Graves vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Graves
based on 3,026 Graves vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Alistar
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of 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.
Graves vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some vital Graves versus Alistar matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between this set of champs. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Alistar. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Graves typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Alistar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Alistar
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Who is Better, Graves or Alistar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Alistar, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes an ok counter for Alistar.
While Graves does have a higher winrate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Graves into Alistar.
Additionally, Graves also has only a small amount of utility and CC, 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Alistar matchups, Graves is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Graves is a decent counter for Alistar. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Graves against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually racks up more CS relative to Alistar. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Graves versus Alistar build include Black Cleaver, Bloodthirster, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Graves used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Alistar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 50.5% battling Alistar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Alistar as Graves, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Graves vs Alistar fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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