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

Alistar vs Morgana

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

based on 2,767 Alistar vs Morgana matchups
Win Rate
46.4 %
K/D/A
2.29
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Morgana as Alistar resulted from an evaluation of 2767 ranked matches where both champions opposed one another. This particular champion matchup is somewhat uncommon. Alistar has to counter Morgana in only 4.3% of his games.

Alistar vs Morgana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Alistar has done a awful job of countering Morgana. On average, he wins a lowly 46.4% of the time the champions face each other in. In Alistar versus Morgana matches, Alistar’s side is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Morgana.

Best Alistar vs Morgana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Unending DespairThornmailKaenic RookernKnight's Vow

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 FlashtraptionBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Ability HasteArmorMagic Resist
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
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W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Morgana

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 Morgana

Tormented Shadow deals tons of damage to units missing large amounts of Health. When low on Health, be wary of Morgana's attempts to trap you within its reach.

Black Shield makes Morgana immune to disabling effects, but can be broken with magic damage.

Morgana often needs to land Dark Binding to setup her other attacks. Use your minions as shields against Dark Binding.

Alistar vs Morgana Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
46.4 %
VS
Win Rate
53.6 %
Morgana Image
2.1
< Kills >
3.8
6.5
< Deaths >
5.6
12.8
< Assists >
12.8
0.36
< Killing Sprees >
0.84
34
< Minions Killed >
50
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,350
< Physical Damage >
1,065
6,592
< Magic Damage >
16,534
892
< True Damage >
1,083
8,834
< Damage Dealt >
18,683
27,146
< Damage Taken >
20,187
8,416
< Gold Earned >
9,595
1.6
< Towers >
1.82
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,102
< Total Healing >
4,341
10,495
< Experience >
11,310
52
< Vision Score >
53
23
< Wards Placed >
22
253
< Time Dealing CC >
146

How to Counter Morgana with Alistar in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some strategic Alistar vs. Morgana matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Morgana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Morgana..

Alistar normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Morgana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Morgana

Who is Better, Alistar or Morgana?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually loses when playing against Morgana, with a 46.4% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a poor counter for Morgana.

While Alistar does have a lower win rate than Morgana, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Alistar into Morganaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Alistar also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Morgana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Morgana matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Alistar is a bad counter for Morgana. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Alistar against Morgana.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Morgana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Morgana as Alistar, we analyzed 2,767 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 Morgana 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 Morgana during both the laning 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 presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar typically gets a similar amount of CS as Morgana. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Alistar versus Morgana build include Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Morgana than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar had an average winrate of 46.4% when countering Morgana with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Morgana as Alistar, Alistar players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Alistar vs Morgana counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.4% winrate overall.

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