Draven vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Draven
based on 2,079 Draven vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Alistar
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several critical Draven vs. Alistar counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Draven often has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Alistar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Alistar
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Who is Better, Draven or Alistar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Draven usually loses when taking on Alistar, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, Draven makes a poor counter to Alistar.
While Draven does have a lower winrate than Alistar, when facing one another, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Draven into Alistaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven 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 trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Draven is a bad counter to Alistar. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Draven to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven often picks up much more CS relative to Alistar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Draven versus Alistar build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Draven incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Alistar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when playing against Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Alistar as Draven, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Draven vs Alistar face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% winrate overall.
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