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Thresh & Samira vs Sivir & Alistar

Bot Lane Matchup

Thresh vs Sivir (with Samira & Alistar) BOT matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.

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Who Wins

Pre-6, you and Samira have the lane advantage: your hook range forces Alistar to play back or get punished before he can engage, and Sivir's E has a cooldown that you can track and exploit.
Post-6, Alistar's R removes your kill pressure on him directly, so your win condition shifts to hooking Sivir and letting Samira burst her before Alistar can peel.

Your best pattern is to hook Sivir when her E is on cooldown, then immediately E-slow her so Samira can dash in and stack passive — the combination of your hook and slow gives Samira the time she needs to fully combo.
If you hook Alistar instead, Samira has no safe target and the trade likely goes even or worse.

Roaming is risky in this matchup because Sivir's wave clear will crash the wave and give Samira a terrible position to defend alone — only roam if you have landed a hook that burns Sivir's flash or E and the wave is already pushed to their tower.
Mid roams at level 6 with your R available are more viable, but telegraph them carefully since Sivir's W push will punish a slow roam.

Do not throw your E lantern toward Samira during a fight expecting her to use it — she will often ignore it to maintain her combo chain and passive stacks.
Use E offensively to slow Sivir during a trade rather than saving it as a reactive peel tool.

Created on 09/16/2026

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