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How to Win Alistar vs Irelia Counter MatchupAlistar is in the s tier of champions

Alistar vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Alistar in LoLAlistar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Alistar

based on 1,541 Alistar vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
2.72
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. In our database, Alistar fought Irelia 1541 times. With so many matchups for Alistar versus Irelia gives us faith in our ability to provide useful statistics and a supported build to wreck your opponent. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Alistar encounters Irelia in only 3.2% of his rounds.

Alistar vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Alistar does a good job of beating Irelia. Typically, he wins a terrific 53.0% of games the champs fight each other in. In Alistar versus Irelia rounds, Alistar’s side is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Irelia.

Best Alistar vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionRelic Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
EvenshroudKnight's VowBulwark of the Mountain

Optional Items

Zeke's ConvergenceSunfire AegisThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentHextech FlashtraptionMinion DematerializerCosmic 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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W
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Irelia

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 Irelia

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Alistar vs Irelia Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
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2
< Kills >
6.5
5.7
< Deaths >
6.6
13.5
< Assists >
5.1
0.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.46
36
< Minions Killed >
192
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,203
< Physical Damage >
14,068
6,106
< Magic Damage >
5,970
807
< True Damage >
702
8,117
< Damage Dealt >
20,740
23,638
< Damage Taken >
27,545
7,663
< Gold Earned >
12,027
1.74
< Towers >
2.03
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
8,823
< Total Healing >
9,004
10,029
< Experience >
13,863
46
< Vision Score >
16
20
< Wards Placed >
8
171
< Time Dealing CC >
107

How to Counter Irelia with Alistar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Alistar against Irelia matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Irelia. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Alistar usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Irelia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Irelia

Who is Better, Alistar or Irelia?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually wins when facing off against Irelia, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Alistar makes a good counter for Irelia.

While Alistar does have a higher winrate compared to Irelia, when facing one another, Alistar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Alistar into Ireliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Alistar also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. 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 in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Irelia 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 allied champions during team fights.

Alistar is a good counter for Irelia. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Alistar

Alistar Loses Against

IvernIvern44.3% winrateAniviaAnivia46.2% winrateSwainSwain46.4% winrateVladimirVladimir47% winrate

Alistar Wins Against

KennenKennen58.5% winrateLee SinLee Sin57.3% winrateYuumiYuumi56.9% winrateSamiraSamira55.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

KayleKayle+ 55% 1180 GamesKledKled+ 55.1% 559 GamesIvernIvern+ 56.7% 626 GamesGalioGalio+ 57% 330 Games

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Alistar, we analyzed 1,541 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 Irelia 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar typically racks up a lot less CS as Irelia. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Alistar versus Irelia build include Evenshroud, Knight's Vow, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Alistar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Irelia than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 53.0% battling Irelia with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Irelia as Alistar, Alistar players 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Alistar vs Irelia clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.0% winrate overall.

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