How to Win Corki vs Alistar Counter Matchup Corki is in the b tier of champions

Corki vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Corki in LoL Alistar is in the s tier of champions
Marksman
Tank Support

How to Beat Alistar as Corki

based on 305 Corki vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our data, Corki fought Alistar in 305 rounds. With so many games with Corki versus Alistar gives us faith in our capacity to provide useful statistics and a recommended build to suppress Alistar. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Corki has to counter Alistar in only 1.7% of his matches.

Corki vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Corki does a good job of beating Alistar. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.5% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Corki against Alistar rounds, Corki’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Alistar.

Best Corki vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Corki Items

~22 Mins
Luden's TempestMuramanaShadowflame

Optional Items

Ravenous HydraMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Corki to level up q
>
Second ability for Corki to level up e
>
Last skill for Corki to max out w

Runes

Inspiration First Strike Magical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryTime Warp Tonic
Domination Taste of BloodUltimate Hunter
AttackSpeed Adaptive MagicRes
Corki's passive ability p
Corki q ability q
Corki w ability w
Corki e ability e
Corki's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Alistar as Corki

Tips for Playing as Corki against Alistar

Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.

Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.

Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.

Advice to Win Against Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Corki vs Alistar Counter Stats

Corki Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Alistar Image
6.2
< Kills >
1.9
6.1
< Deaths >
6.4
7.4
< Assists >
13.7
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
0.3
173
< Minions Killed >
37
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.02
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.49
2,930
< Physical Damage >
1,077
19,168
< Magic Damage >
5,425
1,271
< True Damage >
807
23,370
< Damage Dealt >
7,310
17,241
< Damage Taken >
23,067
12,234
< Gold Earned >
7,785
2.02
< Towers >
1.88
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0
1,760
< Total Healing >
8,059
13,816
< Experience >
10,260
20
< Vision Score >
48
9
< Wards Placed >
22
179
< Time Dealing CC >
143

How to Counter Alistar with Corki in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some important Corki versus Alistar counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Alistar. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Corki normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Alistar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Corki and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Corki
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Corki
Alistar

Who is Better, Corki or Alistar?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Corki usually wins when facing off against Alistar, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Corki makes a good counter for Alistar.

While Corki does have a higher win rate than Alistar, when they face off with one another, Corki also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Corki into Alistar.

Furthermore, Corki also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Corki vs Alistar matchups, Corki is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Corki is an above average counter to Alistar. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Corki against Alistar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Corki

Corki Loses Against

Skarner Skarner 36.9% winrate Shyvana Shyvana 41.3% winrate Ornn Ornn 41.6% winrate Dr. Mundo Dr. Mundo 41.8% winrate

Corki Wins Against

Ryze Ryze 58.4% winrate LeBlanc LeBlanc 57.4% winrate Malzahar Malzahar 56.3% winrate Rumble Rumble 55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Corki Players

How We Calculated Our Corki vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Corki, we analyzed 305 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Alistar as Corki comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Corki Build Alistar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Corki to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Corki most often gets much more CS relative to Alistar. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Corki versus Alistar build include Luden's Tempest, Muramana, and Shadowflame. When Corki included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Alistar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Corki boasted an average win rate of 52.5% battling Alistar with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Alistar as Corki, Corki players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Time Warp Tonic, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Corki vs Alistar face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.5% win rate overall.

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