League of Legends best Samira build guide: Combos, Counters, Strategy, and more

The best Samira build options in League of Legends 14.11 has seen some changes making her one of the more reliable skirmishing ADC. Samira is a high-risk-high-reward champion who gets going once she starts getting her resets in team fights.

She needs to build her Combo Style to S to use her ultimate, but once she does proc it, she is capable of mowing down most enemies in a teamfight. Her dash lets her gain access to the backline and when played right Samira can play like an assassin, bursting down the enemy carries instantly.

Contents

• Best build for Bot Lane
• Pros and Cons for playing Samira
• Best Samira Combos
• Samira Tips and Tricks for Early Game, Mid Game, and Late Game
• Counters, best match-ups, Support synergy

League of Legends 14.11 Best Samira build (Bot/ADC)

Runes 

Itemization

Spells

• Flash
• Cleanse

Skill Unlock Priority

Q: Flair	1			4	5		7		9
W: Blade Whirl			3											14	15		17	18
E: Wild Rush		2						8		10		12	13
R: Inferno Trigger						6					11					16

Samira Pros and Cons in League of Legends Season 14

Pros:

• Samira is capable of single-handedly taking over a game once she has her core items up and gets her resets going. If you can build up combos for her Style meter you will gain access to her ultimate at all times.
• Her Inferno trigger will let you delete the enemy back line if you have the S meter and can dash onto them. If you don’t get CC chained you will be able to instantly take down a carrey getting an E reset to move on other targets.
• As Samira can use her ultimate multiple times in a fight, her damage and carry potential are off the charts. Her W will block all incoming projectiles especially CC abilities like Lux and Morgana’s binding, wasting their cooldown and allowing her to E onto them.

Cons:

• Samira has a high-risk-high-reward playstyle, unlike a traditional ADC who would rather stand behind their team and fire, she needs to dash in and be up close and personal to be effective in a teamfight. This makes her pretty difficult to maneuver during an engage especially if the enemy team has a lot of CC at their disposal.
• Samira is also pretty squishy which makes her a target to collapse on by the enemy team. While her W might be a free get-out-of-jail card, it has a long cooldown, and she will be vulnerable to follow-up CC is you use the ability pre-maturely.
• Samira needs to build her combos before her Ultimate is available. Building the combo can be difficult as you will need to use almost every ability at her disposal to be able to do it. Her ultimate will also stop while it’s channeling if she is CC’ed.

Best Samira Combos in League of Legends Season 14

To access her Inferno Trigger, Samira needs to build up her combos. Here are some of the best and fastest ways to get an S rank on her style.

Combo 1 (Laning Phase):

• AA -> Q -> W -> E -> W2 -> AA -> R

During the early game when her cooldowns are still long, this is one of the combos that you can try to activate R.

Combo 2 (All-in during laning Phase)

• AA -> W + E + Q -> AA -> W2 -> R

When your jungler is ganking and you need to all-in on your enemies, this can be the perfect tool to get your R up.

Combo 3 (Mid game)

• AA -> Q -> AA -> E -> AA -> W -> R

When she has a bit more items and your Q cooldown is lesser, here is one of the combos that you can try. However, to pull this off you will need to hit your ranged Q and not the melee version. Fortunately, this combo is fast and practical.

Combo 4 (A variation of Combo 3)

• AA -> E -> AA -> Q -> AA -> W -> R

The second variation of the combo utilizes the melee Q and not the ranged Q.. however, you will have to weave in auto attacks in between every ability use.

Combo 5 (Late Game- Teamfights)

• AA -> Q -> AA -> Q -> AA -> E -> R 

By the late game, your Q cooldown will be low enough that you will get to proc it in close succession during a team fight. Combo 5 utilizes the lower cooldown to let you get R without having to invest W in sequence.

Combo 6 (A variation of Combo 5)

• AA -> Q -> AA -> W + E + Q -> R

The final combo is where you go all-in on the enemy team and look to burst them down as quickly as possible. It uses Samira’s W in the sequence and comes in handy when the enemy team are looking to lock you down with their ranged CC.

How to play Samira: Tips and Tricks for League of Legends Season 14

Early Game:

• It’s hard for Samira to get a sizeable lead during the Early Game. She will often get pushed in by the more traditional ADCs. You will find yourself farming under the tower for a majority of the laning phase. So use your Q to farm when required, and harass the enemy botlane when they come to last hit a minion.
• Your goal will be to stay even in gold and items with your opposing Bot Laner. Don’t go hyper-aggressive when you reach level 3 unless you know that you and your support will be able to guarantee a kill.
• Don’t be trigger-happy with your W. Trydodging enemy CC and skill shots instead of relying on it all the time. Keep it for teamfights, and when engaging in the enemy bot lane.

Mid Game:

• The Mid Game is when Samira gets her first major powerspike. Once two items are done, look to take fights, however, don’t over-push the agenda. Take the fights that you can win, and don’t feel shy to go all-in on the enemy carries if you see that your teammates are collapsing on them too.
• Roam the map and don’t stay locked away in the Bot Lane. This will help you contest for the neutral objectives on both sides of the map.
• As Samira has a good amount of kill threat now, you might be looking to constantly go hyper-aggressive on the enemy team, dashing in even when they have all of their buttons up. If you aren’t getting kills, you will often die with this playstyle and fall behind. So don’t forget to stay relevant on farm and only look for engages once you have the waves pushed in.

Late Game:

• Things get harder for Samira in the late game as she is not a traditional ADC in Riot’s MOBA. She will be out-ranged and out-DPSed by picks like Tristana, Caitlyn, Sivir, and Xayah. So the only way to keep her relevant is to keep kiting and engaging when the rest of her team is collapsing.
• Use your Q to peel the enemy frontline, and don’t prematurely E in onto the enemy team thinking that you have a kill. Wait for their CC abilities to go on cooldown and only then look to go all-in pricing your R as soon as possible.
• Gaining Style ranks will get harder the later the game goes. So don’t try forcing an R activate. Let it come naturally with the flow of the fight, and only dash in when you know for certain that you have a kill.

Samira counters, best match-up, and Support synergy in League of Legends season 14

Countered by:

• Senna
• Jhin 
• Nilah
• Kalista
• Maokai
• Pantheon
• Galio

Samira does not do well against the above picks in the bot lane.

Favorable match-ups:

• Draven
• Ashe
• Aphelios
• Ezreal
• Xayah

Samira has a much better time in lane against the above picks.

Best Support Synergy

• Rell
• Nautilus
• Leona
• Sett
• Alister
• Pyke

Samira’s kit synergizes very well with engage supports. So picks like Rell and Leona is some of the best pairings you can ask for.