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

Alistar vs Senna

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

based on 4,550 Alistar vs Senna matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.62
Pick Rate
7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League games each and every week. Within our database, Alistar did battle with Senna 4550 times. Having so many matchups for Alistar vs Senna gives us a lot of faith in our ability to produce enlightening statistics and a recommended build to counter your rival. This champion matchup is fairly uncommon. Alistar has to counter Senna in only 7.0% of his rounds.

Alistar vs Senna Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Alistar does a below average job of countering Senna. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.5% of games the champions fight each other in. In Alistar against Senna games, Alistar’s side is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Senna.

Best Alistar vs Senna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernBloodsongKnight's VowForce of Nature

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 HasteArmorHealth 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
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Senna as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Senna

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 Senna Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Senna Image
2.1
< Kills >
5
6
< Deaths >
6.2
13.6
< Assists >
12.2
0.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.13
32
< Minions Killed >
61
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.57
1,350
< Physical Damage >
19,005
6,854
< Magic Damage >
339
854
< True Damage >
591
9,059
< Damage Dealt >
19,935
25,880
< Damage Taken >
17,937
8,392
< Gold Earned >
10,619
1.76
< Towers >
2.51
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,056
< Total Healing >
9,355
10,270
< Experience >
11,229
52
< Vision Score >
50
23
< Wards Placed >
20
267
< Time Dealing CC >
216

How to Counter Senna with Alistar in LoL

The stats provided here feature several critical Alistar against Senna counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Senna’s ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Senna..

Alistar often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Senna. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Senna

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Senna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Senna

Who is Better, Alistar or Senna?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually loses when trying to fight Senna, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a bad counter for Senna.

While Alistar does have a lower winrate than Senna, when facing one another, Alistar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Alistar into Sennaas 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 great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Senna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Senna matchups, Senna is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Alistar is a bad counter to Senna. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Senna.

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

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Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Senna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Senna as Alistar, we analyzed 4,550 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 Senna 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 to counter Senna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar usually accumulates less CS as Senna. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Alistar versus Senna build consist of Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Senna than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 47.5% when countering Senna with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Senna as Alistar, Alistar players should take 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 builds players chose for Alistar vs Senna counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.

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