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How to Win Alistar vs Wukong Counter MatchupAlistar is in the a tier of champions

Alistar vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Alistar in LoLAlistar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Alistar

based on 676 Alistar vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.67
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Wukong as Alistar came out of an examination of 676 ranked matches where both champs faced off against one another. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Alistar is forced to battle against Wukong in only 1.0% of his matches.

Alistar vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Alistar does a dismal job of countering Wukong. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.8% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Alistar versus Wukong rounds, Alistar’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Wukong.

Best Alistar vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

TrailblazerKnight's VowFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationHextech FlashtraptionCosmic Insight
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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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Wukong

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 Wukong

Wukong becomes tougher to kill when surrounded by his enemies. Try to isolate him to gain an advantage.

Wukong will often use Decoy after Nimbus Strike. Try delaying your abilities by a short amount of time to ensure that you're hitting the real Wukong.

Alistar vs Wukong Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Wukong Image
2.1
< Kills >
6.6
6
< Deaths >
6
13.9
< Assists >
7.2
0.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
33
< Minions Killed >
96
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.78
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,325
< Physical Damage >
16,185
7,060
< Magic Damage >
2,603
939
< True Damage >
1,141
9,325
< Damage Dealt >
19,931
26,454
< Damage Taken >
30,550
8,535
< Gold Earned >
11,793
1.84
< Towers >
2
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
9,613
< Total Healing >
9,667
10,483
< Experience >
13,761
54
< Vision Score >
21
24
< Wards Placed >
8
279
< Time Dealing CC >
129

How to Counter Wukong with Alistar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several vital Alistar vs. Wukong matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Wukong’s ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Wukong. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Alistar typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Wukong. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Wukong

Who is Better, Alistar or Wukong?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually loses when trying to fight Wukong, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a bad counter to Wukong.

While Alistar does have a lower win rate compared to Wukong, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Alistar into Wukongas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Alistar has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Wukong. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Wukong matchups, Wukong is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Alistar is a trash counter for Wukong. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Wukong.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Alistar, we analyzed 676 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 Wukong 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to counter Wukong during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar most often accumulates less CS compared to Wukong. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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 many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Alistar versus Wukong build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Wukong than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 47.8% when countering Wukong with this counter build.

To have the best probability of defeating Wukong as Alistar, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cosmic Insight, and Hextech Flashtraption runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Alistar vs Wukong counters, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.8% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Alistar vs Wukong tips and counter stats for a an individual player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and strategies given are calculated using all matches run with these champions.