Samira vs Veigar Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Samira, the Desert Rose, meets Veigar, the Tiny Master of Evil, in the ADC lane. The sample behind this page is 284 games from patch 16.13.1, and Samira wins 41.9% of them. A deficit of 8.1 points is what earns Veigar its counter flag in this matchup.
Both champions are ranged (Samira at 500, Veigar at 550), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Event Horizon (E) is the ability Samira has to respect, just as Veigar plays around Flair. Level six shifts things: Inferno Trigger on one side, Primordial Burst on the other.
Veigar answers in magic damage where Samira deals physical, so neither can copy the other’s build. Before items it is 630 HP, 26 armour, 30 MR for Samira; 580, 18, 32 for Veigar. That 8-point armour gap favours Samira in the first all-in. By level 18 that becomes 2466 health and 106 armour for Samira against 2416 and 106 for Veigar. Samira also hits harder before items — 57 AD to 52. Veigar covers ground faster from level one (335 against 340).
Samira players logged 284 of these games to produce the 41.9% figure.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Veigar has the statistical edge. Samira wins 41.9% of the recorded games.
41.9% from Samira's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
284 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Samira build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Samira build page.