Vayne vs Samira — Bot Lane (ADC) Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vayne against Samira · 51.66% win rate over 4,117 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Samira owns 2 of the 7 game windows to Vayne's 1, yet the win rate favours Vayne: survive their windows and the game is yours. Vayne wins 51.66% of games vs Samira in bot lane (adc) (4,117 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even as neither of you has a committal all-in yet.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 stays skill-based with her poke offset by your Tumble spacing.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 remains a coin-flip decided by whether you deny her E-dash range.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 stay even, her melee threat balanced by your kiting.
Level 6SamiraLevel 6 favors Samira because Inferno Trigger plus support CC is a lethal all-in you can't yet answer.
First itemSamiraFirst item favors Samira as her Shieldbow lifesteal and reset burst peak before your scaling.
Two+ itemsVayneAt 2+ items you win: the melee-bound Samira gets kited and Condemned by Final Hour and Silver Bolts.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-4 are skill-based: Samira's Flair pokes but she needs melee to snowball, so if you Tumble to hold max range and hug minions you farm even and deny her dash gap-closes.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Vayne 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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