How to win lane as Sivir against Samira · 50.46% win rate (5,862 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her curve needs waves you intend to delete — shove the metronome, shield the all-in, and out-tempo the scaling.
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 Sivir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Samira.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is skill-based because neither Sivir nor Samira has her core combo online yet. |
| Level 2 | Samira | Level 2 favours Samira as Wild Rush and Blade Whirl let her engage and negate your projectiles. |
| Level 3 | Samira | Level 3 favours Samira since her E-reset and W-block dominate the melee trading range. |
| Levels 4-5 | Samira | Levels 4-5 favour Samira because her mobility and passive keep punishing every step-up. |
| Level 6 | Samira | Level 6 favours Samira as Inferno Trigger with support CC can delete your 2v2. |
| First item | Samira | First item favours Samira since it amplifies her snowball-window burst while W still eats your casts. |
| Two+ items | Sivir | Two-plus items favour Sivir because spread teamfights and cleave scaling outlast Samira's dive fall-off. |
Level 1 is a skill wash — neither of you has a combo online — but from 2 onward Samira takes the lane: Wild Rush lets her dash in, Blade Whirl shreds your Boomerang Blade and autos, and her passive rewards her for chaining melee trades. Hold Spell Shield for her engage, keep minions between you, and only step up when her W is on cooldown. Level one is a wash and level two is hers, so use the first wave to shove and set the tempo before her dash exists. Boomerang from behind your own minions. Keep Spell Shield for the moment she commits rather than for her poke, and never leave a low minion between the two of you.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Sivir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Sivir 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 50.46% win rate over 5,862 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Sivir vs Samira is a genuine skill matchup: 50.46% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Sivir vs Samira win rate is 50.46%, an even lane decided by execution.
Sivir takes Fleet Footwork on the Precision tree with Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Samira.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Noonquiver (≈1000g). Build Essence Reaver / Statikk first, then IE / Runaan's, with Plated Steelcaps / Berserker's.
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