How to win lane as Samira against Nilah · 48.05% win rate over 1,696 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Samira | You favour level 1: melee Nilah must enter your range to farm and eats free harass. |
| Level 2 | Samira | You favour level 2: your ranged trades punish her every step toward the wave. |
| Level 3 | Samira | You favour level 3: E plus autos overwhelm a short-range Nilah with no poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Samira | You lead levels 4-5 as you out-range her kit and shove her off the wave. |
| Level 6 | Samira | Level 6 is yours: R burst reaches before Apotheosis if she's outside Slipstream. |
| First item | Samira | First item keeps you ahead: crit spike beats her scaling before her aura online. |
| Two+ items | Nilah | Nilah takes 2+ items: Apotheosis heal-share and lifesteal aura outscale you in grouped fights. |
You dominate levels 1-2: Nilah is melee and must walk into your range to CS, so E and autos punish every last-hit she goes for.
The full Samira vs Nilah 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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