Naafiri vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Naafiri
based on 756 Naafiri vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Alistar
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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.
Naafiri vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some critical Naafiri against Alistar counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Naafiri normally has a much larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Alistar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Alistar
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Alistar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually loses when trying to fight Alistar, with a 45.5% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes a bad counter for Alistar.
While Naafiri does have a much lower win rate than Alistar, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Naafiri into Alistar.
Furthermore, Naafiri also has some amount of utility and CC, 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 is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Naafiri is a terribly counter to Alistar. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri in order to counter Alistar during both the early game 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 displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually picks up much more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Alistar build consist of Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri combined at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better against Alistar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 45.5% battling Alistar with these items in their kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Alistar as Naafiri, Naafiri players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Alistar counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.5% winrate overall.
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