Fiddlesticks vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Fiddlesticks
based on 1,148 Fiddlesticks vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fiddlesticks vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Fiddlesticks vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Fiddlesticks
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.
Fiddlesticks vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Fiddlesticks in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several strategic Fiddlesticks vs. Alistar matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between these two champs. For instance, Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Fiddlesticks may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Fiddlesticks typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Alistar. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Fiddlesticks and Alistar
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Who is Better, Fiddlesticks or Alistar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Fiddlesticks usually fairs equally well when taking on Alistar, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Fiddlesticks makes an ok counter for Alistar.
While Fiddlesticks does have a lower winrate compared to Alistar, when on opposite teams, Fiddlesticks also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Fiddlesticks into Alistaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Fiddlesticks has a good 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Fiddlesticks 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 late stage team fights.
Fiddlesticks is a somewhat poor counter for Alistar. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Fiddlesticks against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Fiddlesticks in order to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fiddlesticks often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Alistar. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Fiddlesticks versus Alistar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Fiddlesticks included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Alistar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Alistar with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Alistar as Fiddlesticks, Fiddlesticks players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Triple Tonic runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Fiddlesticks vs Alistar counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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