Hey there, My name is Major Alexander. I am an adc player and a Samira one trick. My peak is Rank 1 eune and top 10 euw (1349 lp) I have been challenger since season 8. I recently have begun streaming and I have been asked to make a quide on Samira so I hope this one will hopefully help a lot of people. With that being said let me share with you some of my best tips for Samira in order for you to climb to your Dream elo!

This is the most important part out of all because i see a lot of Samira players losing the game here. Samira has been nerfed quite a lot throughout the years so your early levels are not as good as they used to be 2-3 years ago. How i play Samira is that I always save as much hp as possible. This means that you are going to give up some CS in the lane you are simply not strong enough to 2v2 ( Samira's lvl 1 is one of the worst in adc category) Try to farm with your Q from max range but also use that to poke the enemy laner to get them a bit low so they become killable. The best time where you should fight on bot lane is always level 2 + preferable just to play it safe farm until lvl 3 and before that make sure to poke and get enemies low enough so they die from one engage.

IMPORTANT: Try to prioritize the target that you want to kill, sometimes it is not the adc!

For example if they have a squishy support ( Lulu, Milio and Sona) you can look to kill them with your support's engage. You don't have to kill the enemy ADC to become fed, you can always abuse the support as well so you can get an early lead.

TL;DR: wait for level 3 and poke/farm with your q until then AND SAVE AS MUCH HEALTH AS POSSIBLE!

Since you have established your lead try to be in fights with your team. You are the main damage dealer as Samira so your team MUST fight with you. TRY to communicate with your team as much as possible it will increase your chances of winning. Timing your engage is REALLY important, you guys must be on the same page otherwise its going to be a disaster. As Samira you are a bit stronger than the rest of adcs the moment you hit 2 items BUT you need to play it flawlessly to not die and take over the game.

Engages are happening all the time, you must be the one to choose which engage to take", which basically means that you must go in when the time is right.
Let's say your Nautilus hooks the enemy support but you KNOW there are enemies near them. You should never look to go in, instead just poke and keep your E like its the most important thing ever. I CAN'T stress this enough PLEASE! Samira's E is the most important ability she has, its your gap closer/escape option. You can win or lose games depending how you use your E . Try to use your Wild Rush right before the enemy dies so by the time he dies you are behind him AND then you can dash to the next target and be an unstoppable machine, but play with patience and you will be rewarded

Samira's biggest powerspike is when she gets COLLECTOR AND I.E . You can wipe entire teams if you play correct and slow. I would always suggest you to save money for B. F. Sword for The Collector because with the recent changes of how they made collector , the build path is a bit too trash (bf , dirk , cloak )
Let's say you have 1k gold, you buy dirk easily. Next recall you have let's say 700 gold, you will NOT BUY ANYTHING, no Boots, no cloak . You will save the gold for your NEXT back so you can get B. F. Sword. You will be quite strong at that point. The moment you have COLL and Infinity Edge you are by far the strongest adc in the game when you reach 2 items besides Draven, take advantage of that.

Even if you do not find any success getting early kills (also this is the reason why i run Absolute Focus Gathering Storm as my main runes) Samira can easily get back into the game with one Teamfight. You should start looking at Samira for what she can do when enemies mess up, because at the end of the day enemies will mess up and there is no one else better to abuse that than Samira. You need to play patiently when you are playing from behind, but also when you are ahead. Always keep this in mind: one wrong move and you are done for, because Samira doesnt have any self peel abilities so you must be careful.

Also something very important with how the new Boots are its kinda pointless for you to rush them unless they are either 5 of the same damage type (Full AD/Full AP) it's almost never worth for you to get Boots, after you have 2 items you can look to buy the Boots you need

There is not much to say about late game, by this time probably most of the entire team has outscaled you. You must play extremely passive at this point as you don't have any range , just wait for your team's engage. I would say that if you find the perfect opening you can Flash in. It's the most risky thing you can do, but if it works out you will solo win the game, but if you mess it up, well, you lost. This is why it is a gamble and you shouldn't really take it unless you don't have any other option.

Samira is one of the most fun characters in the game and I would highly recommend you to play her. I have been able to get Challenger in both euw and eune with her, so you can also climb in your dream elo. This was my first guide I have ever made and I really hope i helped you guys even a little. I will probably release a video about Samira combos in the very near future. If you still have questions or overall just wanna chill and have a good time I suggest dropping by my stream as I stream almost daily around evening hours
Thank you for reading this far and I hope all of you guys have an amazing day!

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