Hey everyone! Welcome to my Samira guide! I’m Doody_Tco! I am main support / marksman. My rank is platinum and I got my mastery 7 for Samira a long time ago. I am a main bot-laner, which means, I am skilled with different marksman and support champions and I would love to share my experience as a Samira main. I have always found joy in playing Samira because she is different than other marksman champions since she is combos and mechanic’s reliant champion. In this guide, I share my knowledge and what I learned from observing Samira mains when I supported them with different support champions. Please upvote my guide and give me your feedback, I’d really appreciate it! Wish you a happy reading!!

" Samira stares death in the eye with unyielding confidence, seeking thrill wherever she goes... she built a reputation as a stylish daredevil... Wielding black-powder pistols and a custom-engineered blade, Samira thrives in life-or-death circumstances, eliminating any who stand in her way with flash and flair."

That being said, you know that Samira is a melee-range champion that should be played aggressively instead of keeping distance like any other marksman. Samira uses both pistoles and a blade, relying on life-steal, critical strike and AD to deal burst damage instead of attack speed like the rest of marksman champions which makes her a powerful ADC.

WHY PLAY SAMIRA?

● She is the rose that survived the desert
● Burst damage squishy champions
● Counters almost all AD carries
● Enjoy diving the enemy 1v5
● Super fun and rewarding to play

+ Have an engage / CC support
+ Against weak late-game champions
+ Against AoE champions (counter)
+ Experience a unique gameplay
+ Want adrenaline rush experience


- Enemy comp is full of heavy CC champions
- No tank/ CC in your team
- Poor synergy with ally support
- Counter enemy marksman or support pick
- You team is full AD

Conqueror is your number one go-for Keystone for Samira since she needs both AD and life-steal. It grants her bonus damage and healing which synergies with Inferno Trigger that makes Conqueror fully stacks in a fight which is when you should fully engage. Keep your eyes on Conqueror stacks, play aggressively when the stacks increase, especially that Samira will get two stacks per auto attacks in melee-range instead of one.

Triumph is a great option for Samira, helps her survive the damage from minions in lane phase after dueling with the marksman, death from Ignite, continues damage from champions as Brand or from a passive damage from items such as Liandry's Torment, and it grants a nice 20 gold after scoring a kill. It is good when playing aggressive, however, Samira will be short on mana since she will spam her abilities, and she dies constant times because she lacks mana, so use your abilities wisely.

Presence of Mind grants Samira the advantage of poking and being aggressive in lane with Flair and protect from incoming ability or auto attack with Blade Whirl without worry. Presence of Mind is terribly good with Samira since it grants her mana per takedown, especially since she does not build mana regeneration items and her only source of having a mana is the blue buff, but she can build Immortal Shieldbow -as a situational item- or Bloodthirsterthat will save her from lethal damage. This rune is as crucial as Triumph and it can be better since there are a lot of runes to substitute Triumph.

Legend: Alacrity is for auto-attacks dependent marksman and not for Samira. Do not worry if you picked it by mistake, it is always useful in taking turrets down faster and in pushing lanes.

Legend: Tenacity is a rune to consider against a heavy CC team. Keep in mind that this rune will not affect status including airborne, drowsy, nearsight, stasis, and suppression.

Legend: Bloodline is the ideal choice. While Legend: Tenacity will not prevent Inferno Trigger to be interrupted by CC, Legend: Bloodline will not be affected by any CC and its synergies with Inferno Trigger, thus, helps her survive when she engages the enemy and increases max health when it is fully stacked.

Coup de Grace snowballs hard against squishy champions especially bothersome supports. Make sure that Samira dodges all skill-shots so she ensures she reduces the enemy’s health and proc Coup de Grace before she dies. Pick it against squishy enemy team.

Cut Down pick it only against tanks or bruisers and if you do not have an ally that can take care of taking them down fast such as Vayne or Varus.

Last Stand is one of the first choices in Precision tree, as Samira engages the enemy, her health will drop and this rune will spike. Great for her playstyle since Samira’s health will always drop low, she will have extra time to deal damage before death. With other healing runes and items, Samira will be dealing enough damage before she dies (or survives), making it easier for her team to finish them off.

Cheap Shot would not do much for Samira unless she builds an item that slows the enemy. It still would not be potent. Prioritize other Domination tree runes.

Taste of Blood heals Samira when trading with an enemy but it has a 20 second cooldown. It helps a bit sustaining against a poking lane yet it will not be so useful since almost all marksman outranges Samira yet it heals more in late game. Pick Presence of Mind if you plan on taking Taste of Blood to balance between mana and health increase.

