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

Alistar vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Alistar in LoLAlistar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Alistar

based on 1,113 Alistar vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.77
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Nilah as Alistar came out of an analysis of 1113 ranked rounds where both champs engaged each other. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Alistar fights Nilah in only 1.7% of his rounds.

Alistar vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Alistar does a below average job of beating Nilah. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.7% of games the champs face off with one another in. In Alistar against Nilah rounds, Alistar’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Nilah.

Best Alistar vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsMobility Boots

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Frozen HeartThornmailTrailblazerZeke's Convergence

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

InspirationGlacial AugmentHextech FlashtraptionBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Ability HasteHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
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
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Nilah

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.

Alistar vs Nilah Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Nilah Image
2.1
< Kills >
7.3
5.7
< Deaths >
6.4
13.7
< Assists >
6.3
0.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
33
< Minions Killed >
167
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.53
1,278
< Physical Damage >
18,025
6,965
< Magic Damage >
146
862
< True Damage >
442
9,106
< Damage Dealt >
18,614
24,265
< Damage Taken >
22,399
8,219
< Gold Earned >
12,278
1.75
< Towers >
2.6
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
8,971
< Total Healing >
7,974
10,163
< Experience >
12,608
51
< Vision Score >
17
23
< Wards Placed >
8
282
< Time Dealing CC >
85

How to Counter Nilah with Alistar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify several influential Alistar against Nilah matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences between the two. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nilah. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Alistar usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Nilah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Nilah

Who is Better, Alistar or Nilah?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually loses when facing off against Nilah, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes a poor counter for Nilah.

While Alistar does have a lower win rate compared to Nilah, when facing one another, Alistar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Alistar into Nilahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach 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 Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Alistar is a somewhat poor counter for Nilah. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Alistar against Nilah.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Alistar, we analyzed 1,113 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 Nilah 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 truly master Alistar in order to counter Nilah 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Nilah. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Alistar versus Nilah build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Nilah than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Alistar had an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Nilah with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of crushing Nilah as Alistar, Alistar players should take 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 Nilah clashes, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.

If you want to see Alistar versus Nilah tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a particular rank, please choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and guides displayed are computed using all games run with these champs.