Cassiopeia vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Cassiopeia
based on 658 Cassiopeia vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cassiopeia vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Cassiopeia vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Cassiopeia
Tips for Playing as Cassiopeia against Alistar
Lead your enemy when targeting with Noxious Blast to ensure the hit.
Use Twin Fang on poisoned stationary targets like monsters and units stunned by her Petrifying Gaze for maximum damage.
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.
Cassiopeia vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Cassiopeia in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some valuable Cassiopeia against Alistar matchup stats that can help you realize the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Cassiopeia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Cassiopeia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Cassiopeia normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Alistar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Cassiopeia and Alistar
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Who is Better, Cassiopeia or Alistar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Cassiopeia usually fairs equally well when facing off against Alistar, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Cassiopeia makes an ok counter for Alistar.
While Cassiopeia does have a lower winrate compared to Alistar, when facing one another, Cassiopeia also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Cassiopeia into Alistaras her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Cassiopeia has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cassiopeia vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Cassiopeia is a somewhat poor counter to Alistar. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Cassiopeia against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cassiopeia in order to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cassiopeia most often picks up much more CS compared to Alistar. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Cassiopeia versus Alistar build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Cassiopeia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Alistar than with many other common builds. In fact, Cassiopeia had an average winrate of 49.7% battling Alistar with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Alistar as Cassiopeia, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Cassiopeia vs Alistar counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Alistar as Cassiopeia are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.