Sudden Impact synergies Wild Rush which is great for snowballing in early game since it does not scale in late game especially with the penetration it offers. If you plan to win the game fast so the enemy won’t out scale your team, then I highly recommend Sudden Impact.

Zombie Ward not as useful as Eyeball Collection.


Eyeball Collection pick it if you are taking Domination is the keystone. It is better than Zombie Ward and Ghost Poro since it gives free AD for takedowns, unless you think that the enemy will play safe and you won’t make use of it. In this case, you can choose between the other two.

Ghost Poro not as useful as Eyeball Collection.

Treasure Hunter helps with snowball in lane. Take it if you think you will get kills in early game so Samira can take the lead and carry the game. The gold it provides is definitely something.

Ingenious Hunter great against heavy CC team, it will enable more frequent use of items such as Mercurial Scimitar. If that is not the case, then it is most recommended to choose another hunter rune.

Relentless Hunter should be your main choice if you think you do not need extra gold from Treasure Hunter, it will help Samira catch up with her allies and catches the enemy fast.

Ultimate Hunter is the least recommended rune for Samira because Inferno Trigger cooldown is pretty short. It is preferrable to pick any of the other Domination runes.

Nullifying Orb pick it against heavy AP team or at least against AP lane to give her a bit of resistance. A good rune but it is situational. It should not be your first pick for Samira.

Manaflow Band helps Samira -somehow- with the mana issues. If you plan on taking Triumph, or think you will spam Blade Whirl against a CC lane, consider Manaflow Band.

Nimbus Cloak: Grants additional movement speed after casting a spell which will help Samira catch up with the enemy or even escape them. Pick it if you want to play aggressively.

Transcendence great in reducing the cooldown of abilities. But it does not really scale with Inferno Trigger. Not the best choice for Samira.


Celerity synergies greatly with Daredevil Impulse stacks as well as boosting movement speed from boots which will ensure catching up with an enemy. A great rune for Samira.

Absolute Focus is the least recommended rune for Samira. Thanks to her nature of being an engaging AD carry, she will mostly lose more than 70% health before making use of this rune.

Scorch is supposed to help with having a lead, but it is not as useful as Gathering Storm for example. Plus, it is pretty much useless in lane since most marksman out-range Samira.


Waterwalking is good for roamers, you will not know for sure if this will know if you should be doing that. Do not pick this rune for Samira, other runes take more priority.

Gathering Storm is a great AD scaling rune that helps Samira in not falling off hard in late game. Pick it if you think early game is not for you and plan to play passive until mid-late game.

Hextech Flashtraption leave it for tanks, Samira can dash through enemies and walls with Wild Rush. The least recommended choice in this tree.


Magical Footwear Samira needs Boots for mobility early game. Pick this rune if you think you will play passively against a heavy poke/CC lane and use the gold to build the expensive Infinity Edge and snowball with The Collector.

Perfect Timing a great choice for Samira. Not only it saves her during risky team fights, but it can also be built later into Guardian Angel and saves you gold.

Future's Market will let you have your item spikes around the mid game a bit faster. Plus, it'll help you snowball stronger as well!


Minion Dematerializer cannot be useful to Samira anyhow. Do not pick it.


Biscuit Delivery not very effective. You can pair it with Time Warp Tonic so it can save you from dying from Ignite by taking a potion. It is not useful all game just like other runes such as Gathering Storm.

Cosmic Insight can be useful in reducing the cooldown of Maw of Malmortius and summoner spells. Yet, it is not as useful as Future's Market.

Approach Velocity would not work for Samira unless you build items such as Serylda's Grudge which means it will not help Samira snowball early game. It is not recommended to choose it.

Time Warp Tonic go for it if you are a beginner. You will need it when you mess up your combo to save Samira. Purchase Refillable Potion and use it whenever you engage to increase Samira survivability chances.

This section covered the runes that works best for Samira. However, these are not the limited options that you should consider for Samira. For instance, you can go for Domination instead of Precision. Dark Harvest is a powerful keystone for Samira, it suits her aggressive style, with Dark Harvest and The Collector, she can ensure executing enemies a lot of times instead of surviving with 1 HP, or at least, deal burst damage that will let the enemy back off in lane. It is much easier to proc with Dark Harvest than the Conqueror. The same can be said about picking Electrocute, since Samira is a combo champion, Electrocute will proc, emphasizing burst damage.

