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

Samira with Shyvana

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

based on 2,490 Samira with Shyvana pairs
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
1.99
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Samira has been on the same team as Shyvana in 2490 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much great data straight from the developers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Samira play with Shyvana. It is very rare for Samira to play with Shyvana as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 1.4% of rounds with Samira.

Samira Shyvana Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Samira does a poor job of playing alongside Shyvana. Typically, she wins an acceptable 49.4% of matches the champions try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Samira when fighting on the same team as Shyvana by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Samira vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterThe CollectorHubris

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity EdgeYoumuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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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 Shyvana

Advice to Understand How Shyvana Will Play

It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.

Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.

Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.

Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.

Samira Shyvana Synergy Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Shyvana Image
9
< Kills >
9.4
7.2
< Deaths >
7.1
5.3
< Assists >
5.4
2.08
< Killing Sprees >
2.13
164
< Minions Killed >
169
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.44
18,492
< Physical Damage >
19,006
2,462
< Magic Damage >
2,538
583
< True Damage >
578
21,539
< Damage Dealt >
22,124
23,882
< Damage Taken >
23,923
12,712
< Gold Earned >
12,946
2.04
< Towers >
2.08
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,554
< Total Healing >
7,672
12,293
< Experience >
12,312
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
28
< Time Dealing CC >
27

How to Play with Shyvana as Samira in LoL

The Samira Shyvana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shyvana, 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 Shyvana. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Shyvana helps Samira perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Samira tries to synergize with Shyvana, she gets a little decrease in her complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Shyvana does not help protection for her to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played together with Shyvana on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Shyvana. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Shyvana.

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

Synergies between Samira and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Samira
Shyvana

Is Samira better when played alongside Shyvana?

There is no ideal ally for Samira that will no matter what be her top ally. However, Shyvana is a very typical ally for Samira. By being on the same team as Samira, she raises their win rate by 0.7% to 49.4%. This proves that there is only a small synergy between Samira and Shyvana that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

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

Working alongside, Samira players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by aligning Samira and Shyvana together, you may not be giving your other teammates a great deal of utility. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Shyvana ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira Shyvana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Samira and Shyvana, we analyzed 2,490 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 Shyvana 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 in order to work well with Shyvana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to prioritize in your Samira and Shyvana synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, The Collector, and Hubris. When Samira bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better when paired up with Shyvana than with most other common item sets. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 49.4% helping carry Shyvana with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Samira and Shyvana pairings, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Shyvana with Samira are displayed for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.