Alistar vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Alistar
based on 875 Alistar vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Alistar vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several significant Alistar against Heimerdinger matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Alistar usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Alistar or Heimerdinger?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.
While Alistar does have a lower winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Alistar also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Alistar is a somewhat poor counter to Heimerdinger. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Alistar to counter Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar on average gets a lot less CS relative to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Heimerdinger build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Heimerdinger than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar had an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Heimerdinger 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. Of all the runes players picked for Alistar vs Heimerdinger counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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