How to win lane as Seraphine against Samira · 49.6% win rate (8,792 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her whirl eats your Q-echo and her dive interrupts verses — root the surf's landing and sing from behind your support.
Track: Samira's W — Blade Whirl (30–22s cooldown). Deletes every projectile for a second — hold your key shots until the whirl is spent.
Read from Seraphine's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Samira.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Samira | Samira wins level 1: her dash-in burst out-trades your fragile early kit. |
| Level 2 | Samira | Samira wins level 2: Wild Rush mobility punishes every step you take to CS. |
| Level 3 | Samira | Samira wins level 3: full Q-E combo lets her trade and escape your slows. |
| Levels 4-5 | Samira | Samira wins levels 4-5: her dashes dodge your E and sustain lane control. |
| Level 6 | Samira | Samira wins level 6: Inferno Trigger executes and W blocks your all-in. |
| First item | Samira | Samira wins first item: her early snowball spike out-damages your curve. |
| Two+ items | Seraphine | You win 2+ items: your ranged teamfight kit and set-up Encore out-value her. |
Samira bullies you from level 1: her Wild Rush dash lets her burst in for style-stacking damage and dash back out before your E Beat Drop or Q can catch her, and her melee-range Q punishes your walk-ups. Farm from max range behind your minions and refuse to trade into her mobility. She dashes in and out faster than your skillshots land, so shield first and poke second. Build notes off the wave rather than trying to hit her. Beat Drop only matters if she is already committed, so hold it for the dash in and let your support decide when the lane is worth contesting.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Seraphine's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Seraphine 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.6% win rate over 8,792 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Seraphine vs Samira is a genuine skill matchup: 49.6% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Seraphine vs Samira win rate is 49.6%, an even lane decided by execution.
Seraphine takes Summon Aery on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Samira.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g). Build Luden's / Moonstone by build first, then Rylai's, with Plated Steelcaps / Sorcerer's.
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