Alistar vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Alistar
based on 1,691 Alistar vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Galio Counter Build
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Core Alistar Items
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Guide to Countering Galio as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Galio
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Advice to Win Against Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Alistar vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Alistar in LoL
The stats provided here feature several significant Alistar against Galio matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Galio. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Alistar normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Galio. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Galio
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Alistar or Galio?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when playing against Galio, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes an ok counter to Galio.
While Alistar does have a lower winrate than Galio, when facing one another, Alistar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Alistar into Galioas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Alistar also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Alistar is a somewhat poor counter to Galio. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Galio.
Other Champion Matchups Against Alistar
Additional Information for Alistar Players
How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Galio Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to counter Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar most often gets a lot less CS as Galio. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Galio build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Galio than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 49.6% battling Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Galio as Alistar, Alistar players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Alistar vs Galio counter picks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Galio as Alistar are presented for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.