FLASH | Essential
An irreplaceable summoner spell. While picking other summoner spells changes based on team comps and your playstyle preference, Flash cannot be situational for many reasons; it eases engaging and escaping enemies with the help of Wild Rush, helps avoiding skill-shots such as Blitzcrank’s Rocket Grab or Morgana’s Dark Binding in lane and in teamfights which ensures no interruption for Inferno Trigger and not getting one-shot. Finally, almost all champions will pick Flash, so not picking it may lead to bad trades.

GHOST
Pick Ghost along with Flash for aggressive plays. It allows Samira to get in range to cast your Wild Rush. You can use Ghost to chase the enemy for a kill, and Flash to escape. Unlike the case with Heal, Barrier and Exhaust, Ghost makes Samira vulnerable, so if you pick it, you need to be able to dodge all skill-shots and do almost-perfect trades. Kill an enemy to reset Ghost and chase the next enemy for another reset.

BARRIER
A powerful, selfish alternative to Heal. Barrier is grants a shield that is worth more than the heal gained from Heal, thus, helps sustaining Samira more during an engage. Moreover, it is not countered by Ignite like Heal, even though Heal may save you from death from Ignite, you can pick Triumph with Barrier so Samira heals after she scores a kill and survive Ignite.

HEAL
With Heal, you can save Samira, her support or any other teammate from a possible death. It heals and grants movement speed which not only help her stay safe, but also helps her reach the enemy faster and stack for Style. However, it is countered by Ignite and anti-heal items. So, you may have to ask your support to pick it if you really want to benefit from it, and get another summoner spell.

EXHAUST
Great against during all stages of the game against burst-damage threat champions ESPECIALLY Assassin champions. Exhaust reduces the damage dealt by enemy and reduce their movement speed which increases Samira chances of winning a fight and taking the lead. You know when to use Exhaust during a fight, so, Heal is easier for your support to anticipate when to use it.

CLEANSE
Good against heavy CC team or at least against threatening CC in bot lane to survive devastating CC combos from both AD carry and support. You can survive a death or get a takedown Cleanse. In fact, it is also useful against Exhaust which mostly will be picked by the enemy bot-laner, Exhaust will be Cleansed and Samira gets a higher chance of winning a fight.

IGNITE
The most aggressive choice among all summoner spells. It helps Samira secure the kill instead of her support. It also counters Heal so reduces the chances of the enemy bot laner to survive. It also counters healing champions such as Taric or Dr. Mundo. It is the least recommended option, you cannot survive Zed without Exhaust, nor you can do much without Barrier and Cleanse.

DORAN'S BLADE + 1 POTION
The standard starting item set. Doran's Blade grants Samira AD, health and life-steal which is helpful for playing aggressive and really great for Inferno Trigger before building Bloodthirster. Generally, a good pick against any kind of lane of marksman or mage Samira is going to face.

DORAN'S SHIELD + 1 POTION
Samira auto-attack range is short, she will get poked a lot in lane if she cannot engage with Wild Rush. Doran's Shield can be a great choice against heavy poke lane especially if you have an enchanter support. It restores and grants additional health every few seconds. Focus on farming and scaling until level 6 or for mid-late game instead of trading.

LONG SWORD + REFILLABLE POTION / 3 POTIONS
My personal choice. It does not grant the limited life-steal and health of Doran's Blade, nor it grants the health and additional health of Doran's Shield, but it is cost-efficient, grants extra AD, helps you building Noonquiver for 950 gold instead of 1300 gold or rush Vampiric Scepter. Get potions extra 150 will help with the sustain.

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Basic potion option at the start of the game. Although these potions are cheap, they consume a lot of money that can be saved to build necessary items faster. Therefore, it is not recommended to buy Health Potions every back, dodge abilities through positioning, Blade Whirl or Wild Rush.

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Needed during the early and mid-game if you think Samira is going to be poked frequently. You will not need to spend money every time you go to base on Health Potions. As mentioned, consider buying Refillable Potion instead of three Health Potions if you pick Long Sword as a starter item.
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This elixir is necessary when the game between two teams is even. Elixir of Wrath increases AD for 3 minutes which in return increases the DPS and helps win the game. Many forget about buying this game changing elixir. Purchase and use Elixir of Wrath before building the final item.

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Pick Elixir of Iron instead of Elixir of Wrath when you need extra durability especially against Assassin s to survive lethal damage or if there isn't a teammate who will tank the enemy damage. Elixir of Iron increases health and tenacity making it more of a defensive option.
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The basic ward you need before level 9. You need to ward river brushes to see when an enemy is approaching; place them in the enemy jungler path (aggressive ward) to know the enemy's movement. Always keep one to place when the enemy hides in a bush and Samira cannot target them when they are out of vision.

