Alistar vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Alistar
based on 2,078 Alistar vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Alistar vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Alistar in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some critical Alistar against Yasuo matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between the pair. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Alistar usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Alistar or Yasuo?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually wins when taking on Yasuo, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes a good counter for Yasuo.
While Alistar does have a higher win rate than Yasuo, when facing one another, Alistar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Yasuoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Alistar has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Yasuo matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Alistar is a decent counter to Yasuo. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar usually picks up a lot less CS as Yasuo. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Alistar versus Yasuo build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Zeke's Convergence, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Alistar combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Yasuo than with many other common builds. In fact, Alistar had an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Yasuo with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Yasuo as Alistar, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Alistar vs Yasuo clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
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