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

Alistar vs Olaf

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

based on 551 Alistar vs Olaf matchups
Win Rate
46.6 %
K/D/A
2.56
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. Within our data, Alistar battled Olaf in 551 matches. Including so many games with Alistar vs Olaf provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide informative stats and a pro build to suppress Olaf. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Alistar has to counter Olaf in only 0.8% of his rounds.

Alistar vs Olaf Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Alistar has done a awful job of countering Olaf. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.6% of games the champs face off with one another in. In Alistar vs Olaf games, Alistar’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Olaf.

Best Alistar vs Olaf Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Frozen HeartCelestial Opposition

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
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Last skill for Alistar to max oute

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentHextech FlashtraptionBiscuit DeliveryCosmic 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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Guide to Countering Olaf as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Olaf

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 Olaf

Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.

Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.

Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.

Alistar vs Olaf Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
46.6 %
VS
Win Rate
53.4 %
Olaf Image
2.2
< Kills >
6.7
6.1
< Deaths >
6.3
13.4
< Assists >
5
0.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
33
< Minions Killed >
155
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.26
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.58
1,319
< Physical Damage >
15,589
6,661
< Magic Damage >
126
904
< True Damage >
6,259
8,885
< Damage Dealt >
21,975
25,460
< Damage Taken >
29,182
8,313
< Gold Earned >
12,068
1.77
< Towers >
2.58
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
8,911
< Total Healing >
13,716
10,171
< Experience >
14,238
52
< Vision Score >
16
23
< Wards Placed >
7
256
< Time Dealing CC >
325

How to Counter Olaf with Alistar in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several significant Alistar against Olaf counter statistics that may help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Olaf. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Alistar normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Olaf. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Olaf

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Olaf
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Olaf

Who is Better, Alistar or Olaf?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually loses when facing off against Olaf, with a 46.6% win rate. Thus, Alistar makes a poor counter for Olaf.

While Alistar does have a lower win rate than Olaf, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Alistar into Olafas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Alistar has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Olaf. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Alistar is a bad counter for Olaf. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Olaf.

Other Champion Matchups Against Alistar

Alistar Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.2% winratePoppyPoppy43.7% winrateTaliyahTaliyah44.2% winrateSwainSwain44.5% winrate

Alistar Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee59.7% winrateSkarnerSkarner58.7% winrateYuumiYuumi56.1% winrateZeriZeri54.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

FizzFizz+ 53.4% 3276 GamesZileanZilean+ 53.6% 125 GamesTaricTaric+ 55% 80 GamesLilliaLillia+ 56.3% 4162 Games

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Olaf Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Olaf as Alistar, we analyzed 551 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 Olaf 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

If you would like to truly master Alistar to counter Olaf during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar usually gets a lot less CS relative to Olaf. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Alistar versus Olaf build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Olaf than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 46.6% when countering Olaf with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Olaf as Alistar, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Alistar vs Olaf face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.

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