Alistar vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Alistar
based on 987 Alistar vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Alistar vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several strategic Alistar versus Viktor counter stats that can help you understand the differences between these two champs. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Viktor. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Alistar usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Viktor. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Viktor
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Who is Better, Alistar or Viktor?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually loses when trying to fight Viktor, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes a poor counter to Viktor.
While Alistar does have a lower win rate than Viktor, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Alistar into Viktoras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Alistar also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Alistar is a somewhat poor counter to Viktor. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to counter Viktor during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Viktor. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Alistar versus Viktor build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Viktor than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Viktor with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Viktor as Alistar, Alistar players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Alistar vs Viktor face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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