samira during team fights.

Synergies between Samira and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Samira
Irelia

Is Samira better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no one best champion pairing for Samira that will always be her top teammate. However, Irelia is a not very good ally for Samira. By locking into the same team as Samira, she drops their win rate by -1.3% to 47.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful synergy between Samira and Irelia that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Irelia has a lower difficulty than Samira. That means Samira players don't need to be very careful when lining up Irelia comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Working on the same side, Samira players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by bringing Samira and Irelia together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of support. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's kit.

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

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Samira and Irelia, we analyzed 4,401 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 Samira with Irelia 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Samira to synergize with Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best items to use in your Samira and Irelia synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Samira incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Irelia than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 47.4% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Irelia with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Samira players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.

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