Normally, whenever a new character is about to be added to League of Legends’ impressive roster, there’s at least some official buildup beforehand. That wasn’t the case with League’s newest Champion, Samira, who suddenly appeared in the game’s Public Beta Environment this weekend. Now that she’s there, though, Riot Games has given fans an official overview of her abilities.
Known as the Desert Rose, Samira is described as “a boss with a blade and a master of gun fu,” specializing in both melee and ranged attacks. What truly makes her stand out is that her abilities are tied to a character-specific “style” system that involves chaining different combos to increase Samira’s style rank from “E” to “S,” which in turn increases her speed with each new rank. Between this and the choice of weapons, Samira is essentially Dante from Devil May Cry re-imagined for League.
Here’s Riot’s rundown of Samira’s abilities in League of Legends:
- Passive – Daredevil Impulse: Chaining non-repeating abilities (and basic attacks) increases Samira’s Style grade by one letter, from “E” to “S” rank. Every Style grade gives her bonus movement speed. Samira can also damage enemies at range with her guns or with her sword in melee range; the latter dealing bonus magic damage. Samira can also juggle enemies who are movement-impaired by her allies in the air, extending the displacement.
- Q – Flair: Samira fires a shot at her enemies directly when at range with her guns. Enemies in melee range will instead be damaged by a slash of her sword.
- W – Blade Whirl: Samira slashes the area around her with her sword, damaging enemies in the vicinity twice and destroying any enemy missiles in the area at cast and that enter the area after the fact.
- E – Wild Rush: Samira dashes through an enemy or ally, dealing magic damage to any enemies passed through and gaining bonus attack speed for a duration. Takedowns of enemy champions reset Wild Rush’s cooldown.
- R – Inferno Trigger: Samira unleashes a torrent of shots from her weapons, wildly attacking any enemies around her 10 times over a duration. Each shot deals physical damage, applies lifesteal, and can critically strike. Samira can only cast Inferno Trigger if her current Style grade is at “S” (the max grade).
Samira certainly sounds like a strong addition to the lineup and a great fit for players hungry for a hybrid moveset that rewards being a little flashy. As for when she’s going to be playable outside of the Public Beta Environment, Riot says she’ll be added to League of Legends proper with its next big update, Patch 10.19, which will go live on September 16.
League of Legends is free-to-play for PC.
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