Alistar vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Alistar
based on 1,111 Alistar vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Aatrox
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Alistar vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Alistar in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some significant Alistar versus Aatrox counter statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Alistar normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Aatrox. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Alistar or Aatrox?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aatrox, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes an ok counter for Aatrox.
While Alistar does have a lower winrate compared to Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Aatroxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Alistar has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Alistar is a somewhat poor counter to Aatrox. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Alistar in order to counter Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Aatrox. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Alistar versus Aatrox build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Alistar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Aatrox than with most other common item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Aatrox with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Aatrox as Alistar, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Alistar vs Aatrox face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
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