Galio vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Galio
based on 1,691 Galio vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Alistar
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Galio in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several strategic Galio vs. Alistar counter stats that can help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Galio 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.
Galio usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Alistar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Alistar
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Who is Better, Galio or Alistar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Galio usually fairs equally well when facing off against Alistar, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Galio makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Galio does have a higher win rate compared to Alistar, when on opposite teams, Galio also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Galio into Alistar.
Moreover, Galio also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Galio vs Alistar matchups, Galio is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Galio is a decent counter for Alistar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Galio against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Galio to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio typically accumulates much more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Galio versus Alistar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Alistar than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Galio had an average winrate of 50.4% battling Alistar with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Alistar as Galio, Galio players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Galio vs Alistar counters, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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