How to beat Samira

Common role: ADC

An all-in marksman who dashes through fights and unleashes a lifesteal blade storm.

What makes Samira dangerous

Samira builds a style meter with varied attacks, dashes through enemies (E) resetting on takedowns, blocks projectiles with her W, and her ultimate is a spinning AoE blade storm that shreds a grouped team while healing her. She thrives in chaotic all-ins and snowballs out of control if she gets going.

How to play against Samira

• 1Her W blocks projectiles briefly — don't throw key skillshots into it. Bait it, then commit.
• 2Her ultimate needs full style stacks and enemies in range — hard CC her before she can spin, and don't clump for the AoE.
• 3Punish her early — Samira is a weak, all-in-reliant laner before items. Poke her out and deny the snowball.
• 4She dives melee-range on her carry pattern. Hard CC and Grievous Wounds (against her ult lifesteal) shut her down.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Weak, all-in-reliant early game.
• ✓W only blocks projectiles briefly.
• ✓Ult needs stacks and grouped enemies — CC and spread deny it.
• ✓Melee-range and squishy; hard CC punishes her.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Samira's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Impulso temerario

  Samira crea una combo concatenando attacchi base o abilità diverse dal colpo precedente. Gli attacchi di Samira in corpo a corpo infliggono danni magici aggiuntivi. Quando Samira attacca nemici immobilizzati, scatta fino ad averli nella sua gittata d'attacco. Inoltre, se il nemico viene lanciato in aria, rimane in aria per un breve periodo.

• Q
  Dono naturale

  Samira spara un colpo o sferra un fendente, infliggendo danni. Se l'abilità viene lanciata durante Scatto selvaggio, colpisce tutti i nemici sul percorso al completamento.

• W
  Lama turbinante

  Samira fa roteare la spada attorno a sé, danneggiando gli avversari e bloccando i proiettili nemici.

  Strong: briefly blocks all projectiles around her. Weak: don't throw key skillshots into it — bait it, then commit.

• E
  Scatto selvaggio

  Samira scatta attraverso un nemico (strutture incluse), colpendo tutti gli avversari che oltrepassa e ottenendo velocità d'attacco. Uccidere un campione nemico riduce la ricarica dell'abilità.

• R
  Grilletto infernale

  Samira scatena un fiume di proiettili dalle pistole, attaccando senza sosta i nemici intorno a lei.

  Strong: a spinning AoE blade storm that shreds a grouped team while healing her. Weak: hard CC before she spins and don't clump; Grievous Wounds cuts the lifesteal.

Itemization

Samira is an all-in crit marksman with ult lifesteal. Hard CC before her ult, Grievous Wounds against her healing, and Exhaust in fights. Punish her weak early game and don't clump for her spin.

This guide covers Samira's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.