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

Alistar vs Samira

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

based on 3,652 Alistar vs Samira matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.77
Pick Rate
5.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. Within our dataset, Alistar did battle with Samira in 3652 rounds. Using so many games with Alistar versus Samira gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare informative stats and a recommended build to destroy your opposition. This particular matchup is fairly uncommon. Alistar is forced to battle against Samira in only 5.6% of his matches.

Alistar vs Samira Matchup Summary

Alistar has done a good job of beating Samira. Typically, he wins a fantastic 52.5% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Alistar vs Samira games, Alistar’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Samira.

Best Alistar vs Samira Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Frozen HeartLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernZaz'Zak's RealmspikeUnending DespairThornmail

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

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationHextech FlashtraptionCosmic Insight
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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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Samira as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Samira

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 Samira Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Samira Image
2.2
< Kills >
8.9
6.2
< Deaths >
7.1
15
< Assists >
5.9
0.38
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
32
< Minions Killed >
169
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,326
< Physical Damage >
19,528
7,149
< Magic Damage >
2,590
858
< True Damage >
635
9,333
< Damage Dealt >
22,753
25,482
< Damage Taken >
22,801
8,490
< Gold Earned >
12,757
1.93
< Towers >
2.1
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
9,449
< Total Healing >
7,097
10,309
< Experience >
11,940
54
< Vision Score >
16
24
< Wards Placed >
8
267
< Time Dealing CC >
28

How to Counter Samira with Alistar in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some influential Alistar against Samira matchup stats that can help us understand the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Samira. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Alistar typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Samira. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Alistar and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Samira

Who is Better, Alistar or Samira?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually wins when trying to fight Samira, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a good counter for Samira.

While Alistar does have a higher winrate compared to Samira, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Alistar into Samiraas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Alistar also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. 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 Samira 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 allies during team fights.

Alistar is an above average counter to Samira. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Samira.

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 Samira Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Samira as Alistar, we analyzed 3,652 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 Samira 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 Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Samira. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Alistar versus Samira build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Samira than with most other common builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 52.5% when playing against Samira with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of beating Samira as Alistar, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cosmic Insight, and Hextech Flashtraption runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Alistar vs Samira face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.5% winrate overall.

If you want to get Alistar vs Samira tips and counter builds for a a particular skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and build suggestions given are computed using all matches finished with these champions.