Blitzcrank vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Blitzcrank
based on 3,340 Blitzcrank vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Alistar
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Blitzcrank vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some influential Blitzcrank versus Alistar matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar..
Blitzcrank often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Alistar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Alistar
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Alistar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually fairs equally well when facing off against Alistar, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Blitzcrank does have a lower win rate than Alistar, when facing one another, Blitzcrank also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Blitzcrank into Alistar.
Furthermore, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Blitzcrank is a somewhat poor counter for Alistar. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank often picks up a similar amount of CS as Alistar. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Blitzcrank versus Alistar build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Alistar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Alistar as Blitzcrank, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Blitzcrank vs Alistar matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
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