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The type of wards you need to ward river brushes. They are essential against camouflage champions such as Evelynn, Twitch, or Akshan or champions such as Shaco. This not only helps prevent tragic results gank and helps your support, but it is also great against Twitch when he is camouflaged.
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Once you reach level 9, switch from Stealth Ward to Farsight Alteration. It is a great ward, it helps avoid getting ambushed by an enemy hiding in a nearby bush without face-checking it and knowing if the enemy is taking objectives.

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Use this if you are going to roam after you crushed your lane or to deny invisible traps. It is not as good as Farsight Alteration, use it only when Samira has the lead and will leave the lane and roam a lot to help other lanes.
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Your basic choice of boots since Samira will face a marksman in her lane at least. It will grant her armor and with her engaging nature, she can tank a lot of damage which means, dealing enough damage that increases her survival. You should also build these boots against a heavy AD team. If that is not the case, then you can aim for other boots depending on the enemy team comp, or for example, if you took the lead in the lane before building Plated Steelcaps then you can consider another boot option. It is also good against Assassin champions.

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Purchase these boots against a heavy AP team. It is also good against a hard CC lane or team to break faster from CC. You may pair it up with Cleanse and Mercurial Scimitar for extra help against the CC. You can also buy against AP lane when facing champions such as APC Seraphine, Syndra, or against AP support such as Lux, Brand, Xerath, etc. Later on in the game, you can sell these boots and purchase other boots if winning against the enemy team requires other requirements or if the threat is from -for instance- an AD champion.
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These boots should be your pick when the enemy team comp is balanced. It grants extra movement speed which helps Samira trade or work on her combo. Also, consider buying it against champions with slow abilities such as Ashe which makes it hard for Samira to reach the enemy to stack with style. You can also build it if a champion with slow ability is in another lane such as Nasus. For additional movement speed, take Sorcery as the secondary runes and choose Celerity. Switch with other boots if Samira threat is an AD or AP champion.

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These boots are great in gaining extra ability-haste-wise. Helps to spam Flair more than it is when it is level maxed, and it also helps using Blade Whirl more. You may consider purchasing these boots if the enemy team comp is not heavy AD or AP. If you need additional ability haste, you may consider building Essence Reaver, and picking Sorcery as a secondary rune and pick Transcendence or simply pick Inspiration’s Cosmic Drive. See how the course of the game goes in the early game and decide if these boots are useful for Samira.
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Infinity Edge is the ideal core item for Samira. Its stats empowers the critical strike of Inferno Trigger allowing Samira to take the attack damage she deals to another level, along with the increased healing with the 70 attack damage. The downside of Infinity Edge is its price. That is why it is recommended to be built after The Collector for gold gain to help in building Infinity Edge faster for every takedown and Immortal Shieldbow for survivability, or build Immortal Shieldbow first against heavy poke lanes and The Collector after. Once Infinity Edge is built, Samira can follow her teammates engages with confidence.

The item to build prior to Infinity Edge. The Collector grants Samira the potential to snowball in the lane thanks to its powerful stats (damage, lethality, and execution), and its passive granting of 25 gold per kill which speeds the process of building the next item. Build Serrated Dirk on your first recall and try to snowball. If the matchup is hard, it is preferable to build Immortal Shieldbow first.

The passive of Immortal Shieldbow is great to survive in team fights especially against heavy AD team. The shield enables Samira to survive while casting Inferno Trigger. The attack damage Immortal Shieldbow grants is not as much as the damage provided by the other item, yet its lifesteal is useful. Build it before The Collector if you're having a rough matchup in lane phase.

This item is usually part of the core build that you should build as a fourth item (right after purchasing Bloodthirster). Build Lord Dominik's Regards when the enemy team comp is balanced or at least contains 2 tank or fighter champions. Lord Dominik's Regards as works great in shredding the tanks along with Cut Down. Even if there is no tank champion, it is still great at dealing burst damage to squishy dangerous champions. Build it if the enemy team is building armors.

Lethality, damage, movement speed and affordable, Youmuu's Ghostblade got it all. It is a good item to build against squishes with the AD damage it grants, it helps reaching the enemies with its passive and catchup with enemies when activated, and helps catching them up with Wild Rush and dealing burst damage. Moreover, it can be upgraded to Youmuu's Wake with Ornn, thus granting additional lethality and damage, and help in securing kills. Always thank Ornn for his help!

