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

Alistar vs Pantheon

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

based on 3,076 Alistar vs Pantheon matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.73
Pick Rate
4.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Pantheon as Alistar resulted from an analysis of 3076 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against one another. This champion matchup is somewhat uncommon. Alistar encounters Pantheon in only 4.7% of his rounds.

Alistar vs Pantheon Matchup Summary

Alistar does a good job of beating Pantheon. On average, he wins a terrific 52.6% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Alistar vs Pantheon matches, Alistar’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Pantheon.

Best Alistar vs Pantheon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

BloodsongUnending DespairKaenic RookernForce of Nature

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 FlashtraptionMinion DematerializerCosmic 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
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4
Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Pantheon

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 Pantheon

Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.

Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.

Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.

Alistar vs Pantheon Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Pantheon Image
2.2
< Kills >
7
6.2
< Deaths >
7
14.7
< Assists >
7.6
0.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
33
< Minions Killed >
101
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,387
< Physical Damage >
18,971
7,207
< Magic Damage >
764
872
< True Damage >
1,288
9,467
< Damage Dealt >
21,023
26,012
< Damage Taken >
25,360
8,566
< Gold Earned >
10,936
1.94
< Towers >
1.54
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
9,402
< Total Healing >
4,750
10,473
< Experience >
12,402
54
< Vision Score >
30
24
< Wards Placed >
14
284
< Time Dealing CC >
67

How to Counter Pantheon with Alistar in LoL

The stats provided here show several influential Alistar versus Pantheon matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pantheon. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Alistar often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Pantheon. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Pantheon

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Pantheon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Pantheon

Who is Better, Alistar or Pantheon?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually wins when playing against Pantheon, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes a good counter for Pantheon.

While Alistar does have a higher winrate compared to Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Alistar into Pantheonas 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 amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Pantheon matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Alistar is an above average counter to Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Alistar against Pantheon.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Pantheon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pantheon as Alistar, we analyzed 3,076 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 Pantheon 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to counter Pantheon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar often racks up a lot less CS relative to Pantheon. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Pantheon build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Pantheon than with most other common builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 52.6% when countering Pantheon with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Pantheon as Alistar, you should take 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 rune sets we have analyed for Alistar vs Pantheon matchups, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Alistar are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.