How to win lane as Samira against Varus · 57.85% win rate over 1,649 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Varus | Level 1 Varus out-ranges you with charged Q before you have any gap-close. |
| Level 2 | Varus | At 2 his W-into-E poke combo chunks you if you step up without E. |
| Level 3 | Samira | By 3 your E dash closes his range and flips the lane to you. |
| Levels 4-5 | Samira | Through 4-5 you punish every Q and his total lack of a dash. |
| Level 6 | Samira | Your level 6 Inferno Trigger kills the immobile Varus before he kites away. |
| First item | Samira | At one item your crit burst out-damages and out-sustains his poke combo. |
| Two+ items | Samira | Two items in, you use his frontline as dash fodder and punish his spent R. |
Levels 1-2 belong to Varus: his charged Q Piercing Arrow out-ranges everything you have before E, and his W stacks into an E detonation that chunks you if you try to walk up, so farm carefully at max distance and don't give him free poke.
The full Samira vs Varus 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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