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How to Win Samira vs Darius Counter MatchupSamira is in the a tier of champions

Samira vs Darius

How to Beat Darius as Samira in LoLSamira is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Darius as Samira

based on 6,195 Samira vs Darius matchups
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.11
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Darius as Samira came out of an evaluation of 6195 ranked matches where both champs fought one another. This pairing is somewhat rare. Samira fights Darius in only 3.5% of her rounds.

Samira vs Darius Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Samira has done a poor job of beating Darius. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.4% of games the champs battle one another in. In Samira versus Darius rounds, Samira’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood versus Darius.

Best Samira vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityPickaxe

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

Guardian AngelMaw of MalmortiusVoltaic CycloswordLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal 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
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure 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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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E
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Darius as Samira

Advice to Win Against Darius

When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.

Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.

Samira vs Darius Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Darius Image
9.3
< Kills >
7
7
< Deaths >
6.2
5.5
< Assists >
4.7
2.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
167
< Minions Killed >
163
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.44
18,951
< Physical Damage >
16,703
2,513
< Magic Damage >
101
582
< True Damage >
4,006
22,048
< Damage Dealt >
20,811
23,555
< Damage Taken >
31,363
12,863
< Gold Earned >
11,843
2.08
< Towers >
2.3
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,428
< Total Healing >
7,755
12,179
< Experience >
14,340
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
27
< Time Dealing CC >
162

How to Counter Darius with Samira in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some critical Samira vs. Darius counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius..

Samira often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Darius. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Samira and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Darius

Who is Better, Samira or Darius?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually fairs equally well when facing off against Darius, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Samira makes an ok counter for Darius.

While Samira does have a lower win rate compared to Darius, when facing one another, Samira also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Samira into Darius.

Furthermore, Samira has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Samira is a somewhat poor counter for Darius. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Samira against Darius.

Other Champion Matchups Against Samira

Samira Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.7% winrateTaricTaric44.7% winrateLeonaLeona44.8% winrateZyraZyra44.9% winrate

Samira Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55% winrateSkarnerSkarner53.7% winrateAkshanAkshan53.4% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa53.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 52.6% 12646 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.1% 10849 GamesIvernIvern+ 53.1% 1902 GamesKalistaKalista+ 59.1% 115 Games

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira vs Darius Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Darius as Samira, we analyzed 6,195 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Darius as Samira comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Samira in order to counter Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Darius. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Samira versus Darius build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Samira included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Darius than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Darius with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Darius as Samira, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Samira vs Darius clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.

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