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Alistar vs Taric

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Tank Support
Support Fighter

How to Beat Taric as Alistar

based on 741 Alistar vs Taric matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
2.65
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends matches every week. Within our database, Alistar did battle with Taric 741 times. Including so many matchups for Alistar vs Taric provides us confidence in our capability to prepare useful statistics and a supported build to suppress your foe. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Alistar encounters Taric in only 1.4% of his rounds.

Alistar vs Taric Matchup Summary

Alistar has done a good job of beating Taric. On average, he wins a fantastic 53.0% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Alistar versus Taric matches, Alistar’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Taric.

Best Alistar vs Taric Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionRelic Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Locket of the Iron SolariKnight's VowBulwark of the Mountain

Optional Items

Thornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Alistar to level up q
>
Second ability for Alistar to level up w
>
Last skill for Alistar to max out e

Runes

Inspiration Glacial Augment Hextech FlashtraptionMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
Resolve Bone PlatingUnflinching
Ability Haste Armor Armor
Alistar's passive ability p
Alistar q ability q
Alistar w ability w
Alistar e ability e
Alistar's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Taric as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Taric

Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.

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.

Advice to Win Against Taric

Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.

Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.

Alistar vs Taric Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
Taric Image
1.9
< Kills >
1.8
5.7
< Deaths >
5.9
13.2
< Assists >
13.4
0.33
< Killing Sprees >
0.35
38
< Minions Killed >
35
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,205
< Physical Damage >
1,986
6,360
< Magic Damage >
4,487
702
< True Damage >
589
8,268
< Damage Dealt >
7,063
23,686
< Damage Taken >
20,620
7,584
< Gold Earned >
7,601
1.8
< Towers >
1.93
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,774
< Total Healing >
10,085
9,652
< Experience >
9,681
44
< Vision Score >
40
19
< Wards Placed >
17
183
< Time Dealing CC >
250

How to Counter Taric with Alistar in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several valuable Alistar vs. Taric counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Taric..

Alistar typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Taric. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Taric

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Taric
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Taric

Who is Better, Alistar or Taric?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually wins when trying to fight Taric, with a 53.0% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a good counter for Taric.

While Alistar does have a higher winrate compared to Taric, when facing one another, Alistar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Alistar into Taricas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Alistar also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Taric 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 team members during teamfights.

Alistar is a good counter to Taric. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Taric.

Other Champion Matchups Against Alistar

Alistar Loses Against

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Alistar Wins Against

Ryze Ryze 58.4% winrate Kennen Kennen 56.7% winrate Ivern Ivern 56.5% winrate K'Sante K'Sante 55.2% winrate

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Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Taric Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taric as Alistar, we analyzed 741 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 Taric 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 Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Taric. Champions who typically 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 capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Alistar versus Taric build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Alistar included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Taric than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 53.0% battling Taric with this build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Taric as Alistar, you should use 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 combinations players chose for Alistar vs Taric counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.0% win rate overall.

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