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How to Win Alistar vs Garen Counter MatchupAlistar is in the a tier of champions

Alistar vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Alistar in LoLAlistar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Alistar

based on 2,121 Alistar vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League games each week. Within our data, Alistar engaged Garen 2121 times. Including so many games with Alistar vs Garen gives us confidence in our ability to provide actionable statistics and a solid build to destroy your opposition. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Alistar encounters Garen in only 3.3% of his matches.

Alistar vs Garen Matchup Summary

Alistar has done a average job of beating Garen. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.8% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Alistar against Garen games, Alistar’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Garen.

Best Alistar vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceThornmailSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Force of NatureUnending DespairKnight's VowFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Alistar to level upq
>
Second ability for Alistar to level upw
>
Last skill for Alistar to max oute

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentHextech FlashtraptionBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Ability HasteArmorArmor
Alistar's passive ability p
Alistar's q ability q
Alistar's w ability w
Alistar's e ability e
Alistar's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Garen as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Garen

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 Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Alistar vs Garen Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Garen Image
2
< Kills >
6
6
< Deaths >
5
13.8
< Assists >
4.3
0.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
34
< Minions Killed >
179
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.62
1,340
< Physical Damage >
14,437
6,902
< Magic Damage >
236
888
< True Damage >
4,800
9,131
< Damage Dealt >
19,473
26,132
< Damage Taken >
30,860
8,477
< Gold Earned >
12,109
1.82
< Towers >
2.87
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
9,313
< Total Healing >
3,123
10,562
< Experience >
15,087
53
< Vision Score >
17
23
< Wards Placed >
8
280
< Time Dealing CC >
139

How to Counter Garen with Alistar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Alistar vs. Garen counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Garen. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Alistar often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Garen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Alistar and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Garen

Who is Better, Alistar or Garen?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when taking on Garen, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes an ok counter for Garen.

While Alistar does have a higher winrate compared to Garen, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Garenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Alistar has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Garen matchups, Alistar 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 team fights.

Alistar is a decent counter to Garen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Garen.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Alistar, we analyzed 2,121 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Garen as Alistar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Alistar to counter Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Garen. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Alistar versus Garen build include Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Garen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Garen with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Garen as Alistar, you 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 runes players used for Alistar vs Garen counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Garen as Alistar are displayed for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.