Alistar vs Ivern
How to Beat Ivern as Alistar
based on 735 Alistar vs Ivern matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Ivern Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Ivern Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Ivern
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 Ivern
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Alistar vs Ivern Counter Stats
How to Counter Ivern with Alistar in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some important Alistar vs. Ivern matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ivern..
Alistar often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ivern. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Ivern
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Who is Better, Alistar or Ivern?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Ivern, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Alistar makes an ok counter for Ivern.
While Alistar does have a lower win rate compared to Ivern, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Ivernas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Alistar has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Alistar is a somewhat poor counter to Ivern. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Ivern.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to counter Ivern during both the laning 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 presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar most often picks up more CS as Ivern. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Alistar versus Ivern build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Ivern than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Ivern with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Ivern as Alistar, Alistar players should use 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 players chose for Alistar vs Ivern counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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