Braum vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Braum
based on 955 Braum vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Alistar
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Braum in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Braum vs. Alistar matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Alistar..
Braum often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Alistar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Braum and Alistar
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Who is Better, Braum or Alistar?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Braum usually wins when facing off against Alistar, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Braum makes a good counter to Alistar.
While Braum does have a higher win rate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Braum also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Braum into Alistar.
Furthermore, Braum has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Braum vs Alistar matchups, Braum is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Braum is an above average counter to Alistar. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Braum against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Braum to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum often picks up a similar amount of CS as Alistar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Braum versus Alistar build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Alistar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Braum boasted an average win rate of 52.7% battling Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Alistar as Braum, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Braum vs Alistar matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.7% winrate overall.
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