Nilah vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Nilah
based on 1,113 Nilah vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Nilah in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some important Nilah vs. Alistar counter stats that may help you grasp the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Nilah normally has a much larger longest kill spree than their foe does. On average, they takes a similar amount of damage to Alistar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Alistar
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Who is Better, Nilah or Alistar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when taking on Alistar, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Nilah makes a good counter for Alistar.
While Nilah does have a higher win rate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nilah into Alistaras their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Nilah has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Alistar matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nilah is a decent counter to Alistar. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nilah against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nilah in order to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah on average picks up much more CS relative to Alistar. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Nilah versus Alistar build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better countering Alistar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 51.3% when playing against Alistar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Alistar as Nilah, Nilah players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Nilah vs Alistar counters, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.3% winrate overall.
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