Alistar vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Alistar
based on 1,407 Alistar vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Alistar vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Alistar vs. Gwen counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gwen. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Alistar often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Gwen
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Who is Better, Alistar or Gwen?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Alistar usually wins when facing off against Gwen, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a good counter for Gwen.
While Alistar does have a higher win rate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Alistar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Alistar into Gwenas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Alistar also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Gwen matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Alistar is a good counter for Gwen. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Alistar against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Alistar to counter Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Gwen. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Gwen build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Gwen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 52.1% battling Gwen with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Gwen as Alistar, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Alistar vs Gwen counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.1% win rate overall.
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