How to win lane as Aphelios against Samira · 49.19% win rate over 3,281 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even before Samira's dash-and-Whirl pattern comes online. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill-based as she only farms Combo Style without committing. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains even with her unable to fully all-in yet. |
| Levels 4-5 | Aphelios | Levels 4-5 favor you as two-gun combos punish her when Blade Whirl is down. |
| Level 6 | Samira | Level 6 favors Samira because Inferno Trigger plus CC support executes your immobile frame. |
| First item | Samira | First item favors Samira as Shieldbow and Wild Rush resets win the dive 2v2. |
| Two+ items | Aphelios | 2+ items favors you as gun-swap DPS out-ranges her forced-melee brawl. |
Levels 1-3 are even: Samira farms Combo Style stacks but can't fully commit without her dash and Whirl online, so deny her free pokes and last-hit from range. Don't feed her rank progression, keep your paired-gun autos out of her Blade Whirl, and hold Gravitum to punish any early Wild Rush.
The full Aphelios vs Samira report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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