[14.11] Sheriff's EUW Grandmaster In-Depth Samira Guide (2024)

"Money buys a gun or two. Thrill buys a reputation."

Starting Items

Doran's Blade & 1 Health Potion

After patch 13.20 this is your default start against most lanes. The bonus HP from Doran's Blade is very useful in all-ins. The lifesteal also scales pretty well so hold this item as long as you can.

Long Sword & 3 Health Potions

Against heavy poke lanes you will need some extra sustain. Gives you a faster Serrated Dirk as well. Just keep in mind that you lack that extra 100 HP from Doran's Blade so you might wanna avoid early level all-ins.

First B / Early Buys

B.F. Sword

Getting a B. F. Sword on an early base can be difficult but make sure to grab it if you can. Builds into The Collector and Infinity Edge.

Serrated Dirk

Solid component that upgrades into The Collector, Hubris or Youmuu's Ghostblade.

Vampiric Scepter

Decent sustain item if you're planning to build Immortal Shieldbow as a first or a second item.

Pickaxe

Builds into both The Collector and Infinity Edge which are usually your first items.

Refillable Potion

If you have some extra gold and the game is still in early laning phase (before 10min).

Boots

Grab tier 1 boots if you don't have any damage items to buy or if you need to get back to the lane faster.

First Item

The Collector

Simply the most reliable first item for Samira.

Infinity Edge

A very expensive but also a very strong item. Usually you would be buying The Collector first but if you just have the money grabbing IE is a good idea since it just gives an insane amount of AD.

Immortal Shieldbow

Decent item that provides both sustain and survivability. Just make sure to grab a Serrated Dirk before this so you won't lack damage.

Hubris

Extremely fun snowballing item for fistfight games, just keep in mind that you shouldn't buy it on autopilot every single game.

Youmuu's Ghostblade

The stats are almost equal to The Collector and it's 500 gold cheaper, grab this for tempo if you don't have the money for The Collector yet.

Second Item

Infinity Edge

If you rushed The Collector you usually want this after it.

Third Item

Infinity Edge

If your first 2 items were The Collector and Immortal Shieldbow, BUY THIS RIGHT NOW!

Lord Dominik's Regards

About 70% of the time this is your best third item. This is when people are starting to have enough bonus armor for it to have proper value.

Immortal Shieldbow

If the enemy team has many assassins or a lot of poke you might need some safety or sustain. Excellent synergy with Last Stand.

Bloodthirster

If the enemy team has a lot of poke and you really need some sustain this is very useful.

The Collector

A fine item to close out games against squishy teamcomps.

Mortal Reminder

Before the changes in patch 13.1B this item used to be completely useless on Samira, however with the attack speed removed and armor pen added it is now very good in certain situations. If you are facing many healing champs and your team isn't building any healing reduction this item is highly recommended.

Maw of Malmortius

If the enemy team is AP heavy and you didn't buy Immortal Shieldbow this is your best defensive item.

Opportunity

Just like Youmuu's Ghostblade, a good cheap item for tempo against squishy teamcomps.

Hubris

This is still good as a third item, I wouldn't buy it any later than this.

Profane Hydra

Fourth Item

Lord Dominik's Regards

If you still didn't buy any armor pen and the enemy team is getting tankier, now is the time to do so.

Mortal Reminder

Bloodthirster

At this stage of the game Bloodthirster always works if you don't have any other situational items to buy.

Death's Dance

Really good defensive item that also gives you some damage. Helps you carry teamfights, even better against AD heavy teams.

Mercurial Scimitar

If you are playing against uncleansable CC ( Malzahar, Skarner).

Jak'Sho, The Protean

Solid item for long teamfights where you just wanna stay alive to do damage.

Serylda's Grudge

A fun off-meta armor pen option. Makes your Inferno Trigger harder to escape.

Black Cleaver

Excellent armor pen choice against 2+ heavy armor champs, really fast to stack on Samira since it requires 6 attacks (just like S-tier), also great if your team is AD heavy since it shreds the armor for others too.

Frozen Heart

A very cheap armor item against heavy AD comps.

Opportunity

Just like Youmuu's Ghostblade, a good cheap item for tempo against squishy teamcomps.

Last Item

Guardian Angel

Really good defensive item against assassin-heavy comps. If you went Ingenious Hunter always buy GA as a last item since the cooldown is extremely low.

Bloodthirster

This item is stronger the later you buy it, very strong at level 18.

Death's Dance

Really good defensive item that also gives you some damage. Helps you carry teamfights, even better against AD heavy teams.

Kaenic Rookern

Extremely strong item against AP heavy comps.

Spirit Visage

Another strong item against AP, even better if you have an enchanter. It also improves your Immortal Shieldbow shield and all your lifesteal.

Randuin's Omen

Great choice against 2+ crit champs ( Yasuo / Yone + crit ADC).

Black Cleaver

Mercurial Scimitar

If you are playing against uncleansable CC ( Malzahar, Skarner).

Edge of Night

A rare situational choice if the enemy team lacks poke that can easily break the spellshield and if they have some very important spells that can mess you up (great example: Vayne, only actual spell that she has is Condemn that could cancel your ult).

Serpent's Fang

Extremely rare situational item when the enemy team is full of shields and no one on your team can build this item.

Jak'Sho, The Protean

Solid item for long teamfights where you just wanna stay alive to do damage.

Boots

Plated Steelcaps

About 70% of the time these are your boots of choice, combine with Immortal Shieldbow and Death's Dance and you are one tanky ADC!

Mercury's Treads

Very simple; against AP heavy and CC heavy teamcomps.

Boots of Swiftness

Good against many slowing champs such as Ashe or Nasus.

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Decent choice if you value your summoner spells, you are not buying these for the ability haste. If the enemy team has Exhaust with Cosmic Insight, these boots will help you match the timer with your Cleanse.

Berserker's Greaves

Really greedy, if you feel like you already won and don't need defensive boots. Personally I would just never go these if I care about winning.

Situational Buys

Negatron Cloak

50 MR for 900g, amazing buy against a fed AP assassin (or Karthus), can be upgraded into Kaenic Rookern later.

Quicksilver Sash

If you are playing against uncleansable CC ( Malzahar, Skarner). Can be upgraded into Mercurial Scimitar later.

Executioner's Calling

Solid item if enemy healing is becoming a problem, can be upgraded into Mortal Reminder later.

Seeker's Armguard

Stopwatch no longer exists but there might be situations where you really need the stasis effect (enemy Zed or Karthus is really fed), even though you gain nothing from the AP a well used Armguard can literally win you the game.

Elixir

Elixir of Wrath

Usually the default elixir for Samira, the AD + physical vamp just fits perfectly.

Elixir of Iron

If you need some tenacity and survivability.