Samira with Xerath
How to Synergize Samira and Xerath
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Samira Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Samira vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Samira and Xerath
Advice to Understand How Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Samira Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Samira in LoL
The Samira Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Xerath helps Samira perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Samira is paired with Xerath, she observes a little decrease in her total damage output. This could signal that Xerath does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played alongside Xerath on the same side, 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 synergisticly with Xerath.
Additionally, when Samira plays with Xerath on the same team, she on average takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Xerath does a poor job of covering Samira during team fights.
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Is Samira better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no perfect ally for Samira that will always be her top ally. Yet, overall, Xerath is a below average companion for Samira. By playing on the same team as Samira, he decreases their win rate by -1.3% to 47.4%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Samira and Xerath that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Xerath has a greater difficulty than Samira. That means Samira players need to be cautious when enlisting Xerath allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Samira players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by grouping Samira and Xerath together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates much utility. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Xerath teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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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 Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Samira and Xerath synergy build include Infinity Edge, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Samira used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Xerath than with most other typical builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 47.4% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Xerath with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Xerath with Samira are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.