Best supports to pair with Samira in League of Legends

The League of Legends meta is constantly evolving, with new champions and items getting changed on a patch-by-patch basis. The case is no different with Samira, who, in light of recent updates, has risen from the ashes and is once again one of the best marksmen in the game. 

She’s one of the most aggressive champions in the game as well, which sets her apart from many ADCs in the game, including those who rely on sticking to the backline and shredding through any enemy they come by.

With Samira being entirely different from other champs in the bot lane, she offers unique gameplay that can benefit her team in multiple ways. Still, to make the most out of her potential, players will need a proper support by her side that can accelerate her growth in the laning phase and provide tools that will aid her in late-game teamfights. 

Luckily for Samira, there are a few supports that fit nicely alongside her. Here are the best support champions to pair with Samira. 

Alistar

Alistar is a great champion to partner up with a lot of AD carries due to his aggressive and defensive qualities. Despite being one of the oldest champs in the game, his kit has remained unchanged for a couple of years now and still remains unmatched in some matchups.

His passive allows him to heal himself and all nearby allied champions, making him a useful ally both in lane and in teamfights. But when it comes to Alistar, his ultimate and simple Headbutt-Pulverize combo are his greatest strengths. The former gives you more resistances while removing crowd control effects on you. The latter is a great engage tool that, if used on a squishy enemy, will most likely eliminate them from the get-go, granted that Samira (or other champs) follow up. Headbutt is also a strong disengage mechanic that can help you protect Samira.

When you engage on a target, make sure to activate Trample so you omit unit collision and prolong your stun duration. When playing besides Samira, you should be a dynamic duo in the bot lane that, in most cases, will bully the enemy duo, depending on the matchup. In the late game, though, you’re unmatched with proper synergy. 

Leona

Leona is another great support who possesses both aggressive and defensive skills. And similar to Alistar, she also has been unchanged for a few years now, which is a testament to her kit being truly unique and never falling out of fashion. 

Once Leona hits level three, it’s really tough to play against her. With her Zenith Blade-Shield of Daybreak combo, she has amazing engage in lane that can take care of most ADCs if it lands on them. What’s more, with your passive, you’ll allow your allies and Samira to deal more damage to damaged enemies, which can make a huge difference, especially early in the game. 

Samira and Leona become a perfect duo once they both reach level six. With your ultimates, Leona can pull off an even better engage, and with Samira’s Inferno Trigger, she will be able to safely follow up and unleash her full ult before the crowd control effects on enemies fade away. This will make you a deadly duo, even more so in late-game teamfights. Simultaneously, Leona is one of the better supports when it comes to keeping her ADCs alive, so she will also be useful defensively. 

Rell

Rell and Samira are another duo that complement each other almost perfectly. With their kits, they can create an unstoppable bot lane pair that is incredibly hard to stop.

One of the easiest combos you can pull off while having both Rell and Samira in the bot lane is engaging with the latter’s Wild Rush. Dashing through enemies will give Samira attack speed and deal some damage as well. Then, Rell can activate her Attract and Repel, stunning enemies between her and Samira. In most cases, this will make the enemy ADC stunned and easy to kill. When mastered, this combo will allow you to leave the bottom lane way ahead of the enemy duo.

In the late game, Rell also has some useful tools. Her ultimate is the perfect mechanic to keep enemies off of Samira so that she can execute them while they are dragged toward Rell. 

Nautilus

Nautilus has recently returned to the meta, and for the past few months, the champ has been one of the strongest supports in the game. His abilities didn’t change at all, besides a few buffs here and there. But when paired with Samira, he’s as deadly as ever.

Similar to other champions so far on this list, Nautilus excels as one of the greatest supports to be played alongside Samira due to his aggressive kit and crowd control tools. With his Dredge Line, it’s easy to close the gap between you and your opponents, which can be followed with a stun from an auto-attack thanks to Staggering Blow or with his ultimate. On top of that, the Titan of the Depths is significantly hard to kill, so in most cases, enemies should focus on him if he decides to engage, especially in the laning phase.

Thus, with Nautilus by your side, Samira players shouldn’t have any problems with getting rid of her enemies in the bot lane, especially with gap closers like Wild Rush, which will allow you to follow Nautilus in the blink of an eye. 

While Nautilus doesn’t have an AoE ultimate like Rell or Leona, which allows Samira to freely use her Inferno Trigger to its full extent, his kit is still helpful alongside the Desert Rose. With Nautilus by her side, Samira can focus on eliminating single enemies. And with the high amount of crowd control tools he offers, she shouldn’t have to worry about her life too much. 

Thresh

By now, Thresh has become a symbolic support, being a strong pick alongside many ADCs, Samira included. His kit provides both aggressive and engage tools, as well as some mechanics that are useful if you overextend or are in need of rescuing. 

When playing alongside Thresh, it’s easy to follow his engage with his Dark Passage. On Samira, though, it won’t be that needed since you have Wild Rush, which on its own should be enough to join the fray. The Chain Warden has a bunch of nice crowd control tools, with Flay, Death Sentence, and The Box. In the laning phase, a player who has mastered this champion should have little problems with using them to perfection and trapping enemies in a CC combo, creating a window of opportunity for Samira to finish them off. 

Those abilities, however, can be used defensively as well. And in those terms, the Dark Passage reigns supreme. If you go too far, you should always have a lantern nearby, which you will be able to use to escape. Still, as we mentioned, you won’t be looking at defensive plays, but rather at offensive ones, and Thresh is as good at them in the late game as he is in the laning phase, creating a lot of space for Samira to deal damage safely. 

Rakan

Contrary to many champions listed here, Rakan isn’t tanky, which forces players to be extra careful when engaging. Nevertheless, he has several engage devices, as well as some disengage tools, so steering Rakan to achieve success in lane isn’t difficult.

When choosing the Charmer, his most important tools are Grand Entrance, The Quickness, and Battle Dance. The former two are perfect for jumping in and creating a distraction, during which Samira can follow and use her skills for a favorable trade or pick up some kills even. If something goes wrong, though, Rakan also has Battle Dance, which can be used to disengage and safely back up from a disadvantageous fight, so you should never really fall behind during the first minutes of the match. 

His abilities can be used to an even greater extent in late-game teamfights, where properly placed The Quickness can charm up to five enemies. When opponents are affected by this skill, in most cases, it’s worth jumping in, unleashing your ultimate as Samira, and then disengaging. At that point, enough damage should be done to tip the scales of the battle in your favor. 

Pyke

Last but not least, we have another unique, aggressive support to pair alongside Samira. While Pyke doesn’t have much sustain and doesn’t provide as many useful tools in the laning phase, when mastered he can still create a powerful combo with the Desert Rose.

Similar to many supports that have hooks, when Pyke lands his Bone Skewer on a squishy champion, he and Samira should eliminate them quickly. With his Phantom Undertow, it’s fairly easy to create a crowd control chain with Bone Skewer, during which Samira can freely deal damage. 

The biggest difference regarding the Bloodharbor Ripper is in his ultimate. It doesn’t create a distraction for Samira whatsoever. But with it dealing admirable amounts of damage on its own, Pyke and Samira can kill enemies remarkably quickly, before they can even properly react to being pressed on. This makes Pyke a unique yet still dangerous option to pick besides Samira.  

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