The essential source of life steal for Samira that is more powerful than the life steal gained from Flair and Inferno Trigger abilities, items such as Immortal Shieldbow, and runes such as Legend: Bloodline and/or Taste of Blood. Additionally, it grants a huge boost of attack damage when above 70% health. Bloodthirster increases Samira sustain when engaging and casting Inferno Trigger providing Samira with the strongest sustain. For the basic build and depends on the enemy team comp, it is recommended to build Bloodthirster as the fourth item.

Allows Samira to fight 2 battles instead of 1, one before she dies, and one after Guardian Angel revives her. Guardian Angel suits the playstyle of the “squishy” Samira well. If Samira dies after she completed Style stacks, she can cast Inferno Trigger right after she is revived, (make sure to not get hit by a CC though). Build Guardian Angel as your fourth item, if the enemy team focuses Samira and kills her before she does an impact, and/or there are AD Assassin champions who will one-shot Samira such as Zed or Rengar. Purchase Stopwatch first to activate it and save Samira before building the whole item.

A powerful burst damage item fo aggressive plays. Additional lethal damage is provided along with the granted damage and lethality which means, burst damage. And with the movement speed stat and the additional movement speed granted from the item's passive, Samira will have the opportunity to keep on playing aggressively or escape if needed. Definitly a powerful item to go for against squishes.

The ability haste provided by Profane Hydra may be needed only for Blade Whirl, but the damage it deals is good for aggressive plays. With Profane Hydra passive, Samira can deal more damage to the surrounding enemies with Inferno Trigger, and with the item activated, Samira will deal 80% AD damage to enemies which increases to 130% AD damage to enemies below 50% health.

If the enemy team has a lot of shielding abilities, then consider building this item. Abilities include ones from enchanters such as Seraphine’s Surround Sound, other lanes like Sion’s Soul Furnace, or from champions who build items that grant shields such as Yasuo who build Immortal Shieldbow. Serpent's Fang is also provides AD and lethality. If shields are not bothersome during the engagement and do not prevent enemies’ death many times, then go for a more aggressive choice. If the enemy team comp requires building other situational items, then ask your ally Assassin to build it.

Your first magic resist choice. It saves Samira from game-changer issues including Mordekaiser’s Realm of Death or Malzahar’s Nether Grasp through cancelling the ability and granting movement speed temporarily. DO NOT build it against airborne abilities such as Malphite’s Unstoppable Force. Furthermore, this item gives AD and critical strike. You may omit to build Mercurial Scimitar if dodging CC is easy, you have Morgana, or no enemy is a threat. If not, build Quicksilver Sash, and upgrade it to Mercurial Scimitar after building the core items.

Can be useful against tank champions or fighter champions who heal a lot such as Dr. Mundo or Darius, or even against champions such as Bel'Veth or healers as Soraka. This item is not as powerful as Lord Dominik's Regards, so it’s better to ask your support to build it so you focus on increasing the attack damage. If no one on your team is building anti-heal, then you need to do it as soon as possible to win the game. After all, the item also grants attack damage and increases critical strike chance, so it will be beneficial.

An item to build against a heavy AP team or at least against a threatening AP champion, specifically against scaling AP champions such as Veigar or Viktor. Maw of Malmortius is not only ideal for providing magic resistance, but it also grants a decent amount of AD (65 Attack damage) so Samira wouldn’t be missing much from other regular items she builds. Moreover, it grants life steal when the item is activated which synergies with Inferno Trigger. Good against AP with no CC abilities. So you can choose this item over Mercurial Scimitar

Build this against a full critical strike and AD team where they easily kill Samira, for example Vayne or Darius in top lane, Graves or Bel'Veth as a jungler, Zed or Akshan in mid lane, any marksman in bot lane, and maybe Senna as a support. Not only it grants significant armor and health, but you can also activate it and reduce the enemy’s damage and critical strike which is great against late game champions such as Vayne or Nilah which suits Samira playstyle. Samira counters Vayne, but this can help a teammate during a fight).

An alternative to Randuin's Omen. It is a very powerful item that reduces attack damage intake and if you kill an enemy, it heals. So, imagine the amount of healing intake if Samira killed an AD champion when channeling Inferno Trigger. Take it against heavy AD team or an AD burst champion that one-shots Samira such as Zed or Graves. You may as well snowball with being defensive with Death's Dance and be more confident with the engagement. With Bloodthirster, Death's Dance will bring a lot of sustain and survive fights.

