Samira vs Ezreal Counter Pick

A sample of 3,956 games makes this one of the better-evidenced marksman pairings on patch 16.13.1, and the 54.1% in Samira’s favour is not a small-sample artefact. The mechanical reason is Blade Whirl, which damages everything around her and destroys enemy missiles while it spins. Mystic Shot, Essence Flux and Trueshot Barrage are all fired objects, so one well-timed spin can remove Ezreal’s entire pressure pattern for its duration.

Ezreal keeps the range edge at 550 against 500 and answers engages with Arcane Shift, a blink that fires a homing bolt on arrival. What he lacks is pace: 325 base move speed against 335, and Wild Rush dashes through any enemy including structures, so the gap closes on Samira‘s terms. Daredevil Impulse then rewards melee range with bonus magic damage and grades her combo upward whenever each hit differs from the last, which is what unlocks Inferno Trigger. Durability agrees, 630 to 2,466 health and 26 to 105.9 armour against 600 to 2,334 and 24 to 95.4. Rising Spell Force only builds attack speed while Ezreal keeps landing the spells Blade Whirl exists to delete. Both spend mana, and Mystic Shot shaving a little off all of his cooldowns whenever it connects is the engine that keeps him efficient, which is another reason denying it matters. Difficulty runs 7 for Ezreal against 6.