How to win lane as Kalista against Samira · 51.81% win rate over 1,272 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Kalista | Samira's melee range means she can't contest your level 1 poke and CS. |
| Level 2 | Kalista | At level 2 your Martial Poise kite denies the autos she needs to build combo grade. |
| Level 3 | Kalista | Level 3 lets you stack Rend and Pierce safely from outside her dash range. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kalista | At level 4 you still out-range her before her ult and Blade Whirl come online. |
| Level 6 | Samira | Samira's level 5 Inferno Trigger plus Blade Whirl flips all-ins in her favor. |
| First item | Samira | Her first-item attack speed and Blade Whirl sustain out-scale your poke. |
| Two+ items | Samira | At two-plus items her dash-reset engage and ult burst win the teamfights. |
You control levels 1-4 by respecting Samira's melee range: hop-kite with Martial Poise, chip her with Pierce, and stack Rend while denying the close-range autos she needs to build her Daredevil Impulse combo grade.
The full Kalista 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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