Aatrox vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Aatrox
based on 3,433 Aatrox vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Alistar
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Aatrox vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Aatrox in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some vital Aatrox versus Alistar counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Aatrox usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Alistar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Alistar
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Alistar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Alistar, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Aatrox makes an ok counter for Alistar.
While Aatrox does have a higher win rate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Aatrox also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Alistar.
Moreover, Aatrox also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Alistar matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Aatrox is a decent counter to Alistar. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aatrox against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox in order to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox most often accumulates much more CS as Alistar. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Aatrox versus Alistar build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Aatrox used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Alistar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aatrox boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Alistar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Alistar as Aatrox, Aatrox players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Aatrox vs Alistar LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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