Kayn vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Kayn
based on 2,869 Kayn vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Alistar
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several critical Kayn versus Alistar matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kayn often has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Alistar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Alistar
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Who is Better, Kayn or Alistar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Alistar, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes an ok counter for Alistar.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate compared to Alistar, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Alistaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn 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.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Alistar. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Alistar. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kayn versus Alistar build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance. When Kayn incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Alistar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 49.3% battling Alistar with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Alistar as Kayn, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kayn vs Alistar battles, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
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