Samira vs Senna — Bot Lane (ADC) Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Samira against Senna · 47.92% win rate over 5,353 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Samira owns 7 of the 7 game windows, but the win rate still favours Senna: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Samira wins 47.92% of games vs Senna in bot lane (adc) (5,353 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1SamiraYou favour level 1: your E punishes Senna's slow windup autos and Q poke.
Level 2SamiraYou favour level 2: short trades on her Q cooldown bleed her low base stats.
Level 3SamiraYou favour level 3: E plus Whirl let you dash in and out-trade her poke.
Levels 4-5SamiraYou lead levels 4-5 by denying soul stacks and forcing all-ins she can't answer.
Level 6SamiraLevel 6 is yours: R bursts a mobility-less Senna before Curse of the Black Mist.
First itemSamiraFirst item keeps you ahead: crit spike outpaces her item-hungry soul scaling.
Two+ itemsSamiraYou edge 2+ items: R resets and lifesteal beat her fragile frame in direct fights.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You lead levels 1-2: Senna's slow autos and Piercing Darkness (Q) poke can't stop your E gap-close, and W-Blade Whirl blocks her Q while you dash in.

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The full Samira vs Senna 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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