Alistar vs Rammus
How to Beat Rammus as Alistar
based on 1,167 Alistar vs Rammus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Rammus Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Rammus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Rammus
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 Rammus
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
Alistar vs Rammus Counter Stats
How to Counter Rammus with Alistar in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some influential Alistar versus Rammus matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rammus..
Alistar often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Rammus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Rammus
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Who is Better, Alistar or Rammus?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually loses when playing against Rammus, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a poor counter to Rammus.
While Alistar does have a lower winrate than Rammus, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Alistar into Rammusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Alistar has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Rammus matchups, Rammus 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 garbage counter to Rammus. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Rammus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to counter Rammus 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Rammus. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Alistar versus Rammus build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Rammus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 46.9% battling Rammus with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Rammus 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. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Alistar vs Rammus fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.9% win rate overall.
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