Alistar vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Alistar
based on 1,659 Alistar vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Hecarim
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 Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Alistar vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Alistar in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some significant Alistar vs. Hecarim matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Hecarim. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Alistar normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Alistar or Hecarim?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually wins when taking on Hecarim, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes a good counter for Hecarim.
While Alistar does have a higher win rate than Hecarim, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Alistar into Hecarimas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Alistar has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Hecarim matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Alistar is a decent counter to Hecarim. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Alistar to counter Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Hecarim. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Alistar versus Hecarim build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Alistar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Hecarim than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when playing against Hecarim with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Hecarim as Alistar, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Alistar vs Hecarim counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Hecarim as Alistar are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.