Pantheon vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Pantheon
based on 3,076 Pantheon vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pantheon vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Pantheon vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Pantheon
Tips for Playing as Pantheon against Alistar
Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
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.
Pantheon vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Pantheon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several critical Pantheon versus Alistar matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between these two champions. As an example, Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Alistar. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Pantheon typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Alistar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pantheon and Alistar
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Who is Better, Pantheon or Alistar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pantheon usually loses when facing off against Alistar, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Pantheon makes a bad counter for Alistar.
While Pantheon does have a lower win rate compared to Alistar, when on opposite teams, Pantheon also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Pantheon into Alistar.
Additionally, Pantheon has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pantheon vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Pantheon is a terribly counter for Alistar. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pantheon against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Pantheon to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on 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.
Pantheon most often gets much more CS relative to Alistar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Pantheon versus Alistar build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Pantheon used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Alistar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Pantheon had an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Alistar as Pantheon, Pantheon players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Pantheon vs Alistar face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
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