Pick this item against a burst AP champion where CC does not really matter and where Mercurial Scimitar comes quite short. I’m referring to facing powerful AP champion such as Vladimir, Varus, Veigar, Evelynn, etc. It is going to be an essential item that you should build after building the core build items. It is going to be more useful than you think; it will make Samira durable since its synergy with the healing from Inferno Trigger, items and runes, enchanters such as Soraka or Yuumi, or shields from champions such as Lulu's Help, Pix! or Shen's Stand United.

I have not seen a champion building Black Cleaver on Samira but I think it can do a lot when your team lacks a lot of armor shredding champions or build and you do not have tank champions that can take on the tank champions in the enemy team. Black Cleaver will reduce their armor, increasing the damage taken from all of your team. Do not build Black Cleaver if all of your allies are AP champions since it will be useless, only build it with at least 2 more AD allies in your team. Moreover, it grants Samira additional health, but it does not make her really tanky.

A good defensive item against heavy AD team comp, and especially against champions who relies on attack speed such as Twitch, Kog'Maw, or Vayne. Thanks to its Aura, it can buy Samira time to survive in battle.

The item grants a powerful magic resistance which is good especially against scaling AP champions such as Vladimir or Veigar. Moreover, its passive helps tanking even more damage from AP champions by granting magic shield.

You can experiment with other items, for example Ravenous Hydra synergies greatly with Inferno Trigger that you can include it in your core build instead of Profane Hydra. Or for example, Tear of the Goddess can be a starter item to sustain mana. But it will not benefit Samira with additional AD or healing as the rest of starting items, and sell later with a higher price after it is fully-stacked. But generally speaking, the best items that scale with Samira are not the regular Attack speed items but life-steal, critical strike rating and cooldown reduction. With her short auto-attack range, all marksman champions will outrange her and do more with their attack speed items.

If Samira lost the lead, DO NOT SPAM FF OR GRIEF, stay calm, and remain focused. League of Legends is a team game, so, think of a way to make the game winnable. What can you do to change the course of the game? Is a champion airborne Samira and kills her, denying her the opportunity to play and other magic resist items cannot help? Build Edge of Night instead of / along with other magic resist item, and gain additional damage and penetration. Are you looking for additional movement speed? Build or replace the purchased boots with Trailblazer for movement speed, granting allies movement speed and armor. You cannot do much in team fights? Build Berserker's Greaves and Phantom Dancer for increased attack speed for split-pushing and movement speed to escape enemies. If everything fails, sell your items and go full tank build Jak'Sho, The Protean for strong resistence and other tank items and stay with the team. Trust me, tank always wins.

Long story long? The passive consists of 3 elements:

1. Hitting any champion with auto-attacks or abilities alternatively grants Samira bonus movement speed that increases the higher the Style grade. Once S reached (6 stacks: E – D – C – B – A - S), Samira can cast her ultimate Inferno Trigger and rest after casting it. Daredevil Impulse is only available for 6 seconds before resetting. Samira gameplay will depend majorly on Style Grade.
2. Samira can use abilities or auto-attacks on a champion so her passive does not reset. Samira will use her sword if she is in melee range which deals additional magic damage and on-hit effect that applies just once, or her gun if there is a distance (200 units) between her and her enemy.

- Memorize and use 2 or 3 combos if you are a beginner. Once you get used to the mechanics, you can learn more combos or be creative and think of your combos.
- Use Wild Rush before Flash if you plan to use both during a fight or when you plan to escape.
- You cannot stack Style on minions, monsters, or dragons or turrets.
- Use the same ability or auto-attack to prevent the Style Grade timer from resetting.
- Hitting two enemies with Wild Rush will count in your style if you use Flair during Wild Rush.
- DO NOT use Blade Whirl in the middle of a combo especially in early games -unless you want to avoid getting hit by a skill shot- as it will ruin your combo towards style. Use it either at the end of a combo or pair it up with Wild Rush and Flair.
- Use Inferno Trigger before the second proc of Blade Whirl hits so you ensure faster damage.
- Keep poking the enemy with Flair before the team fight starts. This way you will keep grade from resting and reduce the health of the enemy.
- Always engage with Wild Rush and then Flair in the early game, otherwise, your chances of missing Flair get higher and it will delay stacking for style.

