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

Alistar vs Skarner

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

based on 230 Alistar vs Skarner matchups
Win Rate
58.7 %
K/D/A
3.02
Pick Rate
0.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Skarner as Alistar resulted from an examination of 230 ranked rounds where both champions clashed against each other. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Alistar fights Skarner in only 0.4% of his matches.

Alistar vs Skarner Matchup Summary

Alistar has done a great job of beating Skarner. Normally, he wins a whopping 58.7% of matches the champions face one another in. In Alistar versus Skarner games, Alistar’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Skarner.

Best Alistar vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Celestial OppositionZeke's ConvergenceTrailblazer

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
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Skarner as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Skarner

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 Skarner

Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!

Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.

Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.

Alistar vs Skarner Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
58.7 %
VS
Win Rate
41.3 %
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2
< Kills >
4
5.6
< Deaths >
5.7
14.9
< Assists >
8.8
0.37
< Killing Sprees >
0.9
29
< Minions Killed >
40
0.02
< Dragons Killed >
1.28
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,238
< Physical Damage >
8,467
6,480
< Magic Damage >
3,569
833
< True Damage >
750
8,552
< Damage Dealt >
12,787
24,461
< Damage Taken >
27,756
8,418
< Gold Earned >
10,412
2.11
< Towers >
1.24
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.27
9,311
< Total Healing >
9,625
10,048
< Experience >
12,594
54
< Vision Score >
20
23
< Wards Placed >
6
263
< Time Dealing CC >
817

How to Counter Skarner with Alistar in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several significant Alistar versus Skarner counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Alistar often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Skarner. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Skarner

Who is Better, Alistar or Skarner?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Alistar usually wins when facing off against Skarner, with a 58.7% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a fantastic counter for Skarner.

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

Moreover, Alistar also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Alistar is a great counter to Skarner. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Alistar against Skarner.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Skarner Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Skarner as Alistar, we analyzed 230 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 Skarner 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 in order to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Skarner. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Alistar versus Skarner build consist of Knight's Vow, 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 Skarner than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 58.7% when playing against Skarner with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Skarner 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 runes players used for Alistar vs Skarner counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 58.7% win rate overall.

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