Jarvan IV vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Jarvan IV
based on 956 Jarvan IV vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Alistar
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize 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.
Jarvan IV vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some valuable Jarvan IV vs. Alistar matchup stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Alistar. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Jarvan IV usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Alistar. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Alistar
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Alistar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when taking on Alistar, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower win rate compared to Alistar, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Alistar.
Additionally, Jarvan IV has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Alistar matchups, Alistar 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.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter for Alistar. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Alistar.
Other Champion Matchups Against Jarvan IV
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How We Calculated Our Jarvan IV vs Alistar Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV in order to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Alistar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Jarvan IV versus Alistar build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Alistar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average win rate of 49.1% battling Alistar with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Alistar as Jarvan IV, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Jarvan IV vs Alistar battles, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
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