You have a dozen of other possibilities to do combos with Samira. Alternate between abilities is quite situational. For example, you can use Flair > Blade Whirl > combo to cancel a skill shot when getting exposed to the enemy when hitting Flair, or use > Wild Rush > > Flair if you reach level 2 before the enemy team to engage the enemy. You may also play with abilities after level 6, such as > Flair > Wild Rush > Blade Whirl > Wild Rush > Blade Whirl second proc > Inferno Trigger used only after securing a kill. You can check more combos and pro moves in this video; it was published when Samira first released, therefore, the only thing you cannot do in-game is Wild Rush on an ally.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✧✧

Aphelios got many nerfs, so currently, he is weak, however, he still out-scales Samira especially if he had a broken support by his side like Lulu, which mean you need to take care of him early game. Aphelios outranges Samira so lane-phase can be a struggle. Play aggressive in laning phase to deny him any lead. Avoid engaging him when he has Crescendum, the Chakram (Chakrams) since it counters Samira melee style. Save Blade Whirl to block his ultimate, also, do not use Inferno Trigger if Binding Eclipse or Moonlight Vigil, Gravitum is on cooldown so he doesn’t escape Samira. Depending on the enemy comp, you may want to take Cleanse for aggressive plays.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✧✧

Ashe is annoying lane bully thanks to her passive Frost Shot which will make it a bit hard for Samira to reach her to stack for Style. However, if she is hard engaged with Wild Rush, she will have no option but try to remain distance by wasting a Flash before level 6, and use Enchanted Crystal Arrow after level 6. Save Blade Whirl to block her ultimate to avoid any possible kill potential from a gank. Also, do not cast Inferno Trigger until she uses Enchanted Crystal Arrow. Get Boots of Swiftness to reduce slow effects, and Ghost or Cleanse for aggressive engages.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✧✧

Being the champion with the widest auto attacks range, Caitlyn will make the life of Samira hell in lane. Even if you try to keep safe distance between Samira and her, she can still poke with Piltover Peacemaker, and if Samira in a bush, she may get stuck in a chain of CC if she steps on Yordle Snap Trap if she has a CC support champion with her, or simply deal additional damage with 90 Caliber Net, Piltover Peacemaker and auto attack combo. But that is no problem, just block Piltover Peacemaker, Ace in the Hole and auto attack Headshot with Blade Whirl. When you try to engage her with or without Wild Rush be ready to use Blade Whirl to block 90 Caliber Net.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✧✧

Draven damage is on a whole different level thanks to Spinning Axe. Draven is probably the most problematic marksman to face in lane. Play aggressive to not deny him from taking the lead and preventing Samira from taking the farm. Always block his Spinning Axe with Blade Whirl. You can also block Whirling Death with the same ability. Use Inferno Trigger after he uses Stand Aside because it cancels the channeling of the ultimate. Building Plated Steelcaps is going to be essential against Draven. Make sure to not feed him and Samira will not lose any lead. Aim Flair and Wild Rush where his axe lands when trading and engaging.

Threat level: ✦✦✧✧✧

Not a tough match up since Ezreal needs to scale as well for late game, so lane phase will not be so difficult. And in late game he cannot do much against Samira thanks to her engaging nature. Use minion wave to defend Samira to be poked with Mystic Shot. Use Blade Whirl to defend from all of his abilities. Use Inferno Trigger after he uses Arcane Shift so he does not escape the damage of the ultimate, or at least, make sure that his Flash is on cooldown and yours still ready to catch up with him in case he tries to escape even with Arcane Shift. Care if Samira is low on HP and Ezreal gets out of vision, he may be planning to kill her with his ultimate Trueshot Barrage. Save Blade Whirl for it.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✧✧

Jhin kit is annoying. Samira can Blade Whirl his FOUR-auto-attack, Dancing Grenade, and Curtain Call, but Deadly Flourish cannot be avoided. Save Blade Whirl for his fourth shot. Captive Audience make it hard for Samira to catch up with Jhin to stack Style and the same can be said when he builds Galeforce. So, watch where Samira steps, and do not cast Inferno Trigger until Deadly Flourish is on cooldown, the same can be said on Galeforce. You may need to build Plated Steelcaps if you are struggling in lane. If he uses his ultimate and he is in range, Wild Rush behind him, if you cannot, save Blade Whirl for his fourth shot. Try your best to dodge Deadly Flourish during team fights.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✧✧

Jinx is troublesome in lane because she outranges Samira with Switcheroo!. Avoid fighting her after she gets a kill or takedown a turret or an epic monster until Get Excited! is on cooldown. Dodge Flame Chompers! before they activate (the first second Jinx places them) so Samira can catch up with her with Inferno Trigger. Use Blade Whirl if Samira is caught in chompers to avoid getting damaged by auto attacks and cast Inferno Trigger when Flame Chompers! are on cooldown. Jinx is a mid-late game champion, but Samira outburst her when it comes to damage in all stages of the game. Depending on lane, play aggressive or passive and Samira will win.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✦✧

