How to win lane as Samira against Zeri · 50.71% win rate over 2,408 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Samira | Zeri's early Q damage is low and mana-hungry, so you win the level-1 shove. |
| Level 2 | Samira | At level 2 you out-DPS her weak pre-item trades. |
| Level 3 | Samira | Level 3 lets you dash on her whenever her E wall-hop is down. |
| Levels 4-5 | Samira | Through 4-5 you hold all-in priority on a still-squishy Zeri. |
| Level 6 | Samira | Your level-6 R plus CC deletes her before Lightning Crash scaling matters. |
| First item | Samira | On one item your burst still kills her before her kiting curve comes online. |
| Two+ items | Zeri | At two-plus items her R speed, overshield and E dashes kite your dive and flip the matchup. |
Zeri is one of the weakest early ADCs and you punish that hard: her Q does little pre-items and she's mana-hungry, so you shove the wave, deny CS, and W-dash onto her the moment her E wall-hop is on cooldown.
The full Samira vs Zeri 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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