A very tough matchup, you need play very aggressive since early game to demolish her and prevent her from scaling. Always avoid getting hit by her fifth auto attack because it deals a lot of damage, you can use Blade Whirl if you have to. Before level 6, position Samira next to minions wave so Kai'Sa’s Icathian Rain missiles targets minions instead of solely focus on Samira. After 6, play aggressive until she is dead because if you hesitate, she can ult with Killer Instinct, shield herself and survive. If Kai'Sa builds AP, always block Void Seeker with Blade Whirl and save your teammates from deadly damage. If you let her take the lead through roaming or playing passively, DO NOT 1 V 1 her. End before late game.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✧✧

It is hard to trade with Kalista because she lunges away when Samira tries to execute stack for Style. Block her Pierce and do not let her stack her spears because they cannot be blocked with Blade Whirl. Kalista usually uses Black Spear for oath-sworn bond with her support. Sometimes it can be her tank jungler or top laner. Based on this you can know if you should be ready to dodge Fate's Call it in lane, team-fights later in game, or ward to avoid getting it used when a jungler ganks. Blade Whirl does not block Fate's Call, so use other methods to dodge it. Fate's Call has a long cooldown, use Inferno Trigger when it is on cooldown.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✧✧

Kog'Maw is not a tough matchup for Samira, but the threat can reach extreme level if he is paired with Lulu, Yuumi or Nami, but if you have a hard CC tank like Leona as a support, then he still will not do much. Use Blade Whirl to block Caustic Spittle to avoid getting additional damage from his auto attacks. Engage him in early game Samira wins lane trades and denies Kog'Maw scaling for late game. Get Exhaust, Barrier, or Cleanse to avoid getting Exhausted. You cannot block Icathian Surprise with Blade Whirl, but since this passive activates after he dies, simply Wild Rush away. Avoid getting poked in laning phase and play aggressively. End the game before Kog'Maw out-scales Samira.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✧✧

An early game champion and a lane bully whose auto-attack range is similar to Samira which make it easy for her to engage him and stack for Style, but he can still escape with Relentless Pursuit. The threat level reaches extreme if he is paired with Nami or Lulu. If you find a trouble trading with him, just play safely and wait for the jungler to gank until mid-game because Samira out-scales him. Before casting Inferno Trigger, make sure that Relentless Pursuit is on cooldown to ensure that he gets caught in the ultimate. Save Blade Whirl to block the extra damage from Lightslinger auto attacks, and to block The Culling that you can avoid as well through Wild Rush or stay behind minions.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✧✧

Miss Fortune is a lane bully. You cannot use minions’ wave to protect Samira because her Double Up deals a lot of damage using minions, and she uses Make it Rain as a poke as well which cannot be blocked by Blade Whirl which is also slows Samira, preventing her stacking Style. However, Miss Fortune does not represent a major threat and Samira will win all of her engages, block her ultimate Bullet Time with Blade Whirl or Wild Rush away to get behind her and stack for Style. Make sure to slow her down with an auto attack or ability so the passive of Strut is on cooldown before stacking for Style. Let her use Make it Rain for the same reason. Whether she builds AP or AD, Samira out-scales Miss Fortune.

Threat level: ✦✦✦✦✦

Nilah is a fighter and an Assassin which is counter to Samira. With Jubilant Veil, Nilah and her nearby ally dodge attacks which makes stacking for Style for Samira impossible. She dashes with Slipstream and casts her ultimate with Apotheosis which cannot be countered with Blade Whirl. Nilah is more challenging if she had an enchanter support such as Sona because both Nilah and her support benefit from Joy Unending. Samira wins early trades. Engage her before she has her ultimate and deny her before she out-scales Samira. Save Wild Rush when she engages for Apotheosis, once it is on cooldown, you can cast Inferno Trigger. Let her use Jubilant Veil before stacking for Style.

Threat level: ✦✦✧✧✧

Sivir is an easy champion for Samira to take on for many reasons, first, she has a short auto-attack range just like Samira which make it easy to cast Wild Rush on her and stack for Style; she has no abilities that counters her ultimate Inferno Trigger, and her main poking ability Boomerang Blade can be blocked with Blade Whirl. Picking Sivir against Samira is almost a troll. Spell Shield blocks an ability, so if you hit an ability when it is on, it will not be considered when stacking for Style. Boomerang Blade cooldown is shorter than Blade Whirl, also Ricochet can be quite the poke, therefore, avoid standing next to minions when she uses it. If the lane gets a bit rough, just play safe until mid-game.